Madrid, Spain. The Fundacion Mapfre is currently showing “Odilon Redon”, on view through April 29th. This exhibition is the first major retrospective of this French artist’s oeuvre in Spain. A hundred and seventy works, including drawings, prints a…
Christie’s Sets Ilya Repin Record at the Start of Russian Art Week Sales in London
LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s claimed a new auction record for Russian artist Ilya Repin on Monday when his 1875 canvas “A Parisian Cafe” fetched 4.5 million pounds at the start of Russian art week in London. The large-scale canvas, depicting a bustlin…
L-13, London: A Riot in a Jam Jar by James Cauty
LONDON.- It’s the art show that guarantees you will never look at riots, rioters, or jam jars in the same way again… Featuring tiny sculptures in jam jars, A Riot in a Jam Jar depicts either real or imagined violent clashes, past or future, b…
Sotheby’s Latin American Art Evening Sale Totals $ 14,814,500; Sets 8 New Records
NEW YORK, NY.- Last night’s Evening Sale of Latin American Art at Sotheby’s in New York brought a total of $14,814,500, meeting pre-sale expectations (est. $14.5/19.8 million). The highlight of the evening was Les Abalochas Dansent Pour Dhamb…
Fernando Botero’s Rotund and Voluptuous Forms at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
BUDAPEST.- Rotund and voluptuous forms, characteristically simple and expressive figures, people, animals and objects dominate the works of Colombian-born Fernando Botero. The language of his colourful and often luminous works is understandable for all…
South American Nudes by Marcos Zimmermann at Couturier Gallery
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Couturier Gallery presents Marcos Zimmermann’s exhibition “South American Nudes” through April 17th, a selection of 30 gelatin silver prints from his recently published book Desnudos Sudamericanos (Ediciones Lariviere, Buenos Aires, 2009). One of Argentina’s premier photographers, Zimmerman’s new body of work, “Desnudos Sudamericanos,” is a series of nude portraits of men of South America revealed with surprising frankness and sensitivity. This series of male nudes is, for Zimmermann, another approach to viewing the “landscape” of his South America as very distinct from the photographic landscape books of South America he has previously published. Desnudos sudamericanos (South American Nudes), a six year project that took Marcos Zimmermann through seven South American countries, is a daring and challenging accomplishment. Although implied by the nature of nu