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Thrifting Picasso
May 23, 2023 If looking for bargains in thrift stores doesn’t appeal to you, the story of a New York thrifter’s purchase might... Read more -
A Look at the Works of a Young Picasso
May 18, 2023 We’re going to be hearing a lot about Pablo Picasso this year. Museums in Europe and the United States are... Read more -
Remembering Julia Warhola, Andy Warhol's Mother
Happy Mother's Day May 10, 2023 Family played an important role in the life of Andy Warhol . His two older brothers were very protective of... Read more -
Yoshitomo Nara Garnering Gen Z Audience. Continued Fascination with Warhol-Basquiat Collaboration
May 2, 2023 The images that Yoshitomo Nara creates are both cute and cunning, innocent and angst-filled. The images, with large, trusting eyes,... Read more -
Roy Lichtenstein Retrospective Planned at Whitney; Liliana Porter's Retrospective in France
April 26, 2023 The United States Post Office and the Whiney Museum are celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Roy Lichtenstein’s birth. On Monday,... Read more -
Damien Hirst's Statue Hit by Rolls | Larry Poons Works on Exhibit in New York
April 18, 2023 A woman driving her Rolls-Royce in Palm Beach crashed into a multi-million dollar Damien Hirst sculpture in the yard of... Read more -
Commemorating Picasso. Katherine Bernhardt in Hong Kong. The Works of Carmen Herrera in LA
April 11, 2023 Museums and galleries around the world are observing the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death. Picasso was born in Spain in 1881 and died in France on April 8, 1973 at age 91. Read more -
Julian Opie in VR, Ugo Rondinone in Geneva
April 6, 2023 Julian Opie’s latest show, at the Lisson Gallery in London, forces viewers to put down their cell phones and look at what’s going on around them. One of the gallery’s rooms is a large space, with white walls, and appears completely empty. But slip on a VR headset and figures begin to dance, birds begin to fly and buildings appear to be floating in space. Read more -
Carmen Herrera and Ellsworth Kelly Exhibits
March 29, 2023 In 2021, the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas in Austin, commissioned Cuban-American artist Carmen Herrera to... Read more -
VFA at The Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary International Fair
March 21, 2023 Vertu Fine Art will be at the Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary International Fair held at the Palm Beach Convention Center from March 23 through March 26, 2023. This is the sixth edition of of South Florida’s most celebrated winter art fair. Read more -
Red Grooms: Ninth Street Women meet The Irascibles; Robert Longo Wedded
March 14, 2023 Recent works of Red Grooms are on exhibit at the Marlborough Gallery in New York . The series was inspired... Read more -
The Restoration of Luna Luna, Banksy's Stamp for Ukraine
March 8, 2023 In 1987 the Luna Luna amusement park opened in Hamburg, Germany. The park was created by Austrian artist, Andre Heller.... Read more -
Robert Rauschenberg's Archive, New Yue Minjun, Kenny Scharf's Cosmic Cavern in London
March 2, 2023 Robert Rauschenberg In 1965, before Robert Rauschenberg moved to Captiva Island, he lived in a building on Lafayette Street in... Read more -
Tyler Hobbs' New Algorithm, Alex Katz "Controls the Space"
February 20, 2023 Generative artist Tyler Hobbs has been experimenting with a new algorithm called QQL, that he developed with fellow generative artist Dandelion Wist. The new works were created with a plotter and painted by hand after their creation with QQL. Hobbs will be exhibiting new works at the Pace gallery in New York. Read more -
Tyler Hobbs at Art Miami, Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara at the National Museum of Singapore
