Portrait of the Week: Adroit Strokes Mean Everything
In this ongoing series, Fine Art Today delves into the world of portraiture, highlighting historical and contemporary examples of superb quality and skill. This week: “Man with Mustache” by a contemporary master whose name will not soon be forgotten.
Wild Spaces, Open Seasons
Important works by some of America’s greatest 19th- and early 20th-century painters feature during an exhibition that celebrates artists’ captivation with hunting and fishing.
Beaux Arts in Montreal
In search of great places to recommend to Fine Art Today readers, I was excited to travel last week to Montreal to inquire into the much-talked-about art scene there, and I discovered what everyone was talking about — and then some.
Passing Through
Do you remember those transitional times between adolescence and adulthood? Perhaps some of those memories are fond, others not. Whether your own evolution was memorable or not, the subject is ripe for artistic interpretation, which is exactly what Kate Gridley has done here.
Are You ‘Inspired by Nature’?
A collection of new paintings by William Berra features during a significant exhibition this summer in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Find out here who the lucky host is and when the doors open.
Teacher and Pupil
Wisconsin’s only ARC-approved atelier just opened its “Student/Faculty Show” in Green Bay with some fantastic results.
Have You Surveyed American Realism Lately?
Opening soon, Gerald Peters Gallery in New York is offering a fantastic and comprehensive exhibition aimed at surveying American realism today. Who are the big names who were carefully curated into the show?
A Grand Opening and Gala
The Couse Foundation of Taos, New Mexico, is hosting a major celebration and gala fundraiser this weekend that features this grand opening. What is it and where?
Dreamscapes from Ontario
It was December 2016 when we first met Ontario painter Mary Derrick and discovered the incredible story of how a special person helped lead her to art. Now she’s attending festivals and mounting this fantastic exhibition.
Existential Solace
An incredible body of contemporary paintings that explore the universal struggle to retain memory and identity is currently gracing the walls of Booth Gallery in New York.