The 7th Edition of sp-arte will take place from 12-15 May, 2011 with a record attendance of galleries. The complete list of exhibitors is already available. The fair will occupy the first and second floors of Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo. Itaú Private Bank, Oi and Iguatemi São Paulo are the main sponsors to the event. [...]
By Valentina Tintori April, 2011 Carlos Cruz Diez (1923), Alejandro Otero (1921 – 1990) and Soto (1923 – 2005) leaders of geometric abstraction movement, present in the evening auction at Sothebys NY this May 25. Tablón 56 with an estimate between $150,000 – 200,000, Estudio para Coloritmo no. 3 estimated between $ 350,000 – [...]
Art Daily .org quoted about the Latin American Art Auction at Sothebys: Frida Kahlo Portrait, Fernando Botero Works to Be Sold at Sotheby’s Auction of Latin American Art A locket-size self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo A small self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and a historical paintings and sculptures [...]
Arcos Dorados is launching the second edition of its Arcos Dorados Latin American Painting Competition, to take place within the setting of the twentieth edition of arteBA, which will be held between May 19 and 23, 2011 at the convention center La Rural in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The aim of the competition’s second [...]
The Armory Show The Armory Show 2011 Opening Day Previews: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Public Hours: Thursday, March 3 through Sunday, March 6 Piers 92 and 94 Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street New York City www.thearmoryshow.com This year The Armory Show will feature 274 blue-chip contemporary and modern art galleries from 31 countries. With The Armory Show and The Armory Show – Modern, visitors will [...]
The next edition of ARCO, International Contemporary Art Fair to be held from 16 to 20 February 2011, aims to be a memorable call because they not only celebrate the thirty year history, but also for the innovative changes that occur and the response of the galleries. On this occasion, the Fair will feature a [...]
A Labor Of Love Eugenio López is helping Latin American artists get a little respect. The sticky, sweet smell of crushed fruit emanates from La Colección Jumex, the gallery housing the private art collection of Eugenio López Alonso, heir to Mexico’s multi-billion-dollar Jumex juice fortune. Open to the public, the gallery is located on the [...]
ART BASEL GOES BIG BY SUE HOSTETLER N JUST NINE YEARS, Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB) has unquestionably become the most influential fair of its kind in the United States. The exhibition boils over with artwork, performance pieces, video projects, design and architecture, special programming and more, attracting fine-art cognoscenti and fans to the city’s [...]
Mary Anne Martin MARY ANNE MARTIN THE WOMAN OF THE LATIN AMERICAN ART MARKET Mary-Anne Martin, a native New Yorker, majored in English Literature at Smith and Barnard Colleges, and did graduate work in Art History at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. In 1966, she interrupted her graduate studies to temp as a [...]
The Market for Major Works Is Heating Up, but Small Investors Can Get Chiseled By MARY PILON On May 4, Pablo Picasso’s “Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust” sold for $106.5 million at Christie’s in New York, setting the world record for any work of art sold at an auction. Which has art-loving investors wondering: Is the [...]