December 6, 2022 Tyler Hobbs at VFA, Art Miami The Art Miami Fair is always an exciting, uplifting event. This year it was better than ever, thanks to the visit by generative artist, Tyler Hobbs. Hobbs showcased his latest ioStream project at the VFA booth. “At this point I’m primarily known for my digital art, but the lovely aspect of a physical event is the opportunity to show works that cross the digital/analog boundary,” Hobbs said, “We ourselves coexist in both spaces, and work that reflects that is especially meaningful to me”. Read more -
VFA with Tyler Hobbs at Art Miami
November 28, 2022 Vertu Fine Art is one of premier galleries taking part in Art Miami 2022. Art Miami is the city's longest running contemporary and modern art fair. It is also recognized as one of the preeminent international art fairs globally. Galleries from countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America, India, the Middle East and the United States will be displaying paintings, drawings, design, sculpture, NFTs, video art, photography and fine art prints. Read more -
Through the Eyes of Julian Opie and Kenny Scharf
November 23, 2022 Every piece of art lets us see through the eyes of the artist. Why the artist chooses specific subjects, colors, materials and perspectives is sometimes a mystery, even to the artist. Julian Opie, whose works are simple, straightforward and instantly recognizable, hinted, in an interview with The Telegraph, that he might like to do things differently. “I’m always trying to somehow get away from the smell of myself, and the look of what I do.” he said, “I’d love to look more like Clint Eastwood, and I’d love to have long black hair that I could flick out of my eyes, but I don’t, and I never will. And likewise, I notice that every time I undertake a project, it always ends up looking like my work.” Read more -
Keith Haring: Off the Wall; Derrick Adams, Carlos Rolón and Kenny Scharf On the Walls
September 27, 2022 Keith Haring was both an artist and activist. He paved the way, in the 1980s, for street artists to gain acceptance in fine art galleries and museums. The world was Haring’s canvas. He drew and painted on subway stations, billboards and walls…walls of homes, offices, schools. Haring’s goal was to make art accessible. And that he did. Read more -
Damien Hirst Burning His Paintings / KAWS Honored at the Hirshhorn / Reimagining Count Chocula
August 21, 2022 On September 9th, Damien Hirst will begin to burn about 5,000 pieces of his art. The move is a calculated act that he calls The Currency. Hirst created 10,000 small oil paintings on paper that he linked to corresponding NFTs in 2021. Buyers who bought the NFTs for $2000 were given a choice: keep the NFT or trade it for the physical painting. Holding on to both is not an option. Read more -
David Hockney: Moving Focus, Artle: Wordle for Art Lovers
August 1, 2022 David Hockney 1937 - David Hockney's works are currently on display in museums and galleries in Europe and the U.S.... Read more -
The Collaboration: Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat
July 11, 2022 The art of Andy Warhol has been an exciting part of our fine art print collection at VFA. We have always appreciated his great style and masterfully done prints. We took for granted that the rest of the world knew and appreciated them, as well. The life and art of Andy Warhol has gotten increased attention recently. Every aspect of his life is explored in the Netflix docuseries The Andy Warhol Diaries. The documentary uses an AI voice to read the notes that Warhol dictated every day to his friend, Pat Hackett, for about a decade. Read more -
Julian Opie’s ‘People’ in SoHo, Ugo Rondinone Curates in Long Island, Javier Calleja Collaborates
May 23, 2022 The lobby of a new office building, in New York’s SoHo district, has installed an artwork by Julian Opie to amplify the minimal design of its architecture. People 13, 2014, is an 11-inch by 144-inch LED, wall mounted work, of digitalized people walking. The building’s offices, at 2 Crosby Street, are leased by such notable tenants as French fashion designer Rick Owens and jewelry designer Maria Tash. Read more -
Roy Lichtenstein’s Studio Donated to the Whitney, Andy Warhol Heard with A.I.
