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
From ancient artifacts to contemporary work, TEFAF delivers the goods at the Park Avenue Armory. Art fairs are a big part of the market. A good fair is a forum for dealers and buyers to do serious business, but also a chance to maintain and rekindle professional relationships. The best dealers and the most conscientious
Art fairs used to be principally trade shows for specialist audiences, and few were more established and exclusive than the European Fine Art Fair — which each March lures museum directors and deep-pocketed connoisseurs to Maastricht, in the southern tip of the Netherlands. Now, fairs constitute a year-round global festival of commerce, chitchat and champagne
Digest Rare books, maps, and manuscripts at The European Fine Art Fair By Rena Silverman Rena Silverman is a cultural journalist who covers the personalities, artwork, and market trends of the international art world. She has written for Blackbook, Bomb, The Photo Review, and National Geographic’s Pop Omnivore blog. Passionate about design, Rena collects rare
ST. PETERSBURG — A collective, hushed “wow” comes from viewers when they enter “A Feast for the Eyes,” the exhibit of European masterpieces at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. And one can’t help but be impressed with the beauty that’s on display, from sumptuous still lifes of lush flowers and banquet scenes of
The world’s most exclusive fair has widened its purview. The European Fine Art Fair, called TEFAF, is held every March in Maastricht in the Netherlands. It’s the grande dame of art fairs: not the world’s oldest but in its 32nd year venerable enough, and certainly the best and most exclusive. It has a New York iteration now, and I’ve
A member of the vetting committee at work at TEFAF Maastricht 2019. Photo by Loraine Bodewes courtesy of TEFAF Maastricht. Two days before the European Fine Art Fair, arguably the world’s premier Old Master fair, opens in Maastricht, a squad of elite art historians shuffle from booth to booth. An intimidating 293 art dealers are collectively showing
So, what was for sale, you may ask? Why, objects to hang, install, suspend, wear, sit on, and eat off, of course. Staring each other down at Antwerp dealers Salomon Lilian’s booth, a pair of oval Peter Paul Rubens portraits of emperors Vitellius and Vespasian were asking six million euros the pair, while at the