Author: Seraphina Calder

In a cozy booth outside one of the six restaurants at TEFAF Maastricht, the art fair organized by the European Fine Art Foundation, BIll Rau, a New Orleans-based art, antiques and jewelry dealer, was talking about his most recent sale. The buyer said ARTnewswas considering A fisherman’s headan 1883 black lithographic pencil and crayon work by Vincent Van Gogh. “The gentleman was trying to get me to lower the price, he said, ‘well, you know, it’s not that good’ … then the director of the Van Gogh Museum came and started talking about how good the drawing was,” Rau explained.…

Nestled in the picturesque landscapes of the Netherlands resides a photographer with a passion for capturing the essence of moments. Andréa Lobel, an artist partially nurtured at the Academy for Photography and the School of Arts and Design, has carved her path in the world of photography with a distinctive style that invites viewers into a realm where words fall short, and only images can speak volumes. In Lobel’s work, there’s a palpable desire to forge a connection, a shared attention between the viewer and the captured moment. She articulates, “At a certain point, I felt that words couldn’t express…

After more than three decades in downtown San Diego, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) at 1001 Kettner Boulevard has turned over its lease to the new Navy Seal Museum.. The smaller of MCASD’s two downtown buildings will serve as the future site for the military museum, while plans for the larger space — the former baggage processing facility for the Santa Fe depot at 1100 Kettner Boulevard, which is owned by MCASD. unknown MCASD’s main building in La Jolla, about 8 miles north of downtown, is now the museum’s only location.”The design is complete,” says Todd Perry,…

Maridee Hays, a California-based artist, weaves a tapestry of influences from literature, dance, Eastern studies, psychology, and journaling into her unique artistic style. With a background as diverse as her inspirations, Hays’ work reflects a deep exploration of Eastern philosophy, spirituality, and the human experience. Her journey in the art world has seen her participate in regional and national shows, including an one-woman exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, curated by Roger Clisby. Hays’ artistic career was nurtured under the tutelage of notable mentors like Joseph Rafael during her Master’s program at CSUS Sacramento. Immersed in a vibrant…

Andy Warhol’s most expensive painting is “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)” from 1963. It was sold for $105.4 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York in November 2013. This work is part of Warhol’s “Death and Disaster” series, which he began in the early 1960s. The series explores themes of mortality, consumerism, and the media’s portrayal of violence and disaster. “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)” is a large-scale painting measuring 8 feet by 13 feet. It depicts a car crash scene, with a mangled silver car surrounded by debris. The image is based on a photograph from a newspaper…

Loubna Fazazi Idrissi is a self-taught artist whose life has been deeply intertwined with art. Growing up in a traditional environment that valued learning, she was naturally inclined towards exploring various forms of expression. However, it wasn’t until later in life, amidst personal and professional commitments, that she found her way back to painting. This return to her artistic roots came at a time when she felt a profound need to express herself. Idrissi’s artistic journey is characterized by her strong emotional connection to her work. Her paintings are not just visual expressions but are imbued with deep emotional vibrations.…

A feminist who immersed herself in the Mexican muralist tradition, Judy Baca often works outside of museum spaces. She created the famous mural known as The Great Wall of Los Angeles on location in the Tujunga Wash, a tributary of the Los Angeles River in North Hollywood, in the 1970s and 1980s. Now he’s making a new chapter of The Great Wall in an unlikely space: the Resnick Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), where visitors can watch Baca and his crew paint sections of a 350-foot panel of fabric stretched across the exhibition hall designed…

An upcoming auction at Analogr in Glendale features a unique item: an original drawing by the late Beatle John Lennon, who had a lifelong love of visual art and often sketched moments from his everyday life. This seems to be his dream life. called Dream 2, shows a monster roaring to the right, flailing and flailing its arms, while a figure likely to be Lennon himself heads for a door on the left. Above the door is a group of heads, presumably representing adoring fans. A note accompanying the drawing is dated 1976. On the back of the drawing, Lennon’s…

While the word “zoo” could be used to describe the crowd energy at any art fair, the term is especially apt for Frieze Los Angeles this year, where animals feature prominently in more booths than one might expect. In the veritable collection of works of all kinds of media, there are several sculptures with snakes, fish, dogs, wild boars, rabbits and a variety of birds that especially attract attention.Javier Ramirez, When I say Wabi You say Sabi (2024), Sow & Tailor (pictured at top of page)Although the title of Javier Ramírez’s sculpture (on offer for $15,000) is a play on…

As Frieze Los Angeles nears its close on Sunday, the fair finds itself facing the same challenge that many, if not most, of the Hollywood stars who have walked its halls have overcome to maintain their place in the industry’s upper echelon: the start . middle agedNow in its fifth year, Frieze Los Angeles is no longer the hot, fresh newcomer to the art fair scene it was in the immediate pre-pandemic era. It’s not even the newest Friso fair anymore; the brand’s event in Seoul currently holds that honor by virtue of its 2022 launch.This is certainly a situation…