For the October 31 opening of TEFAF New York Fall, the latest edition of The European Fine Art Fair to fill the Upper East Side’s Park Avenue Armory, attendees sacrificed an evening of trick-or-treating to surround themselves with masterworks. Between getting drinks from the bar and enjoying a collection of oysters and hors d’oeuvres on
When the European Fine Art Fair arrived in New York and set up in Park Avenue Armory four years ago, it was enough to be exactly what it was: a fair that boasted European old master paintings and antiquities and catered to museum curators and high-end connoisseurs. Several years in, Tefaf is examining its clientele
This article is more than 4 years old. The New York Contemporary art auctions are chock-a-block with the works of renowned Japanese superstars. There are Yayoi Kusama pumpkins, Yayoi Kusama’s “Pumpkin A/ABC” Christie’s Yoshitomo Nara angry little girls, Yoshitomo Nara’s “The Little Ambassador” Christie’s and Takashi Murakami over-the-top Japanime sexpots. Takashi Murakami’s “Hiropon” Christie’s These are
Norman Wilfred Lewis (American, 1909-1979) AbstractSigned and dated “NORMAN LEWIS. 66” l.l.Oil on canvas, 38 x 56 in. (96.5 x 142.2 cm), unstretched, unframed.Condition: Prominent craquelure and flaking with losses, rippling resulting from being rolled. Provenance: Private collection, Massachusetts. N.B. By the mid-1940s, New York painter Norman Lewis had abandoned the figurative, social realist style
Is art a good investment? The recent mega-auctions in New York have brought out the siren song that art often outperforms other asset classes like real estate, while the Wall Street Journal declared that art achieved a 10.6 percent return in 2018 based on Art Market Research’s Art 100 Index, outpacing all other categories. One
Two years ago, I wrote about my visit to the tiny island of Murano Italy, a fifteen-minute boat ride from Venice. This is the home of the most famous artisans who create works of art in glass of all colors, shapes, sizes, and price. I purchased some unique glass art objects which should have been
John Tufts San Angelo Standard-Times San Angelo artist Rene Alvarado’s Linda Paloma, oil on canvas, painting was one of the favorites during an exhibition of Texas-based art in the residence of the Ambassador of the European Union on June 20. Contributed / Yuri Gripas / AFP San Angelo Mayor Brenda Gunter addresses guests on the
WASHINGTON D.C. — Rain battered the windshield as Jeff Curry and René Alvarado drove steadily north along I-40 toward the nation’s capital. Both men were exhausted. They departed Texas at 8 a.m. May 11, 2019, with an irreplaceable collection of artworks carefully stowed inside their 15-foot U-Haul. To ensure their cargo arrived safely at its destination, Curry
The galleries of New York welcome artists, both emergent and established, from around the world. But the city has an indisputable longstanding relationship with modern and contemporary artists from Europe. Turning a twist on Neil Simon’s 1970 American comedy, The Out-of-Towners, a film about an Ohio couple struggling to find their way in the Big Apple,
Overview Overview Discover the essentials of European art history from 1350-1850 in these six lavishly-produced lessons. Over six weeks, the course will take you from the Early Renaissance in Italy through to Romanticism in Britain, introducing you to the artists we call the great masters. By looking in detail at the principal works of