Author Archives: jolanta
Stuart Davis: In Full Swing June 10–Sept 25, 2016
Stuart Davis (1892–1964) is one of the preeminent figures of American modernism. With a long career that stretched from the early twentieth century well into the postwar era, he brought a distinctively American accent to international modernism. Faced with the choice between realism and pure abstraction early in his career, Davis invented a vocabulary that […]
Beatrice Scaccia | Call the Bluff at Cara Gallery
Beatrice Scaccia | Call the Bluff May 5 – June 11, 2016 Cara Gallery 508 West 24th Street New York, NY 10011 Cara Gallery is pleased to present Call the Bluff, a visual narrative by Italian born artist Beatrice Scaccia specifically designed for the gallery space. The artist’s first exhibition with Cara Gallery will present […]
When Madness Meets Hunger Drawing by Aphrodite Désirée Navab
Opening and Artist talk: Friday June 10, 2016, 6-8 pm. @ STUDIO 26 GALLERY, 179 East 3rd Street, New York, NY. On view: June 8 – July 3, 2016. STUDIO 26 GALLERY invites you to join the opening of WHEN MADNESS MEETS HUNGER. This is an ongoing series of ink drawings by Aphrodite Désirée Navab. […]
Dean West, The Painted Photograph at Alison Milne Gallery
On a sunny, hot day in late May, finding the new location of Alison Milne Gallery was a challenge. Located in a quiet neighbourhood, between two grey buildings, there is a sanctuary of art and design, the gallery being an addition to Alison Milne Design. Walking through the white metal gate you step into a […]
In Memoriam: Muhammad Ali
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of “The Greatest”—Muhammad Ali—with a photograph by Yousuf Karsh. The image, taken in 1970, is installed in the museum’s In Memoriam space on the first floor, near the north entrance. The Portrait Gallery has 14 images of the boxer, including a 1981 painting on […]
Dey your Lane! Lagos Variations at BOZAR
Exhibition: 17.06 – 04.09.2016 With over 250 photos and 5 videos by 24 contemporary artists, the exhibition paints a contemporary picture of life in Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria, which has experienced a massive population explosion in recent decades, becoming a megalopolis of an estimated 21 million inhabitants. A glimpse into the future of […]
Marioni’s Immediacy of Human Emotion
Manuella Muerner Marioni, the Swiss painter and sculptor, has shown her artwork in New York, Chicago, Las Vegas, and Italy. Recently the winner of the First International Leonardo da Vinci Award, her paintings and sculptures continue to gain attention and influence across the globe. Marioni studied fine art and fashion design in at the New […]
THE DREAM BY FABIO BUCCIARELLI
Over the past five years Fabio Bucciarelli has dedicated his life to document the major conflicts in Africa and Middle East, revealing to the world the cruelty of war and its devastating effects on the civilian populations. In 2011, Fabio started to develop The Dream, a photographic project on the largest exodus of migrants and […]
“UNDER THE CUBAN SUN” – Iconic photographs from 1933 to 2007
“UNDER THE CUBAN SUN” Iconic photographs from 1933 to 2007 Capture the tumultuous changes in Cuba’s iconography and culture at Throckmorton Fine Art June 16– September 17, 2016 “What is so moving in these 42 photographic images is how the consequences of each period of political upheaval in Cuba, — from the 1930s dictatorship to […]
ABRAHAM LUBELSKI ABOUT KRISTINA’S ART
„Kristina Sretkova is a hot, accomplished young painter. … Some of her paintings carry the fast, bombastic nature of a Mozart allegro others carry the sweet, melancholy refrain of a Chopin nocturne. … This is most easily seen in works like My Heart, (Oil on Canvas, 100x100cm, 2010). Bisecting the canvas at a diagonal, an […]
