Author: Sam Art

There was hardly a more auspicious start to London’s summer auction week than this, which kicked off tonight (June 25) with Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Evening Sale and will conclude on Thursday (June 28) with Phillips’ equivalent auction. Christie’s decision to refrain from holding a June evening art sale in London this year underlines the season’s waning relevance in the global auction calendar, as summer has increasingly been overshadowed by London’s biggest sales held in March and October , as well as the huge number of spring auctions held in New York in May.These are also the first night sales…

Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum says it will return a Henri Matisse painting to the heirs of a Jewish textile manufacturer who sold it under duress in the Netherlands before being deported to a Nazi camp, where he died in 1945.the painting, Odalisque (1920-21), has been in the museum’s collection since July 1941, when it was sold by Albert Stern, once owner of one of Germany’s largest women’s clothing manufacturers and patron of the arts.The Dutch Committee for Restitutions said in its assessment of the claim of the heirs that the sale “was related to the measures taken by the occupying forces…

Olga Bodrova, a British-Russian artist based in London, explores nature’s beauty through oil and watercolor paintings. Inspired by classical and Impressionist masters, she strives to balance tradition with a personal touch. Her evolving works experiment with light, color, and form, inviting viewers to find their own serenity in the natural world. Bodrova’s art is a serene retreat, reflecting her deep appreciation for nature and its calming influence. Bodrova’s piece “Red Haired Girl” is an example of her experimental approach. The painting, measuring 30×30 cm, is crafted with oil on canvas on board. This work delves into the dynamics of color,…

Sotheby’s will move its headquarters in Paris to 83 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, which was previously the headquarters of the famous Galerie Bernheim-Jeune. That puts the Paris auction house three blocks from its current location. The move is planned for mid-October and is part of a wider strategy to expand Sotheby’s presence in France. The house has previously announced plans to relocate two of its other spaces. It will open a new location in Hong Kong in July, and in 2025, Sotheby’s will move its New York space to the Breuer Building, which formerly housed the Whitney Museum. Related Articles…

Born in Greensboro, NC, in 1953, Vandorn Hinnant is a distinguished artist known for his profound exploration of form and geometry in art. With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art Design from North Carolina A & T State University and further studies in sculpture at UNC-Greensboro, Hinnant’s career is marked by a deep engagement with both educational and artistic communities. He is a recipient of the 1993-1994 NC Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award and has participated in numerous artist residencies, including The Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences, Project Row Houses, and the Penland School of Crafts. Hinnant…

Louise McRae’s artistic journey began amidst the rugged landscapes of New Zealand’s West Coast, where the interplay between nature and imagination shaped her early years. Her work reflects this deep connection to the environment, exploring the relationship between materials, forms, and the organic world. Through her sculptures, McRae delves into the fragility and resilience of life, capturing moments of transformation and the essence of living. Louise McRae’s art is a testament to her fascination with materials and their inherent properties. She creates pieces that highlight the point of failure and resilience in materials, embodying the delicate balance between creation and…

Reinhard Ernst, an entrepreneur who built his fortune manufacturing precision gears and motors, was already in his 40s when he discovered a passion for art. Now in his late 70s, he founded a new museum to house his collection of post-war abstract art in Wiesbaden, Germany.The Reinhard Ernst Museum, in a building designed by Japanese Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki, who died on June 6, is scheduled to open on June 23. It will show Ernst’s collection, accumulated since the 1980s, of works by artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Tony Cragg, Lee Krasner, Frank Stella, Pierre Soulages and Yuichi Inoue.With…

Lucy Lo Rasche is an artist hailing from Shanghai and currently based in Switzerland. Having been immersed in Chinese brush painting from early life, Rasche’s current focus is on oil painting. Her work is a representation of her life journey in various cultural environments and centers on human interaction and philosophy. As a student of the Chinese abstract brush painting master Cao Yong Ping, Rasche’s work embraces and applies Chinese expressive choreographic strokes into her oil painting with the Chinese spirit of ‘You Xiu You Shi’ (the harmony of abstract and realism). Her work is expressive and full of emotions…

“When you start looking at what you’re looking at, you can go anywhere,” American artist Frank Stella liked to say. Stella has looked closely at so many places over a seven-decade career. He remade Supremacist forms into stark abstractions in the early 1960s, before reinventing himself as a sculptor of terrifying architectural and tactile works that resisted easily defined categories. He leaves behind a remarkable body of work that, in the words of critic Peter Schjeldahl, “lives on as a residual pressure, as hard as nails, on the minds of those who have cared, or will care, about the art”…

Carlotta Schiavio, also known as YaTii Talisman, boasts a diverse heritage, born in Italy and brought up in Ethiopia. Her rich tapestry of cultures includes Italian, Russian, Syrian, Austrian, and Ethiopian influences. Embarking on a self-taught journey in the realm of artistry, Carlotta initially ventured into jewelry design before transitioning seamlessly to painting around 1998. Transitioning to a full-time artist, Carlotta’s latest creation, “The Bugibatuki,” hails from her celestial haven, YaTii Talisman, where harmony reigns supreme. These extraordinary beings possess the remarkable ability to resolve any challenge with positivity, sans interrogation. Guided by intuition, her artistic evolution has been a…