February 28, 2022 Roy Lichtenstein 1923-1997 The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation has donated the artist's former West Village studio to the Whitney Museum. The... Read more -
Keith Haring, Derrick Adams and Roy Lichtenstein
February 7, 2022 Keith Haring was one of the twentieth century's most innovate artists. Haring took inspiration from Pierre Alechinsky, one of Europe's most avant-garde artists. Alechinsky was born in Brussels, but has spent most of his life living, painting and teaching in Paris. At the age of 94, Alechinsky is still very active. A survey of his work was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in 2017 and, in 2018, he was awarded Japan's Praemium Imperiale Art award for his work. Read more -
Andy Warhol: How He Saw Himself and Everyone Else
February 1, 2022 Two shows at the Warhol Museum bridge the gap between the way Andy Warhol viewed himself and the way in which he viewed others. My Perfect Body just ended and Stars of the Silver Screen is coming this month. Read more -
The Influence and Legacy of Wayne Thiebaud
December 27, 2021 Wayne Thiebaud, one of America's most beloved artists, best knows for his luscious paintings of cakes and pies, died at his home in Sacramento on Saturday, December 25th. He was 101 years old. Read more -
Hockney at Basel, Wood Connecting Dots
October 4, 2021 One of the highlights of this year’s Art Basel in Basel was the Unlimited exhibit, that displayed works that are too large to be shown in an average size gallery. The works are, instead, shown in the massive Hall 1. David Hockney’s Pictures at an Exhibition, 50 feet long by nearly 16 feet high, was one of the works featured in Hall 1. In a recent article in The Art Newspaper, titled Abstraction in art has run its course, Hockney looks at the importance of understanding the history of art and how it is created. His 2006 book, Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters explored the way in which Caravaggio, Vermeer, da Vinci, and other hyperrealists actually used optics and lenses to create their masterpieces. Read more -
Yoshitomo Nara: Peace of Mind
August 17, 2021 Nara was born in 1959 in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan. He was a lonely latchkey kid, who read comics and listened to the music broadcast from a nearby American military base. The music, and the album covers, had a profound effect on his work. “As for records,” he said, “I bought a lot of imported records because they were inexpensive even for someone my age. But, you know, I couldn’t read the jacket cover of the thing I’d just purchased! Yet I pulled the record out of the cover and started listening with the cover in my hand. It got my imagination moving a lot and gradually I started picking up words. Little by little, I constructed the world of the record using imagination. I think I trained my imagination through the picture books and records, without knowing I was doing so.” Read more -
The Surprising Inspirations of Julian Opie and Andy Warhol
July 27, 2021 The influence of Michael Craig-Martin, one of Julian Opie's instructors at London's Goldsmiths School of Art, is apparent. Read more -
Andy Warhol Exhibits in China and Russia; Jean-Michel Basquiat Exhibit in Chelsea
July 6, 2021 In the early 1980s, Jean-Michel Basquiat was at the height of his career. Andy Warhol was experiencing a renewed burst... Read more -
Keith Haring’s Pop Shop Fine Art Prints at VFA
May 25, 2021 In 1986, Keith Haring opened the Pop Shop in New York to make his art more accessible to the public. The small space, at 292 Lafayette Street in Soho, was a small boutique that sold t-shirts, pins and other novelty items adorned with Haring’s images. The entire shop, walls, floor and ceiling, were painted with Haring motifs. Read more -
David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Julian Opie and Derrick Adams at VFA
May 10, 2021 As part of a £7 million Let’s Do London campaign, the mayor of London commissioned David Hockney to create a sign for the Picadilly Circus tube station. Hockney reimagined the original red, white and blue sign with a whimsical, typical Hockney-eske iPad purple and yellow design. Social Media users went wild, making fun of the iPad drawing…and saying that they could do better. Read more -
KAWS and David Hockney: Featured Works at VFA
February 17, 2021 The Brooklyn Museum is hosting the first major New York survey of the twenty-five year career of Brian Donnelly, the artists known as KAWS. KAWS is one of the world’s most beloved artists (with 3.2 million Instagram followers) whose works resonate with people around the globe.His Kimpsons Album painting sold to an anonymous bidder for $14.8m at a Sotheby’s auction in 2019. Paintings from the Kimpsons Series are available at VFA. Read more -
Julian Opie: Walking in Melbourne
