Frick Makes Most Significant Painting Purchase in Nearly 30 Years
New York’s esteemed Frick Collection recently announced it had made its most important and significant painting purchase in nearly 30 years. What was it?
VIDEO: Fina Shines at FACE
One of the highlights during the opening ceremony at the first-ever Figurative Art Convention & Expo in Miami this past November was 13-year-old Fina Mooney, who was celebrated for her essay about how artists can embrace and train younger students at a more sophisticated level.
Who’s Hosting?
The Pastel Society of New Mexico has chosen the new venue for the 26th National Pastel Painting Exhibition, slated to open March 2, 2018. Who landed the show?
Tonalism Survives in Charleston
Artists George Inness and James McNeill Whistler were two of the leading champions of tonalism, an artistic style that emerged in the 1880s, when painters began to image landscape forms with an overall tone of colored atmosphere or mist. The style beautifully survives through the work of this painter in Charleston, South Carolina.
Artists Go “In Depth”
Davis Gallery of Austin, Texas, is pleased to have recently announced its upcoming annual winter group show. It features some amazing artistic talent and beautiful paintings; find out here why viewers shouldn’t have any trouble immersing themselves into these creative worlds.
Real Beauty
A Memphis museum will soon be the first to mount an exhibition centered on the life and career of this remarkable figure in the history of modern art and design. Who’s the focus, and which museum? Details here.
Did She Get It Right? You Decide.
On December 8, PoetsArtists publisher Didi Menendez listed the “Top Ten Figurative Art Galleries of 2017,” and the list has been met with praise — and debate. Who’s in and who’s out? Did she get it right? You decide.
He Made a Big Splash
By now, nearly everyone on planet earth has heard about the monster $450.3 million sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” at Christie’s New York on November 15. However, have you heard about who bought it?
Even More Incentive
Any professional artist who makes portraits knows that no other international competition compares to the BP Portrait Awards. More than 2,500 works of portraiture by artists from 87 countries around the world were submitted for consideration in 2017, but that could certainly increase in 2018 after organizers announced this.
A Spotlight on Amazing British Women
On view now through December, the United Kingdom’s Aidan Meller Gallery is showcasing works by early 20th-century women that are among Britain’s most important and influential.