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NEW YORK—The smell of oil paints filled the room. It was so quiet, you could hear the rustle of paintbrushes as 40 artists painted shoulder to shoulder in the main gallery of the Salmagundi Club. They had three and a half hours—split by five-minute breaks between twenty-minute sessions—to complete a portrait. Their collective sense of […] -
NEW YORK—Jessica Artman set aside her “stepping stones” to be shipped to Paris. She called those drawings and paintings “the lessons”—not her best work, nothing for sale, but she would never get rid of them either, she said, because they were “all ‘aha! moments.'” Those breakthroughs on paper will serve as good examples when she begins […] -
NEW YORK—Once in a while, The Metropolitan Museum of Art brings out of its storage vaults some of its rarely seen treasures for a short stint. The “Gilded Age Drawings at The Met” is such an exhibition. It features late 19th-century American works on paper, created and acquired shortly after The Met was founded in 1870 during […] -
For fine arts painter George Ceffalio, the importance of classical realistic art is self-evident. “You see [realistic art] and can grasp it, unlike art that you need to study in order to understand, or art that you force yourself to like. It’s the most logical form of fine art,” he said on Aug. 18. “When […] -
In this column, “The Masters’ Thread” (ept.ms/mastersthread), artists share their thoughts about how one master’s piece inspires their current work. I can still recall the first time I saw the masterworks of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867). I was fresh out of art school, 23 years old, and had recently decided I needed more technical guidance, so […] -
NEW YORK—Charlie Mostow likes to keep things simple—from the singular to the universal. Everything he does, everything he observes and experiences, relates to art. He focuses on creating sculptures that conceivably emit a higher ideal and hopefully will appeal to people over the centuries. “There’s nothing that I do that feels superfluous to this whole, singular […] -
NEW YORK—It came and went like a shooting star. “The Art of Watches Grand Exhibition” in New York seemed to leave everyone who entered its doors simply awestruck. This event happens only once every 11 years or so, when the exclusive, family-owned Swiss watchmaking company Patek Philippe decides to share its heritage with the public on […]
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NEW YORK—Harvey Dinnerstein waited at the bottom of the stairs of his Brooklyn brownstone, contemplating the darkness of the interior space. Since a broken washing machine flooded his home nearly a year ago, there has been no electricity and no water. The rooms were gutted, save for his studio on the top floor. We walked […] -
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.—You cannot help but feel instantaneous joy when you first set eyes on Katie G. Whipple’s flower paintings. When you look longer, a plethora of meaning unfolds from every flower she has painted. They look triumphant in their beauty and grace. Even the ones with fallen petals engender a sense of wonder and surrender, reminding us of […] -
Fine artist Morgan Weistling upholds the lineage of the golden age of illustration, along with the likes of Norman Rockwell, J.C. Leyendecker, and his mentor and instructor, Fred Fixler. While designing artwork and posters for Hollywood films for over a decade, Weistling honed skills he now uses as an independent painter and art instructor. Characterizing Weistling’s […] -
Almost exactly two years since famous painter J.M.W. Turner’s “Modern Rome—Campo Vaccino” sold for $45.1 million in London, another of the artist’s works is up for sale at Sotheby’s London auction house. The “Ehrenbreitstein” was believed to be painted by the British artist near Koblenz, Germany in 1835, and is one of the greatest of […] -
NEW YORK—Robert Frank composed his photographic portrait of the country, “The Americans,” like a silent lover who gives attention generously but remains elusive. He would observe people at close distance, unnoticed, sometimes for a long while, before pressing the shutter button on his camera. “The Americans” was first published in 1958, nearly 60 years ago. […] -
In this column, “The Masters’ Thread” (ept.ms/mastersthread), artists share their thoughts about how one master’s piece inspires their current work. In agreeing to write about a significant painting in art history that influenced me, I found myself in something of a real dilemma. Let me explain. All of my training and all of my early […] -
Zhou Fang’s “Court Ladies Wearing Flowered Headdresses” is a rare jewel that allows us to glimpse the achievement of not only Tang female portraiture but of fashion at the time. -
NEW YORK—We know Rembrandt for his colossal masterpieces, for his captivating self-portraits, and for the vitality in every one of his works, big or small. What seems to have deeply fascinated him throughout his life is conveyed quite powerfully, even in one of his very small paintings, “Abraham Entertaining the Angels” (1646). Rembrandt van Rijn […] -
NEW YORK—It was a beautiful start to summer as about 800 guests attended the annual Spring Garden Party for Fellows at The Frick Collection in New York on June 7.This year’s celebration, “The Triumph of Flora” took its theme from the exhibition of Du Paquier Porcelain and its stunning floral motifs. The atmosphere was brimming […] -
NEW YORK—Every first Friday of the month, people wait in a line that circles halfway around the Fifth Avenue block between 70th and 71st streets to enter The Frick Collection. First Fridays is fast becoming the “beloved and well-known New York tradition” that the director of the museum, Ian Wardropper, had hoped the event would become when […] -
PARIS—A medieval fortress turned royal palace turned museum—the Louvre takes you on a cultural journey through the ages, with around 38,000 works of art on display. Navigating this unparalleled collection of art can be tricky. To avoid endless walking through the vast halls, it’s a good idea to plan out your route ahead of time. (Or […] -
In this column, “The Masters’ Thread” (ept.ms/mastersthread), artists share their thoughts about how one master’s piece inspires their current work. During my student days at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, I discovered that I had an affinity for painting things rather than people or landscapes. Whether I worked from a model or painted plein […] -
TEMPE, Ariz.—”The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition” received acclaim in 900 cities and 50 countries as it toured across Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Asia. It is now receiving its first permanent home, with 20 of the exhibit’s paintings installed in the newly built Art of Zhen Shan Ren Museum in Tempe, Arizona. […]
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