Abstract Diversity in Painting

ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries Highly accomplished artists with different visions of abstract painting are being exhibited in “Abstract Diversity in Painting” at ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries in downtown Coral Gables, Florida through July 2019.For its spring show Virginia Miller, owner and director of Greater Miami’s longest-established contemporary fine art gallery, selected three of the gallery’s leading artists: Florian Depenthal, Ned Evans and Linda Touby. Despite their very … Continue reading Abstract Diversity in Painting

El coleccionismo exige…

En las últimas décadas, el coleccionismo de arte cubano ha sido uno de los terrenos más accidentados en el panorama de las artes visuales en Cuba. La promoción y circulación del arte del patio transita por una serie de pasadizos, a veces subterráneos, que conducen a espacios no del todo definidos. Sin embargo, supongo que se trata de lagunas al interior de nuestra historiografía. Asumo … Continue reading El coleccionismo exige…

See and Be Seen: Robert Mapplethorpe’s Photography at the Guggenheim

By Caitlin Dover Strange but true: Robert Mapplethorpe did not start his artistic career as a photographer. “When I was in college, we had to take a photography course and I hated it,” he once recalled. “It seemed like a lesser art form.” Not until the early 1970s did he start exploring the medium’s potential, thanks to pivotal gifts from important art-world friends. In 1971, Metropolitan Museum of … Continue reading See and Be Seen: Robert Mapplethorpe’s Photography at the Guggenheim

Serlian Barreto: El concepto de lo maravilloso

El concepto de lo maravilloso comienza a tomar forma cuando surge de una alteración inesperada de la realidad. Alejo Carpentier. Serlian Barreto (b. Havana, Cuba, 1997) se gradúa de la academia de San Alejandro (2016) y ejerce como profesor en la misma hasta el 2018. Barreto un joven artista lleno de luz y claridad. Es conocido por sus pinturas en serie, de gran formato, retratos … Continue reading Serlian Barreto: El concepto de lo maravilloso