Caravaggio (Italian 1571-1610). Bacchus, 1595. Oil on canvas, 37 x 33 inches. The tiny image of the Renaissance master is hidden in a carafe of wine in his 1597 oil painting Bacchus, one of his most acclaimed works which hangs in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery. It shows a man, thought to be Caravaggio at the age [...]
It’s the business … Martin Westwood’s corporate collage, Sunset Clause (2004) Martin Westwood makes art from corporate culture. Literally: he builds sculptures using the paraphernalia of commerce, fabricating collages out of brochures, pie-charts, carpet tiles and paperclips. The resulting installations sit somewhere between the sterile world of the car showroom, with its promotional balloons and [...]
Jean-Leon Gerome, “Man with a Waterpipe and Dog”. Estimate: £800,000 to £1,200,000 Christie’s will offer a highly curated auction of 24 Orientalist masterpieces on November 25, 2009 in London. An important Private Collection of 9 works will form the core of the sale and includes four works by Jean-Léon Gérôme and three exceptional watercolors by [...]
Bill Thompson, Toro, 2009, 24″ x 20″ x 7″ Urethane on polyurethane block. Thatcher Projects presents Shift an exhibition of new work by Bill Thompson. From curvilinear and cloud-like to pointedly flexed and bowing, Thompson’s colorful wall structures combine painting and sculpture into a unique minimalist art form.
British artist Damien Hirst poses for photographers in front of his painting “White Roses and Butterflies,” 2008, in London. Photo: Reuters/Kieran Doherty (Britain Entertainment Society) British artist Damien Hirst has made a reputation, and sizeable fortune, from suspending animals in formaldehyde and filling medicine cabinets with pills. Now one of the world’s most successful living [...]
Learn about current IMA events with Melvin and Bren Simon Director and CEO Maxwell Anderson. This episode features a conversation with senior curator Ronda Kasl and conservator Christina O’Connell about the painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe, for the IMA’s exhibition Sacred Spain, running through January 2010. Listen in as they discuss the painting, its [...]