Contemporary Art :: Fine Art
Art 40 Basel: World Art Show Anniversary In my mind Art Basel is the premier international art show in the world. And this year, on its 40th anniversary year, it will do doubt out-do itself in splendor. As per usual, the 40th edition of Art Basel takes place in the culturally-rich city of Basel, Switzerland. [...]
The 12th edition of the Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair (SOFA) in New York City is poised to present a great range of arts and design of value in today’s international markets. The show is scheduled for April 16-19, 2009 with an Opening Preview Gala on Wednesday, April 15 at the historic Park Avenue [...]
Armory Arts Week | The Armory Arts Show | Videos Video I of the 2008 Armory Arts Show This event kicked off a weekend of frantic art viewing. Though not as large as Basil Miami, but with over 160 international galleries represented, this is New York’s premier fair. Highlights of the 2008 show as seen [...]
If Richter in Europe, or even LA is a bit far away for you, than surely you can take advantage of this week’s art happenings in New York City. It is that time of the year again: The Armory Show – The International Fair of New Art, will be held March 5-8, 2009, and take [...]
4-part biography of Artist Jim Dine. Well-known living American Artist Jim Dine (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1935-) is often associated with pop art, however he seems to operate in a field of his own. While pop art reflects society’s consumerism, media and obsessions, Jim Dine instead displays the autobiographical. “Dine has often been out-of-step with the major [...]
Gerhard Richter Concurrent Art Shows 2009 The Abstract Art of Gerhard Richter (1932-, Dresden) is currently on show everywhere in Europe, it seems: * Richter en France, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France March 07 2009 – June 01 2009 * Gerhard Richter. Abstract Paintings, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany February 27 2009 – May 17 [...]
Jackie Wullschlager at FT.com, in its section on art collecting, offers a landmark article ‘An Art Dealer’s Gift to the British’: “At a rowdy Gilbert and George opening in the mid-1970s, the two artists known as the “living sculptures” dared Anthony d’Offay, a shy, fusty dealer in English art, to kiss Anne Seymour, then one [...]
The ’90s: Stella as a 3D artist In the ’90s, Frank Stella has finally reached the edge of conventional painting. We can almost sigh with relief when this bird is finally flying beyond painting’s traditional limits: Frank Stella starts to produce massive metal sculptures that do not have to be hung on the wall any [...]
The American Minimalist Painter, Print-maker and Sculptor Frank Stella will be 73 this Spring, and he still seems to be full of life. “I don’t like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.” artist Frank Stella once said. LEARN MORE ABOUT Black PaintingsRobert [...]
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