Before concerns about coronavirus cut it short this past week, TEFAF, in the Dutch city of Maastricht, was a feast for the eyes. The flowers alone were showstoppers at this — the 33rd — edition of the fair. The hot pink, purple, orange and red masses of orchids, lilies and tulips hanging above the aisles […]
“Nothing can equal the psychological effect of real art — neither factual descriptions nor intellectual discussion.”
Before concerns about coronavirus cut it short this past week, TEFAF, in the Dutch city of Maastricht, was a feast for the eyes. The flowers alone were showstoppers at this — the 33rd — edition of the fair. The hot pink, purple, orange and red masses of orchids, lilies and tulips hanging above the aisles […]
The abstract artist on her large-scale paintings, now showing at Van Doren Waxter and Chart.
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Pop art legend Roy Lichtenstein could have made an entire career out of his comic-strip paintings of button-nosed beauties and their square-jawed beaus. Yet he only spent five years making those signature canvases, which elevated cheap entertainment to high art — to the dismay of many and the delight of many more. “He could have […]
“Nothing can equal the psychological effect of real art — neither factual descriptions nor intellectual discussion.”
This Italian artist was an exemplar of slow art—if the trendy concept can be applied to painting. Giorgio Morandi’s work was obsessive, meditative, and comfortingly domestic.
Chinese-born, Oakland-based Hung Liu is the first artist of Asian descent to have a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The achievement is bittersweet. The show — titled “Portraits of Promised Lands” and opening August 27 — was to be a celebration of 50 years of work, bringing together 50 of her multilayered […]
Chinese-born, Oakland-based Hung Liu is the first artist of Asian descent to have a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The achievement is bittersweet. The show — titled “Portraits of Promised Lands” and opening August 27 — was to be a celebration of 50 years of work, bringing together 50 of her multilayered […]
Chinese-born, Oakland-based Hung Liu is the first artist of Asian descent to have a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The achievement is bittersweet. The show — titled “Portraits of Promised Lands” and opening August 27 — was to be a celebration of 50 years of work, bringing together 50 of her multilayered […]
Dorothy Hood might be the best-known artist you’ve never heard of. A fixture of the Houston art scene in the second half of the 20th century, she never met with international success — though her address book suggests otherwise. “I found letters from the major artists of the twentieth century, curators, museum directors, critics, collectors, […]
James Millar, Lord Algernon Percy, (1777-80)
Chinese-born, Oakland-based Hung Liu is the first artist of Asian descent to have a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The achievement is bittersweet. The show — titled “Portraits of Promised Lands” and opening August 27 — was to be a celebration of 50 years of work, bringing together 50 of her multilayered […]
But “do not feel sorry for her,” says biographer Eve Kahn in a new book about the revolutionary artist.
Whether you’re looking for ways to engage your guests, or planning a personal day over Thanksgiving break, here are exhibitions that will be up between now and New Year’s Day.
This is a book of Sisley's art that I'm altering into an art journal.I have a few altered books I'm working in this year, but this little one has turned out to be one of my favorites. Most often the images of his art on the pages get totally covered up, but sometimes - like in this spread - they i
The name N.C. Wyeth — for those who know it — evokes the colorful, striking illustrations he created for early-20th-century editions of such beloved children’s classics as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe and The Yearling. N.C. Wyeth (1882–1945) is also known for being the father of Andrew Wyeth, who painted the iconic Christina’s […]
Morceau de réception de l'Académi royale de peinture et de sculpture le 24 novembre 1753. Collection de l'Académie, Paris (placé en dessus-de-porte dans la galerie d'Apollon).
The abstract artist on her large-scale paintings, now showing at Van Doren Waxter and Chart.
Morceau de réception de l'Académi royale de peinture et de sculpture le 24 novembre 1753. Collection de l'Académie, Paris (placé en dessus-de-porte dans la galerie d'Apollon).
Morceau de réception de l'Académi royale de peinture et de sculpture le 24 novembre 1753. Collection de l'Académie, Paris (placé en dessus-de-porte dans la galerie d'Apollon).
It’s difficult to know what will survive our times. However, my money is on Andy Warhol,” declared Tom Armstrong, the Whitney Museum’s renowned former director, in the foreword to a 1979 Warhol exhibition catalogue. More than 40 years later, we can all agree that Armstrong was on the right side of that bet. Although Warhol […]
Pelton is one of several underappreciated female artists to be celebrated by the New York museum.
The name N.C. Wyeth — for those who know it — evokes the colorful, striking illustrations he created for early-20th-century editions of such beloved children’s classics as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe and The Yearling. N.C. Wyeth (1882–1945) is also known for being the father of Andrew Wyeth, who painted the iconic Christina’s […]
thunderstruck9: “John Currie (British, 1883-1914), The Supper, 1912-14. Oil on canvas, 144 x 122 cm. ”
Forgeries have become so good – and so costly – that Sotheby’s has brought in its own in-house fraud-busting expert.
