VANCOUVER, BC.- The most comprehensive exhibition of Surrealist art ever to be shown in this country is on view at the Vancouver Art Gallery from May 28 through September 25, 2011. The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art features 350 …
Sotheby’s Latin American Art Sales Total $26.9 million
NEW YORK, NY.- “We are delighted with our total of $26.9 million – the second highest ever for Latin American Art at Sotheby’s.” said Carmen Melián, Head of Latin American Art at Sotheby’s. “Throughout the evening sale we…
Wifredo Lam Painting Sets New Record at Art Basel Miami Beach
MIAMI, FL (CUBAN ART NEWS).- Minutes after the opening of this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach fair, Cernuda Arte gallery sold Wifredo Lam’s 1944 painting Les Fiancés for $3 million, setting a new record for work by the artist. Cuban Art News spoke w…
Surrealism, Botero in Latin America Auctions this Week at Christie’s and Sotheby’s
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A voodoo-inspired Cuban work and a portrait of a bullfighting family by Colombian Fernando Botero top this week’s Latin American art auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s in New York. Christie’s expects to see sales of up to $26 mil…
1970 Masterpiece by Wifredo Lam to Lead Sotheby’s November Latin American Art Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announced that the highlight of the 16 and 17 November sales of Latin American Art will be Wifredo Lam’s 1970 masterpiece Les Abalochas Dansent Pour Dhambala, dieu de l’unité (est. $1.75/2.25 million). The painting w…
Cuban Curator Gerardo Mosquera Chosen New Curator of PhotoEspaña International Festival
By: Cuban Art News
HAVANA.-The PhotoEspaña International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, held every June in different places along Spain, has appointed a Latin American curator its coordinator for the next three editions. The choice fell on t…
Surrealist Wifredo Lam’s Afro-Cuban Mythology Meets Salvador Dalí’s Personal Myths
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Two new exhibitions which opened at the Salvador Dalí Museum this fall highlight the diverse ways Western and non-Western mythology enlivened Surrealism. Wifredo Lam in North America is the first U….