Alan Cristea Gallery Opens a Major Retrospective of Editions by Julian Opie

LONDON.- The Alan Cristea Gallery presents a major retrospective of Julian Opie’s editions, from 9 June until 9 July, to coincide with the publication of an Editions Catalogue Raisonné. One of the most important protagonists of contemporary British art for more than two decades, this exhibition presents 50 of the most innovative and exciting editions that Opie has produced, and chart the development of his work from the early, very reductive landscapes and portraits, to silhouettes, animations, lenticulars and LED animations. Opie [...]

Faggionato Fine Arts Opens First Comprehensive Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Greek Art

LONDON.- Faggionato Fine Arts presents Ντέρτι Humanism, the first comprehensive exhibition of modern and contemporary Greek art staged in the UK, with over fifty works previously unseen in this country. The exhibition is on view from June 9 through August 12, 2011. Curated by Nadja Argyropoulou, the show brings together an exceptional group of twenty artistic talents working across a broad range of mediums, from photography, sculpture, painting, embroidery and performance art, revealing the extraordinary vibrancy of the Greek art [...]

The Schirn Opens a Solo Exhibition with Monumental Works by Painter Francesco Clemente

FRANKFURT.- Francesco Clemente, born in 1952 in Naples, has pioneered an extraordinary pictorial language that draws on a variety of timeless symbols, myths, cultures, and philosophies. Frequently charged with eroticism, his oeuvre also has a profound religious quality. The variety of mediums which he employs and the subject matter of his work are deeply informed by Clemente’s nomadic artistic life. Since the 1970s he has continually travelled between Italy and India, adding New York City to his preferred places of [...]

Sotheby’s in London Sells a Group of Paintings by Vereschagin for $5.7 Million

LONDON.- Tonight, in Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Important Russian Paintings a group of works by renowned Russian master Vasily Vasilievich Vereschagin of Russian, Indian and Balkan scenes brought the well above-expectations combined total of £3.7 / $5.7 million (pre-sale estimate for the group: £1.2-1.9/$1.9-3.1 million). The top-selling lot of this group also set a new auction record for the artist. Headlining the evening auction and this component of the sale was Vasily Vasilievich Vereschagin’s oil on canvas The Taj Mahal, Evening, [...]

The Surrealist Paintings of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy Shown Together at the Katonah Museum of Art

KATONAH, NY).- The Katonah Museum of Art takes visitors on a journey through the subconscious as it presents Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy. The exhibition is on view from June 5 through September 18, 2011. Organized in partnership with the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, Double Solitaire is the first major touring exhibition to explore the dynamic exchange of ideas that shaped the astonishing landscapes of these Surrealist artists and to reveal, [...]

Winner of Discoveries PHE Award 2010 Vanessa Winship Presents Her Solo Exhibition

MADRID.- Under Off Festival section of PHotoEspaña 2011, the British photographer Vanessa Winship, winner of Descubrimientos PHE Award 2010 (Discoveries PHE), shows her work Sweet Nothings in a solo exhibition at the Art bookstore and gallery Gloria. Winship had been living and working in Turkey for several years. One enduring image that had always struck her was the schoolgirls in their blue dresses, the same in every town and village. These dresses with their lace collars and messages embroidered on the bodices, [...]

Paul Jenkins’ Exhibition of Major Works from the 60s and 70s at the Redfern Gallery

LONDON.- American born abstract expressionist, Paul Jenkins’ exhibition of major works from the 1960s and 70s is on display from 7th June – 28th July 2011 at the Redfern Gallery, London W1. Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1923, Jenkins was drawn to New York to study. He later became associated with the Abstract Expressionists; friends and co-artists included names such as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell. Since the 1950s he has shared his time between [...]

National Portrait Gallery Acquires Rare Picture of Society Beauties as Macbeth’s Witches

LONDON.- As it launches a major exhibition of actress portraits, the National Portrait Gallery has announced the acquisition of a large and rarely seen picture of three of eighteenth-century society’s most glamorous and notorious women – as the three witches from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne – the most famous political hostesses and society beauties of their day – are shown gathered around the witches’ cauldron alongside their friend, the sculptor Anne Seymour Damer. The [...]

Sotheby’s in London Announces Impressionist & Modern Art Sale Highlights

LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, on Wednesday 22nd June 2011, will offer a selection of works of exceptional quality and rarity, many of which have remained in private collections for decades and have never before appeared at auction. In addition to two exquisite works on one of René Magritte’s most sought-after themes, L’Empire des lumières, a monumental Joan Miró and a rare painting by Paul Klee, the sale is led by one of the most important [...]

Tati Suarez popsurrealist work

Tatiana Suarez (b. 1983) is a Brooklyn-based Miami native. This emerging artist is an alumni of the University of Miami’s Graphic Design program, and also works as a freelance illustrator. Her charming style is distinctive — first, the trademark eyes that draw the viewer into a beautiful and surreal world. Suarez takes full advantage of the oil paint’s ability to create creamy, soft images on canvas. Rich with symbols that stem from her Brazilian and El Salvadorian heritage, subjects appear [...]

Old books as canvas by Mike Stilkey

Mike Stilkey creates unique art by painting on the sides of stacked books. Los Angeles based artist uses ink, colored pencils, and paint to depict whimsical characters. [photos by D. Kinsey, J. Witham, and N. Baker]  

Timothy Taylor Gallery Brings Together a Group of Cross-Generational Artists for Exhibition

LONDON.- The Minimal Gesture brings together a group of cross-generational artists working in the wake of abstract expressionism. The exhibition suggests that the painting practices of these artists are marked by conflicting impulses. Austere signifiers of order such as the grid format, geometric motifs and monochromatic colour palettes are made expressive through playful lines and textured surface. The Minimal Gesture explores the gap between – and improbable proximity of – abstract expressionism and minimalism. The exhibition is on view from [...]

A Master of Light and Shadows, Chilean Painter Claudio Bravo, Has Died at Age 74

TAROUDANT, MOROCCO.- He had the gift of perceiving reality and translate it onto the canvas, with its lights and shadows, to the extent that many called him “the master of light”. Considered the most prestigious Chilean painter alive, Claudio Bravo moved to Southern Morocco 39 years ago, where he died Saturday night at age 74. Early reports indicated that his death had been caused by an attack of epilepsy, an illness that had been recently detected. But his friend and [...]

Exhibition of Latin American Photography Shows the Work of Emerging Latin Photographers

MADRID.- Continuing a project from past years, the Instituto Cervantes presents an exposition of fifteen young Latin American photographers selected after a showing of their portfolios at the Trasatlántica Festival organized by PHotoEspaña and Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID), convened in Managua and Cartagena de Indias. The curators Rosina Cazali and Laure Terré have selected the work of 15 artists who reflect on the duality of heaviness and lightness, gravity and resistance, anxiety and hope. Brazilian photographer [...]

Saffronart to Offer an Exceptional Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art at Auction

MUMBAI.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, will showcase an important selection of works by modern masters and contemporary artists at its annual Summer Online Art Auction. With a total of 65 lots, the auction includes a wide variety of paintings, sculptures and installations by leading artists including S.H. Raza, Tyeb Mehta, Jogen Chowdhury, Manjit Bawa, G. Ravinder Reddy, Bharti Kher and Jitish Kallat. The auction will take place online at www.saffronart.com on June 15-16, 2011. Saffronart’s 2011 [...]