June 5, 2020 The simplicity and clean lines of Julian Opie's work gives them a universal appeal. His paintings and sculptures can be found in major museums and public venues around the world. Read more -
Remembering Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring
February 2, 2020 The works of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring gave credibility to graffiti artists and took their works from the street into fine art galleries and museums. The frenetic energy of the New York art scene in the 1980s was a perfect time for both Basquiat and Haring to work, play and get the attention they desired and deserved. Both Basquiat and Haring died young, each in a tragic way, yet, decades later, their art still has the ability to impact and inspire young artists and art lovers. Read more -
Supernatural Art at VFA
January 22, 2020 The Art Gallery of New South Wales recently commissioned Takashi Murakami to create a work for its permanent collection. Murakami... Read more -
Joan Miro: In Perspective
September 17, 2019 When I was painting the Constellations I had the genuine feeling that I was working in secret. But it was... Read more -
Salvador Dali: Selfies, Symbols and Elephants
August 13, 2019 If someday I may die, though it is unlikely, I hope the people in the cafés will say, 'Dalí has... Read more -
Arman: Production, Consumption, and Destruction
August 5, 2019 While Pop Art was taking hold in 1960s America, artists in France responded with the Nouveau Realisme (New Realism) movement, which questioned the idea of elevating or idealizing subject matter in art works. Arman was born in Nice, France in 1928. His father was an antiques dealer and collector and dabbled in painting, photography, poetry and played the cello. Arman completed Bachelors Degrees in philosophy and mathematics in 1946, and then he began to study art and judo. Arman’s work bridged the gap between American and European mid-century art. Read more -
Alex Katz and His Muse: “To Paint What’s in Front of You”
May 24, 2019 Ada was working as a research biologist at Sloan Kettering in the fall of 1957. She had recently returned from studying tumor genetics in Milan on a Fulbright when she walked into the Tanager Gallery for the opening night of an art exhibit. Alex Katz’s art was on the walls. The two met. She still maintains she was shy about visiting galleries. He’s adamant she was already a legend in the New York City art-world. Read more -
The Influence of Victor Vasarely
May 7, 2019 The Pompidou Centre in Paris recently celebrated the life and work of Victor Vasarely, the Grandfather of Op-Art, with an exhibit than spanned the more than five decades of his work. Born in Hungary in 1906, Vasarely dropped out of medical school, at age 23, to study with avant-garde artist, Sándor Bortnyik. Bortnyik was a proponent of the Bahuas philosophy, which emphasized the relationship between art, society, and technology. Read more -
Roy Lichtenstein: Drawing in the Dark
April 17, 2019 In 1962, New York gallery owner, Leo Castelli, chose to represent Roy Lichtenstein. He had seen the works of Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist, and considered representing one of them, but it was Lichtenstein who made the cut. The gallery show, which ran from February 10 to March 3, was the first exhibit of Lichtenstein’s comic book paintings, a big change from the Abstract Expressionist paintings, filled with emotional content, that gallery goers had gotten used to seeing. The comic book paintings sold out and made Lichtenstein, at age 39, a legend in the art world. Read more -
The Masters Behind the Matrix: Fine Art Prints at VFA
April 16, 2019 At Vertu, we are dedicated to the acquisition of, and education about, fine art prints. Fine art printmaking is both an art and a science. Over the centuries, artists have created masterful artworks on wood, copper and other matrixes to turn into high quality prints. The collaboration between artists and master printers often determines the quality of the work and, at times, the trajectory of an artist’s career. Read more -
David Hockney Goes Viral
March 11, 2019 David Hockney’s latest solo exhibition Something New in Painting (and Photography) [and even Printing] … Continued opened at the L.A.... Read more -
Jim Dine: Prints of Hearts
March 5, 2019 Jim Dine's work, in every medium he uses, is very physical; it has texture, form and a flow of energy that it difficult to achieve, especially with prints. "I like what you get" Dine said. "I like cutting wood. I like drawing with acid on copper. I like drawing with the grease crayon on litho stones, so there is a sensuous physical pleasure from it." It has been printmakers who have helped Dine find techniques that he has used for decades. When Dine wanted to find a way of making etchings that look like charcoal drawings, he asked Austrian printmaker, Kurt Zein, if such a thing was even possible. It took Zein a few months, but he actually came up with a solution. Read more -
