Karl Simon visits Highgate Cemetery to show us the importance of contrast in black-and-white painting on a tablet.

First, a greyscale image provides flexibility. You can treat it as a stage of the painting process, creating something that ...

"Shades of Black and White," featured in the downstairs exhibition space at The Gallery at City Market through the end of December, showcases 30 original works by nearly a dozen local artists.

But as Laguna Art Museum’s new exhibit, “Black and White: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation” demonstrates, black and white can contain multiplicities.

Black and white photos aren’t old school for teens at Schack Art Center. The photography contest, in its 29th year, had over 170 entries. See it at the Schack in Everett through May 5.