The Art Quarterly: Art News People

‘Ordinary Miracles-The Photo League’s New York”

The newly released film “Ordinary Miracles-The Photo League’s New York” produced and directed by Daniel Allentuck and Nina Rosenblum with contributing producer, Mary Engel, is a documentary film about the importance of the New York Photo League to the historical legacy and social conscience of New York starting in the late 20s. Relaunched in 1936, [...]

Funny Money Shakes The Art World

Peter Tunney is truly an artist to experience. When you engage in one of his works, you engage a passionate history that speaks volumes. He is recognized as a prominent artist, social and creative. His mediums are mixed: cutouts, silkscreens, new media, visual nuances and sayings that construct his own framework and a distinguished technique. [...]

Star Making Moments

As Valentines hits us in full swing, Hollywood and Lincoln Center are revving up their own Superbowls. This weekend’s Superbowl demonstrated how one extremely dedicated, provocative and sensational person, Madonna, can almost steal the show. From the urban beats of Tebows’ Cherry Creek North to the 50 yard line at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, [...]

Gingrich decries mass transpo – elitist

The last time you rode the subway, bus or light rail, did it strike you that your route was “occupied” by snobbery? In last weeks spiral by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, he jousted with a weed in one arm and a hole in his left sock. You see, Gingrich became entangled in survival. The [...]

The future of fine art fairs

As the astute collector knows galleries are loosely connected by the modern fine art fair. While some are incredible places and adventures into fine art many others are long events where galleries are asked to pay obscene price per square foot rates. The fair organizers come from all walks of life yet each has a [...]

Denver Art’s Week to Launch Museum Hype

In a cow town known for it’s latest sports hero, top shredder or triathlete bond for the Olympics, Denver’s Fall lineup of fine art and film events aims to break barriers. Perhaps those dialed-in realize the significance of the Clyfford Still legacy and now the opening of the official – and only museum – dedicated [...]

West Point Park – Revitalizing Kings Dream

Through the efforts of many, The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial has been unveiled. It’s revelation, exposes the merits of a global man. A man who has crossed barriers through basic human ideals. Today, family, friends and the international community welcome a “freedom” explosion. As his kind daughter recalled his vows at West Point Park, [...]

Wall Street feels Occupied

Right Here All Over (Occupy Wall St.) from Alex Mallis. The three week experiment in America’s greatest financial capital is starting to take it’s toll – just not for the intended. For those who do not know, #OWS is encamped in New York’s latest tourist trap: Wall Street. Financiers spend most of their days [...]

Splotch 15 – LeWitt gives NYC more than towers

The city of New York is generating it’s storm of news lately – hurricanes, floods, and with respect, the 10 year anniversary of September 11th. If you are fortunate to visit the new memorials you will want to visit City Hall. Law and Order is not the only thing to watch – as the Public [...]

The Professor and The Pupil – Abstract vs. Cubism

Rothko, Cy Twombly, Picasso, Robert Kaupelis and even Alexandra Nechita share similarities that academics and collectors advocate – the ability to connect with a work visually. Rothko’s White Center stood in David Rockefeller’s collection at the insistence of Peggy Guggenheim. She advised a traditional art collector at the time to reach beyond the hunt scenes [...]

Art and the Slow Road via Basel

This summer has been a world wind tour of where and who has sold the most at an art fair. Yet the “bubble” mania that entities like Forbes seem to watch really are not in a bubble at all. Here is why: Consider Art and Stock investments. You invest in stocks or bonds with a [...]

Rocking and rolling from Colorado to New York City

As the East Coast of the United States rocked under the pressure of a 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia, Colorado is rocking in the thunder of world-class cyclist in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Major riders from around the world have converged in this wildly beautiful state. Today the 99.3 mile ride went from the [...]

Picasso Drawing Lifted

A drawing by Pablo Picasso is now considered a “hot” item. Cavet Emptor when buying a Picasso Tête de Femme, or ‘Head of a Woman’. The work was for sale in San Francisco’s Weinstein Gallery until someone opted to steal it in broad daylight. Details of the theft have been reported since July 6th, 2011 [...]

Fine art and travel – Summer Vacation Finds

This summer the fine art collector has a group of destinations deserving a visit. From West to East, galleries gather with some compelling works in photography, sculpture, paintings and new media. Along the way you will find a few notable craft, glass and “caravan” shows to gather ideas too. The first to check off is [...]

Many faces of Marilyn Monroe

The grand celebration continues in the art world for Marilyn Monroe. In her absence, the starlet and pretty face permeates to the youngest of fans and connoisseurs alike. How one image becomes more important to a social dialogue over another depends on a host of factors, one of which is visibility. In 2011, artists have [...]

Brooklyn Bridge at Night in lights

Brooklyn Bridge at Night has changed since Feininger shot his renown photograph of the same name in 1948 Dumbo, from where he set up his perch, is a bustling hipster hangout – albeit a bit hung over from the real estate and financial bubbles. From across the East River, the view of the Clock Tower [...]

The Quality of the Photograph

Collecting great photographs requires an understanding of multiple factors. Condition quality obviously plays an instrumental role in the current and future value of each acquired print. Honor your preference of learning from the past to create the future with a poignant modern photograph printed from the original source or a vintage print developed at the [...]

Gun Hill Road – Queen of Sundance

GUN HILL ROAD screams get on the bus and tackle our social challenges today. The film, which premiered at Sundance on Monday, is a socially relevant, thought provoking film tackling the costs to society when a fatherless home forces the mother to go at it alone. The father (played by Esai Morales known for his [...]

PIXEL – Defining Photography

The formal, smartphone generation may be light speed ahead of some of us. When a recharge is needed though, and each stops and looks back, will the path that we have come be clear or a mish-mash of blurred images and vague memories? PIXEL – the fine art photography exhibition by Denver’s GALLERY M will [...]

Miami Art Fairs await Collectors

The art world shifts to its winter home – Miami – at the start of December. The group of shows including Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Miami, NADA, ASIA and others will follow two precarious years for the art world. What time’s like these do for the arts though is nothing short of insightful. The [...]

International Art Shows in Full Swing

November is underway, US elections are at rest and the alternative past time of “living” is in full swing. The art world has a series of excellent venues from group venues and exhibit halls to major galleries in New York, Miami, Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The show circuit this week in New [...]

James Dean hits Elvis at Gallery

When two legends collide the effect can be a rough and tumble dialogue – except when created masterfully. James Dean vs. Elvis is one of a group of pixelated photographs created by 41 year old Alex Goufeng Cao. Alex has been on a collectors who’s who list of late because his pop art perspective does [...]

Old fat man set free – Conviction Oscar Ready

Does the story or the film deserve an Oscar for 2011? The answer is easily uncovered as the curtains closed on Conviction – The Movie. Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver and most notably Hilary Swank did a fascinating job sharing their life long skills as actors on the journey and struggle of Bette Anne Waters. Having [...]

Buildings as playthings – Lightline

America is home to monumental buildings that resonate globally – and for good reason. The starchitect of modernity are chased by developers, cities and individuals to leave a public dazzled. New York City’s IAC headquarters found Frank Gehry to spruce up the West Side Highway earlier in the last decade. Today as a digital heavyweight, [...]

Trailers that disquise – and why

With the abundance of content online, knowing what is a great way to spend your time often comes down to the 140 characters used by film makers – the trailer. There is no questioning that high end resources can yield a smashing intro to a compelling, film worthy of your ticket or rental dollars. Too [...]