Julian Schnabel Does Van Gogh
January 21, 2019 Julian Schnabel’s latest film At Eternity’s Gate chronicles the last two years of the life of Vincent Van Gogh, a time when the artist lived in the south of France, was most prolific and most depressed. Van Gogh is played by Willem Dafoe, who was nominated for Best Actor in a drama at this years’ Golden Globe Awards. The role has also gotten Dafoe an Oscar nomination. He’s had three previous Oscar nominations, but this is his first in the lead actor category. Read more -
Sol LeWitt: Cube Without a Corner and Cube Without a Cube at VFA
January 8, 2019 If you’re a Sol LeWitt fan, and haven’t had a chance to see the Wall Drawing Retrospective at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), there’s still plenty of time. Thanks to the Yale University Art Gallery and other donors, the exhibit will be on display until 2043. Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective, opened to the public on November 16, 2008, a year and a half after LeWitt’s death. Beginning in 2004, LeWitt helped to design and plan the retrospective, which covers about an acre of wall space. On exhibit are 105 drawings by LeWitt, made over a 38 year period. Read more -
The Continuing Evolution of Frank Stella’s Prints
September 19, 2018 Frank Stella changed the art world in so many ways. His Black Painting series launched the minimalism movement in the... Read more -
Jeff Koons and the Kardashians
August 28, 2018 In 2013, Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog sold for $58.4 million at Christie’s, making it the most expensive work by a living artist sold at auction. Koons work, and the artist himself, are iconic America, so it’s no surprise that he would be on the Kardashian radar. What’s also no surprise is that they could get it so wrong. Read more -
Shepard Fairey: Salad Days, Robert Plant & Beyond
July 2, 2018 Shepard Fairey said that Punk Rock and skateboarding saved his life. That sounds very dramatic, but the influence of music and skateboarding led Fairey to become one of the world’s most recognizable street artists. Read more -
Hidden Keith Haring Mural Uncovered and Preserved in Amsterdam
June 25, 2018 In 1986, Haring painted a large mural on the wall of a building that had served as a warehouse for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Two years after he painted the mural, which depicts a white, thick-lined sea creature, the wall was covered with aluminum siding for climate control within the building. Read more -
Celestial Elephants in Salvador Dali Land
May 21, 2018 Salvador Dali's life and work continues to enthrall and captivate art lovers and historians. He was larger than life and was not just a painter, but also a printmaker, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, jewelry and fashion designer, photographer and unabashed self promoter. With Dali, it was always best to expect the unexpected, like this Alka Seltzer commercial .... Read more -
Frank Stella: Jasper’s Dilemma and other Stella Works at VFA
April 4, 2018 Frank Stella helped to move American art through the tides of abstract expressionism by creating paintings that were not meant to represent pictorial or graphic image. In a 1964 interview he said, “My painting is based on the fact that only what can be seen there is there. It really is an object. Any painting is an object and anyone who gets involved enough in this finally has to face up to the objectness of whatever it is that he’s doing. He is making a thing … all I want anyone to get out of my paintings, and all I ever get out of them, is the fact that you can see the whole idea without any confusion …What you see is what you see.” Read more -
Alex Katz Prints and Paintings in Boca Raton, Florida
March 6, 2018 Still Time to See Alex Katz: Small Paintings at the Boca Museum Alex Katz didn’t begin to do the large... Read more -
Victor Vasarely and the Chess Board
February 26, 2018 Victor Vasarely studied medicine before he studied art. His initial art education, in Budapest, was very traditional, but his scientific mind led him to experiment with colors and optics. Vasarely moved to Paris in 1930, and worked as a talented and successful graphic designer. He credited the intense light of southern France, and the way it affected his vision, with his development of Op Art. Read more -
Andy Warhol’s Santa Claus: Naughty and Nice
December 4, 2017 The holidays were pretty meager for Warhol when he was a child, sometimes getting just an orange for Christmas. As Byzantine Catholics, the family celebrated Christmas on January 6, after all the hoopla had died down. As an adult, Warhol really got into the spirit of the holiday—which is all things Warhol relished; it's kitsch, commercial and personified by a Pop idol—Santa. Read more -
Helen Frankenthaler: Tough and Transparent
