Fine Art Today

Magical themes and realism are combined beautifully in the paintings of Ricardo Fernandez Ortega, who is showcasing his recent works at Santa Fe’s Meyer Gallery now through November 2. “Overflight” features about 13 of the artist’s large-scale paintings, which often depict female figures surrounded by birds in flight — or even sprouting wings themselves to drift through a calm night sky. “From the sky,” the artist says, “you can see many beautiful things that go unnoticed when looking from the ground.”

The Salmagundi Club in New York City will soon be celebrating the 100th anniverary of its Fifth Avenue location with a gala reception that includes food, drinks, music, fine art, artist demonstrations, and a special presentation from Fine Art Connoisseur Editor-in-Chief Peter Trippi.

The first ever Figurative Art Convention & Expo is just about ready to kick off in Miami, Florida, at the Biltmore Hotel. Hosted by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Publisher Eric Rhoads and Editor-in-Chief Peter Trippi, this is surely going to be art history in the making.

Following the conservation of two rarely seen paintings by the celebrated Venetian Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), the Frick Collection is proud to have recently opened a significant focus exhibition surrounding not just their creation, but the career of their remarkable creator.

Nationally known painter Dean Mitchell was inspired at an early age to become an artist, and he credits his maternal grandmother — Marie Brooks — for that. The artist is honoring her in a beautiful way that will continue for years to come. How?

Only a talented artist would find an abandoned golf center in the North Bronx, New York, a subject worthy of extended consideration. How beautiful could it be? With this solo display, very.

A dynamic range of 57 American sculptures from the collection of Dr. Michael L. Nieland compose a current exhibition in Pennsylvania. Which late 19th and early 20th century artists are represented?

Women Painting Women — an online resource and Web-based community that has showcased more than 430 contemporary women painters from across the globe, is currently showing 53 paintings from 30 contemporary female artists in its first ever traveling museum exhibition. Where did it land on October 18?

More than 20 years after the legendary Vermeer exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the institution has once again mounted a revealing exhibition surrounding the Dutch Golden Age master and his relationships with contemporaries.

If I were to ask you to describe the “classical” style, what would you say? Most would describe a stark white building with a large colonnade decorating its façade. Others might cite examples of ancient sculpture; white marble icons of figurative beauty and mathematical proportions. I often like to joke with my students that, for the most part, we’ve got it all wrong.