Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art ushers in the season with Spring Thaw, a show of works by New Mexico-based artists Jamie Hamilton, David Hoptman, Carl Moore, and Leah Siegal. This year’s annual exhibit ...

Ugo da Carpi might not have had any formal training as an artist, but after about 1516 he had a profound impact on the course of Italian art for the next century. How? Ugo got a patent, or whatever ...

Chiaroscuro’s annual Holiday Exhibition is an eclectic mix of works by gallery artists such as Renate Aller, Rebecca Bluestone, and Irene Kung. The show includes small pieces by Bonnie Bishop, Daniel ...

“Chiaroscuro” is often taught as a technique, but it endures as an idea. It reminds us that meaning is rarely found in pure brightness or total darkness but in the uneasy space between the two.

Italian chiaroscuro woodcuts are among the most technically innovative of Renaissance prints for being printed in color. A woodcut is made from a wooden plank that is carved in relief, inked, and ...