New Director of NSU's Museum of Art Named- posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Bonnie Clearwater appointed new Director of NSU's Museum of Art

Nova Southeastern University's (NSU) President and CEO, George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., today announced the appointment of Bonnie Clearwater, M.A., as the new Director of NSU's Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale effective September 3, 2013. Clearwater joins NSU's Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale from the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in North Miami. Clearwater will work closely with the museum and university staff, and the museum's Board of Governors, to lead the museum into an era of unprecedented transformation and growth.  

Recognized for her visionary leadership, scholarship and commitment to artists and education, Clearwater brings to the museum her extensive knowledge and experience in shaping an institution's identity and mission, and in developing thought-provoking exhibitions and collections. She shares the university's goal of expanding the museum's educational initiatives, partnerships and cross-disciplinary collaborations to fully integrate the museum into both NSU's academic and extra-curricular campus life and into the broader art world.

"Bonnie has an exceptional track record as a museum director, curator and scholar, and strikes the perfect balance as a creative visionary and administrator with the ability to engage and inspire people of all backgrounds," said Hanbury. "Capitalizing on NSU's academic resources, she will develop new opportunities for synergy between the museum and the university, forging exciting connections between art and education. We look forward to her leadership at NSU's Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale."

One of the most prominent figures in South Florida's art world, Clearwater is the Director and Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami.  During her 18-year tenure, she transformed MOCA into a museum of international stature, recognized for its original and groundbreaking exhibitions, collection, education and public programs. Clearwater has championed both emerging and established artists, who have become among the leading artists of our time, and played a key role in establishing Miami as a preeminent international arts center and destination.  

 "Bonnie is an internationally known leader in the arts with tremendous energy, creativity and an unparalleled understanding of the field," said David Horvitz, chairman of the Board of Governors of NSU's Museum of Art l Fort Lauderdale.  "Becoming the Director of NSU's Museum of Art provides a transformational opportunity for our museum, for the university, for our community and for Bonnie."

"The integration of lifelong learning and a love of the arts has been central in my professional career and personal life, and is at the heart of NSU's Museum of Art's mission," said Clearwater.  

She was present at the opening of the museum's building in 1986 when its galleries and lofty spaces became a beacon of art and culture for all of South Florida. "It's a gem of a museum that deserves worldwide attention," she said. "I am looking forward to working with the museum's deeply committed Board of Governors and staff, along with NSU's leadership and faculty. Together, we will build upon the strong programs already in place to raise the museum's standing regionally and nationally as a dynamic center of culture, education and community engagement."

To learn more about Bonnie's background, CLICK HERE. 

Museum website found here

This is a really good sign for the museum.  Bonnie Clearwater comes from MOCA, a museum that has always been one of my favorites and has been a leader in cutting edge original programing.  What the Fort Lauderdale Museum desperately needs is strong community outreach as well as integration into the larger museum community and current art scene.  I always felt the museum was being run like it was an island unto itself, unmoved by the exploding art scene in the community it serves and unwilling to take advantage of the vast cultural networks that exist.  The partnership between the Museum and NSU was never fully explored nor the vast resources exploited.  Reading Bonnie's resume I am impressed with her long list of accomplishments and the art associations she has worked with in the past.  And congratulations goes to George Handbury for going out and getting such a impressive leader to head the Museum.   It shows the University's commitment to the community and to the Arts.  Fort Lauderdale deserves a world-class arts museum and this is a major step in the right direction.  We should all welcome Bonnie and offer her our support. GL

Marcus Jasen Back in New York City - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Marcus Jansen on Prince Street & Broadway, Soho, New York

Marcus Jansen Back in New York City

Friday Art Walk, August 2. 2013
6:00pm – 10:00pm.

UNIT A is pleased to present rare unseen to the public works from 1997 - 2002

Marcus Jansen just returned back from his hometown New York City and he visited his old street corner on Prince Street & Broadway where he sold these same type of works on display August 2. 2013, sixteen years ago. One of his first works in his signature style that gave him International recognition over the last sixteen years was Harlem Deli, 30x40" on board, a work that sold to Hollywood Actor John Ortiz in 1999 from the streets of New York while Ortiz was shooting his latest Movie with artist and Director Julian Schnabel.