August 24, 2017 Transparent on Canvas Helen Frankenthaler’s unique innovations with paint and canvas bridged the gap between Abstract Expressionism and Color Field... Read more -
Max Bill: Simple Design, Complex Ideas
August 6, 2017 Max Bill’s clarity of design had a profound influence on the architecture, painting, sculpture, typography, graphic and industrial design of... Read more -
Richard Anuszkiewicz: Op Art, Science and Psychology
July 5, 2017 The works of Richard Anuszkiewicz have exceeded, and in some cases almost doubled, the high end expected asking price at auction. Anuszkiewicz’s works are owned by about one hundred public institutions and many private and corporate collections in the United States and around the world. Read more -
Donald Baechler Woodcuts
June 3, 2017 Donald Baechler often works in layers: layers of fabric, followed by layers of paint, then placing images upon images on the built up surface. His paintings are playful and whimsical, which belies their very complex and thoughtful technique. The images he uses come from the hundreds, probably thousands, of doodles, drawings, signs, photographs and objects that he collects. His admitted obsession about certain objects and images leads him to use them over and over again, in differing compositions and media. Read more -
Banksy: Spring Cleaning Crew Wipes Away $5 Million of Banksy Art
March 28, 2017 Banksy was a guest at the posh Geejam Hotel in Jamaica before the hotel opened its doors in 2006. In typical Banksy fashion, he left his mark in and around the hotel, which is co-owned by his friend, British music executive Jon Baker. Read more -
Frank Stella: Surprising Influences
January 24, 2017 Rogier van der Weyden’s, Crucifixion Diptych, painted c. 1460, is one of Stella’s favorite paintings. It is effective, emotional and unlike any of the Early Netherlandish paintings of the fifteenth century. It’s clarity, precision and color had a profound influence on Stella’s work. After graduating from Princeton at age 22, Stella moved to New York. His frequent visits to the Frick and the Met led him to a better understanding of the great masters. Read more -
The Takashi Murakami Brand
September 2, 2016 Takashi Murakami barely needs any introduction in Pop art and culture. The artist has worked on projects with many celebrities... Read more -
Christo Wrapped Bottles and Cans
August 26, 2016 The well known artist Christo, often worked with his wife, Jean-Claude in the creation of modern art sculptures. Unfortunately, Jean-Claude... Read more -
Andy Warhol Art for Sale
August 1, 2016 At Vertu, we aim to promote modern art by collecting a broad range of artworks from modern artists creating artworks in various styles. We enjoy seeing new prints by artists that take their inspiration from a wide range of cultural, philosophical and even political influences. But, of course, our gallery would not be complete without prints by the most infamous contributors to modern art, like Andy Warhol. Read more -
Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger
June 17, 2016 The scene is fascinating: Pop artist Andy Warhol sits at a table. In front of him, there’s a paper bag containing a regular meal from Burger King. Warhol takes the burger from its packaging and starts to eat it. For four minutes we watch him eating a burger, like any ordinary person would. Once Warhol finishes, he sits silently for a moment, as if he were deeply reminiscing what has just taken place, and then he finishes the scene by saying these words, “My name is Andy Warhol and I just finished eating a hamburger”. Read more -
Alex Katz Black Dress and White Flowers at Vertu
April 26, 2016 We are pleased to announce our acquisition of works from Alex Katz’s Black Dress series. These large silkscreens, each 80 X 30 inches, reflect Katz’s powerful sense of style and color. Based on paintings that he did on door panels, each print depicts one of his muses, casually posed in a black dress. Katz minimalist approach to subject is deceptively simple. Each of his Black Dress silkscreens is printed in 25 to 35 colors. Read more -
Keith Haring’s Signs and Symbols
April 15, 2016 While studying at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Haring took classes in semiotics, the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation. As Haring’s work, and Haring himself, matured, along with the influence of the New York art scene, Haring’s work became more intricate and more political. Read more -
Victor Vasarely’s Alphabet Plastique
March 28, 2016 The French Institute in Budapest is exhibiting the works of Victor Vasarely through June. Born in Hungary, Vasarely moved to Paris in 1930 and became a French citizen in 1959. There was a time, just before and after World War ll, when the work of Vasarely and other abstract artists was banned in Hungary. Vasarely studied medicine before turning his scientific mind to his art. Back in the 1950s, way before the digital age, Vasarely used what he called programmations to create his artwork. Read more -
