Giacometti, Alberto (1901-1966) - Sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker, son of Giovanni Giacometti. 1. Early studies and works, to 1927 He began drawing around 1910-12, followed by painting and sculpting in 1913-15.

After ending 2013 with a bang in Miami and then bringing the fanfare to Hong Kong, Art Basel, the mother of all art fairs, is back where it began

Une grande exposition au musée de Grenoble réunit du 9 mars au 9 juin peintures, sculptures et photos de l'artiste suisse.

Giacometti, Alberto (1901-1966) - Sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker, son of Giovanni Giacometti. 1. Early studies and works, to 1927 He began drawing around 1910-12, followed by painting and sculpting in 1913-15.

Giacometti once quipped that only Francis Bacon had a messier studio than he did, perhaps indicative of a certain pride that he may have taken in his own permissive disorderliness. Yet, there are obvious elements of staging in these compositions that remind us of the artist's overall control of his environment. We can see this in the present work, where a few strategically placed ripe-red apples appear almost enshrined on a stool at the centre of the composition. The tension between order and disorder is at the heart of these compositions, and Giacometti's painting captures the beauty created by these forces in opposition. [Sotheby’s, New York - Oil on canvas, 70 x 42.5 cm]

The curator of the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s portraits talks to Florence Waters about where his iconic figures came from — and how Giacometti has ‘led people astray’

Drawing made from a bronze that I saw in a retrospective in Montreal.

Alberto Giacometti. 1965. Par Jean Marquis

Alberto Giacometti

Voir des bronzes de Giacometti, 10 mn après avoir vu un Picasso...un Renoir... Voilà pourquoi je pense que New York et Paris sont les plus belles villes du monde! - Metropolitan Museum of Art