Salvador Dalí, Gala, 1931. Oil and collage on cardboard, 13,9 x 9,2 cm Antoni Pitxot, director of the Dalí Theatre and Museum in Figueres, and Montse Aguer, director of the Centre for Dalinian Studies, have presented today the latest acquisition made by the Dalí Foundation: an oil titled Gala. This painting could be the first [...]

The Ego and the Id by Franz West. Outdoor art isn’t what it used to be. Once it honored heroic individuals and upheld values that whole populations could embrace. Today, excepting memorials like the Vietnam veterans wall, outdoor art serves rather to divert, amuse and comfort. A striking illustration of that old-new dichotomy straddles East [...]

Claude Monet, Canotiers à Argenteuil. This autumn Helly Nahmad Gallery presents a retrospective exhibition by the acknowledged principal of the French Impressionist school, Claude Monet. Taking in his diverse styles from the 1870s as he explored a wide range of subjects in all seasons and all types of weather in his commitment to painting in [...]

Artist Vladimir Zunuzin Presents Painting Process «The Parable of the Blind»

Andy Warhol, Michael Jackson, executed in 1984. Stamped twice with estate and foundation seals on the overlap acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, 30 X 26 in. The Vered Gallery in East Hampton has temporarily removed an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson from the auction block. The Associated Press reported that gallery co-owner Janet Lehr [...]

Gilbert and George once had something to say. Now, we’re listening – and they’re incoherent.

Jasper Johns, (American, b. 1930), Untitled, 1973, silkscreen, AP 1/25, edition of 100. Fiftieth Anniversary Acquisition, Gift of Jasper Johns An installation of the work of pioneering Pop artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg opens at the Columbia Museum of Art on July 18 and runs through October 4. JJ/RR Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg: [...]