Andy Warhol Could Sell Shoes
March 9, 2016 In 1980, Warhol created his Diamond Dust Shoes series. According to Warhol’s Interview magazine editor, Bob Colacello, the idea began... Read more -
Robert Rauschenberg Prints: Beijing and Black Mountain
February 24, 2016 Robert Rauschenberg’s prints and paintings continue to be a source of joy and inspiration to art enthusiasts around the world.... Read more -
Donald Sultan and Chuck Close: Six Degrees of Separation
February 17, 2016 A recent New York Times article, featuring the work of photographer Walter Weissman, shows a photo of Chuck Close in front of Donald Sultan's Domino painting. When we found a photo of Donald Sultan in front of the same painting, we took a closer look…and found the six degrees of separation between the two artists. Read more -
Andy Warhol: The Signification of Soup
February 10, 2016 Even for Andy Warhol collectors, who know his enormous body of work, it’s hard to separate Andy Warhol from Campbell’s Soup and almost impossible to walk down the soup aisle of a grocery store without making the connection. Could Warhol have painted a box of Wheaties or a pack of Lucky Strikes and gotten the same emotional response that he achieved with Campbell’s Soup Cans? Read more -
Three Big Influences on Andy Warhol
February 3, 2016 Andy Warhol influenced the way we view art, fame and the commercial culture that we inhabit. The influences that turned Warhol from a sickly boy in Pittsburgh, into one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, began at birth. Read more -
Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Art: Finding Balance
January 21, 2016 Our brains are hard-wired to take comfort in symmetry and to look for balance in asymmetry. We humans are constantly looking at the world and trying to make sense of the things we see. We look for order, rather than chaos, in our world, and balance helps to turn that chaos into order. In 1921, Swiss psychiatrist, Hermann Rorschach (who, by the way, looked a lot like Brad Pitt), developed the inkblot Rorschach Test. He showed his patients ten symmetrical inkblots and asked them to tell him what they saw. He then used his patients’ responses as an analytical tool to assess their mental status. Read more -
Mel Ramos: The Nude Pinup Debate
January 11, 2016 Pinups are a very American phenomena, and their creators are some of our country’s truly great artists. Like Ramos’ work, the earliest and best artists painted their subjects in oil which were then transformed into prints. Their images appeared on calendars, magazines, movie posters and other advertising media. Read more -
Banksy, the Greatest Living Briton
January 6, 2016 "Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world,” Banksy wrote in his book, Wall and Piece, “I can't even finish my second apple pie." That pretty much reflects the work of Banksy: provocative, discomforting, funny and well-crafted. Banksy is one of the most well-known artists in the world, yet most people don’t know who he is or what he looks like. What we know about Banksy is what he’s told us in his books, films, the few interviews he’s given and, of course, his art. Read more -
Richard Anuszkiewicz: Collecting Op Art
December 23, 2015 Europeans have been collecting Op Art since the mid-20th century, after the Le Mouvement exhibit in Paris in 1955, which introduced the public to Optical and Kinetic artists like Victor Vasarely, Jean Arp and Alexander Calder. A decade later, in New York, MoMA hosted an exhibition called The Responsive Eye, which included the greatest European Optical Artists and their American counterparts. Works by Victor Vasarely, Yvaral and Bridget Riley were hung alongside the works of Frank Stella, Josef Albers and Richard Anuszkiewicz. Read more -
Andy Warhol Lithographs: Flowers 1964 and Photos After
December 10, 2015 Andy Warhol could easily have drawn hibiscus flowers, made a silkscreen and hung it at his first exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery at the end of 1964. He could have, but he didn’t. For Flowers, Warhol appropriated a photo of hibiscus flowers from the June 1964 issue of Modern Photography magazine. The photos were taken by Patricia Caulfield, the executive editor of Modern Photography. Caulfield threatened to sue Warhol, was offered, but declined, two sets of Flowers silkscreens, and agreed to a cash settlement instead. Read more -
The Spiritual Side of Andy Warhol
October 2, 2015 Warhol was commissioned to create works, based on Last Supper, for an exhibit in the Palazzo Stelline in Milan across the street from the famous masterpiece. Warhol created a series of works, including a 32 foot long by 12 foot high Last Supper. Read more
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