Multimedia artist Sylvie Fleury (b. 1961; Switzerland) is truly speaking my language. While her works involving fashion, rockets, and neon signs are certainly thought-provoking, it's Fleury's larger-than-life reproductions of makeup products that will be the focus of this post. Fleury... Read more →

Despite my art history background and general love of art, I am less than eloquent when writing about it. Nevertheless I will continue soldiering forward with the Museum's Makeup as Muse series, the latest installment of which focuses on the... Read more →

Welcome to a very special edition of Makeup as Muse! On this day 45 years ago1, artist Claes Oldenburg's Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks was re-installed at Yale University. This sculpture has always fascinated me and I wanted to find... Read more →

I'm roughly three years overdue with this installment of Makeup as Muse, but it's a summer Friday so I'm throwing caution to the wind and posting about these amazing micro sculptures by British artist Hedley Wiggan. Unlike fellow lipstick sculptors... Read more →

A few months ago I was watching the Instagram stories of one of the many beauty bloggers I follow, and she was at an exhibition full of stunning macro photos of makeup. I knew immediately the artist behind them would... Read more →

Baltimore's City Paper is shutting down, but before they go I was delighted to see this article on a local artist who paints with makeup. Gloria Garrett calls herself the "mother of makeup art", which I think makes her the... Read more →

I had actually been working on a particular artist for the next Makeup as Muse for months - her work is pretty involved - but when the maker of this robot tweeted at me a few weeks ago I decided... Read more →

I thought I'd keep it light and breezy for today with these delightful ceramics by artist Karen Shapiro. Shapiro found her true calling in ceramic sculpture after spending 30 years as a pastry chef. As for subject matter, she is... Read more →

I'm excited to share some pretty innovative works of art that use nail products for this installment of Makeup as Muse. First up we have South African artist Frances Goodman, who has been creating elaborate, organic-looking sculptures using fake nails... Read more →

These aren't exactly new, but they are way too cool not to share. San Francisco-based, self-taught artist Jason Mecier creates celebrity portraits out of unconventional materials. From Jerry Seinfeld rendered in cereal to Hugh Hefner made out of old Playboy... Read more →