Fine Art Today

There’s a reason many describe line as the most basic and important of the visual elements. Lines are infinitely variable in their expression of time, movement, emotion, and intensity — qualities that are directly translated to artworks made only from lines: drawings. How did some of art history’s greatest minds employ line? Find out here.

Co-sponsored by Collectors for Connoisseurship at Windows to the Divine and the Clark Hulings Fund, a unique opportunity for artists is set to begin on Tuesday, June 20 in Colorado. What’s the buzz?

A fascinating new exhibition seeks to investigate for the first time the integral relationships among modernism, classicism, and pop imagery through interwar sculpture. Who are the central players, and where can you see it?

Have you ever thought about the connections between humans, animals, and conceptions of divinity? A talented sculptor took up this challenge for a solo exhibition this summer that merits your consideration.

Featuring more than 30 works of art from Studio Incamminati’s esteemed roster of artists and alumni, collectors can bolster their holdings and contribute to future generations of creatives during this can’t-miss annual exhibition.

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 feature one of several outstanding American Impressionist landscapes available soon via Swann Galleries.

In this highlight, view a historical and contemporary example of superb quality and skill: Gustave Courbet, “The Desperate Man.”

It was arguably one of the most famous art heists in history: In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, a pair of thieves disguised as Boston police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and left with 13 works of art valued at more than $500 million. To further the recovery effort, the museum’s board of trustees has just made an announcement.

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 feature a violent seascape of North Carolina provenance by one of the best.

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 we discuss an American icon’s portrait by Norman Rockwell.