What was the first European-influenced American art? For many the go-to might be Colonial artists, like painter John Singleton Copley or silversmith Paul Revere. But a new show at the Harvard Art Museums delves deeper, looking at the earlier interactions and confrontations between European, Indigenous, and African civilizations in this hemisphere and the works blending different cultures
“La Fleur Préférée” / “L’Odorat” (“The Favorite Flower”/ “The Smell”) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau was, at $403,200, the top seller in Freeman’s European Art and Old Masters sale. It found a new home after more than 50 years in a private collection ($400/600,000). Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Freeman’s PHILADELPHIA – For those whose
Art History #architecture #art history #Gretchen Scherer #painting February 23, 2023 Kate Mothes “Doria Pamphilj” (2021), oil on panel, 24 x 30 inches. All images © Gretchen Scherer, shared with permission, courtesy of Monya Rowe Gallery, New York In the maximalist paintings of Gretchen Scherer, you can wander the elaborate halls of the Galleria
The Grand Palais Ephemere, site of many art market events in France. Photo by Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty Images. Art market professionals in France are on the defensive as a European Union directive threatens to undo the country’s long-percolating art market growth overnight. The E.U.-wide rule, which was quietly approved last April but will not
Elmer Kolfin presents “Out of the shadow and into the light: Black figures in the art of Rembrandt’s time” for the 2021 Isabel and Alfred Bader Lecture in European Art. Sign up for this online lecture. ASL interpretation and live captioning available. All major Dutch collections have paintings representing Black figures and the Bader Collection at
Gods, monsters and the femme cheval For an artist such as Lam, who had left Cuba to study at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid in 1923, Surrealism was an opportunity to synthesise European modernism with his Afro-Cuban heritage. Soon his paintings abounded with gods and monsters, the most common being
A New Look at Old Masters will explore a variety of themes in The Met’s collection of European painting, creating new dialogues among the works and including a large presentation of sculpture. While one gallery will highlight the creation of still life and genre painting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, two others will provide
Art is often born through inspiration. From the lavish use of colour and decorative patterns, to the abundance of creative themes in life, artists are people who wholly immerse themselves in their surroundings.However, inspiration does not always come from the day-to-day. To expand their aesthetic imagination, artists have often looked toward the ancient world. The
Michel Majerus, Ohne Titel (1993).© Michel Majerus Estate, 2022. Photo: Jens Ziehe, Berlin. This year may lack big headliners like Documenta and the Venice Biennale, but there is certainly no shortage of showstoppers. We scoured institutional programs across the continent and selected 17 shows set to open between January and June that we think will
Liliana Nedzelska, a Ukrainian native, said she started teaching art from her home in Keller to her two sons and some of their friends in 2004 because of the far-reaching benefits garnered from being creative. “I understand for kids to perform better in school they need to learn how to concentrate and have patience. Art