Most of Jansen's works back then were executed on cardboard because he did not have the money to buy canvas. Most also sold the same year. One work, Bookstand 30x40", from 1997 recently surfaced from a collector online who approached the studios asking for a current value.

Jansen is scheduled to have works at Phillips de Pury International Auctions in Geneva and Moscow in 2014.

Artist website found here 

My interview with Marcus here

Great to see Marcus doing so well. And this showing is a rare opportunity to see the artists early work. 

Marcus is one of the many artists I kick myself for not purchasing his work early for my own collection. Its hard to be a dealer and a collector at the same time.

There are acually many artists work I sold over the years but saved no paintings  for myself.  Missing the chance to afford a piece for my own collection. I even have a list of paintings I have sold called "the ones that got away", meaning in someway I regret selling them at all.  But as a dealer how do you keep a piece that you can flip quickly for a profit?  I comfort myself that the paintings are in a good home and are being appreciated. GL

 

  

The Psychedelic World of Takashi Murakami - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Every wonder what in the world was going on with Murakami's work?  I know I have.  Well Andrew Goldstein put together a great primer of several of the artists most famous themes and characters.  Yeaaa, I love this stuff.  GL

The Psychedelic World of Takashi Murakami

From ArtSpace.com

by By Andrew M. Goldstein

One of the most coveted artists on the planet, Takashi Murakami has gripped the imagination of collectors and curators around the world with his anime-inspired Superflat art, a movement created by the artist that refers to the flattened aesthetic of Japanese graphic art forms, from traditional ukiyo-e woodblock prints to contemporary animation, as well as to the shallowness of contemporary consumer culture. Here is a primer on several of Murakami’s signature themes, series, and characters.

FLOWERS

Perhaps Murakami's most emblematic motif, these candy-colored, smiling flora came into the artist's work when he was preparing for his entrance exams for the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, and he embraced the form over nine years teaching prep-school students to draw flowers (even though, as he once said, "I didn't like flowers").

MR. DOB

Murakami's recurring characters each represent a different part of his psyche, and Mr. DOB—whose name plays on the slang expression "dobojite," meaning "why?"—was originally created as a statement that Japanese art doesn't need to imitate American art, and should find its own means of expression (a point somewhat complicated by those Mickey Mouse ears).

KAIKAI KIKI

With names that translate roughly as "bizarre, yet refined"—an homage to the famed style of a 16th-century Japanese artist—these two impish characters reappear again and again in Murakami's work as the artist's spiritual guardians as well as the official mascots of his production company.

JELLYFISH EYES

A trippy creature modeled after a Japanese monster called Hyakume (or Hundred Eyes) combined with elements of Humpty Dumpty, this character also lends its name to Murakami's first feature-length movie, a CGI-powered extravaganza that brings the artist's fantastical characters to life as the main attractions of an environmentally conscious monster movie.

MISS KO2

Inspired by anime and manga characters, Miss Ko2 is based on a "fighting 'bisyoujo' (Japanese slang for beautiful young girl) character from the game Viable Geo. Depicting an attractive blonde girl, the sculpture alludes to the eroticized figures in Japanese cartoon culture. Miss Ko2 was the first of Murakami’s characters to appear as a three-dimensional work, serving as a point of departure for the rest of his sculptures—one of which, the 1998 My Lonesome Cowboy, sold at Sotheby's for $15.2 million in 2008.   

LOUIS VUITTON COLLABORATION

In 2002, Murakami was invited to collaborate with fashion house Louis Vuitton on a series of accessories, for which he reinvented their signature monogram in a variety of candy-colored hues. Murakami later re-appropriated the monogram into his own work, further blurring the boundaries between high art and popular culture. As part of his 2008 retrospective at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, “© Murakami,” which later traveled to the Brooklyn Museum, pop-up Louis Vuitton boutiques were constructed inside the museum selling Murakami-designed Vuitton merchandise and limited-edition prints. As the artist stated, “The shop project is not a part of the exhibition; rather it is the heart of the exhibition itself.” 

