Portrait of the Week: Michelangelo Caravaggio, “The Betrayal”
In this occasional series, Fine Art Today delves into the world of portraiture, highlighting historical and contemporary examples of superb quality and skill. This week: Michelangelo Caravaggio, “The Betrayal.”
Featured Lots: Coeur d’Alene 2017
In this ongoing series for Fine Art Today, we take a longer look at the history and features of a soon-to-be-available artwork of note. This week we highlight the much anticipated 2017 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction — a Western art sale in which every lot is must-see.
Collaging the Heart, Designing the Soul
Quietly working in her studio along the shores of the Mississippi River, artist Judith Bergerson continues to achieve profound joy by exploring the ways abstraction and representation can move the soul.
Art and World War I
The World Wars had such an impact on culture and the visual arts that historians use them as a categorical benchmark — “pre- and post-war.” In just a few weeks, the Metropolitan in New York aims to explore the impact of World War I on the visual arts through this gripping exhibition.
De La Fuente in Santa Fe
Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, opens this weekend a tantalizing exhibition of remarkable landscapes by Spaniard Peter de la Fuente. What is the skilled watercolor and tempera painter up to these days? Brilliance.
America at Heart
A beautiful array of fresh landscape paintings by this female master are currently hanging through August 1 in an esteemed Colorado gallery. Will you be a lucky viewer?
A Salon that Sizzles
More than 40 top artists from around the country are currently featured during this must-see summer salon in Wisconsin. Who and where? Details here.
Triumph and Destruction
Nearly 100 masterful works hailing from 16th-century Venice will embellish the walls of this Spanish museum through September. What’s the theme, and who are the principle players? Find out more here.
65 Years of Painting
As part of its Artist Lecture Series, the Seven Bridges Foundation in Greenwich, Connecticut, will soon be hosting one of America’s leading figure, portrait, and still-life painters and one of the world’s most renowned pastelists. He has perfected his craft for over 65 years, and you don’t want to miss hearing him detail his artistic odyssey.
Oil, Water, and Navarro
The mesmerizing hyper-realist paintings by Spaniards Jesus and Iban Navarro feature during a blockbuster joint exhibition at this established gallery in the Southwest.