THE CREATURES FROM PLANET 66

In 2003, Murakami was commissioned to design characters for Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills real-estate development. Known collectively as “The Creatures From Planet 66,” these smiling characters travel throughout the world on a mission to spread happiness and knowledge. 

MUSHROOMS

Anthropomorphized mushrooms, their caps dotted with blinking eyes, are another signature motif in Murakami’s work. As the artist has stated, “For me they seem both erotic and cute while evoking—especially for the Western imagination—the fantastic world of fairy tale. I thought that, by uniting the eroticism and the magic side of mushrooms, I could use them as motifs in my work.”

DARUMA

Hearkening back to the iconography of classical Japanese art, these portraits of Daruma—the founder of Zen Buddhism, who according to legend meditated in a cave for nine years until his limbs fell off—take on a much more modern, uncertain, and indeed zonked-out cast in Murakami's hands in a way that both pays respects to tradition and breaks away from it.

Bacon's paintbrushes expected to fetch £25,000 - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Francis Bacon's paintbrushes expected to fetch £25,000 at London auction

Eight brushes given by Irish-born painter to fellow artist Clive Barker in 1978 will be auctioned at Christie's in September
by The Guardian

Paintings sell for millions at auction, but now a set of Francis Bacon's paintbrushes will go under the hammer and are expected to fetch around £25,000.
The eight brushes which the Irish-born painter gave to fellow artist Clive Barker in 1978 are in a paint-splattered butter bean tin encased in a Perspex box.
They will be auctioned at Christie's in South Kensington, London, in September as part of its Out of the Ordinary sale.
Dublin-born Bacon, who died in 1992, is one of the most sought-after modern artists.
Last month, his 1966 triptych portrait of his friend, muse and lover Isabel Rawsthorne went for £11,282,500 while the first work the artist ever sold, his historic Head III, went for £10,442,500.
More than 150 lots will be auctioned off including a flying machine prop made for the 1985 Young Sherlock Holmes film, which is expected to fetch £80,000, a Triceratops skull valued at £250,000 and one of the world's biggest caviar dishes.
Head of sale Charlotte Young said: "Out of the Ordinary is a tightly curated one-off sale offering a unique opportunity to acquire something a little different from Christie's South Kensington. Each lot has been selected as either visually striking or with an intriguing story to tell, and many have never before been seen at auction. "

Auction website found here 

It is not unusual for paint brushes, easels or even paint rags of an famous artist to be sold.  What is unusual is the high price.  But Bacon's work has been hitting records for the past few years.  

The legendary artists Howard Finster would even take old paint rags and add faces to them and then turn around and sell them through galleries for top dollar.  It amused Howard that he was so popular that even his old rags had value.  GL

"Video of the Week" Rembrandt comes Alive! - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Onze helden zijn terug!  Our heroes are back!

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has reopened its doors to the public after a 10 year closure for rebuilding. It's most famous exhibit is "Nachten Watchen"  or "The Night Watch" by Rembrandt. This short clip Onze helden zijn terug! celebrates the rejuvenation of The Museum.

What an inventive way for a museum to get the word out about the reopening.  Out of the box thinking like this can really get you noticed by the sometimes lethargic public. GL

Purvis Young: Works from the Collection - Boca Museum of Art - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Purvis Young: Works from the Collection

BOCA Museum of Art
July 27 - September 22, 2013

Artwork from Miami-born Purvis Young (1943-2010), a prolific self-taught artist whose works depicted life in Overtown, one of America’s poorest neighborhoods, is on display for Purvis Young: Works from the Collection.

An internationally recognized “outsider” artist, Young’s art reflect what he saw in the world, from soaring interstate highway overpasses, fleets of trucks, run-down streets, angry protests, funeral processions, teeming life, struggles, and violence. His works also depict fantastical elements such as glowing skies, rescuing boats, saints, and hovering angels. The medium for his art includes found objects such as broken furniture, to construction site trash, to discarded books.

Spanning almost four decades, Young’s artwork offers insight into his creative genius and its triumph over a legacy of urban poverty in America.

Museum website found here

This is the second Purvis show Boca has had since the artists death. Purvis' work always draws crowds. Seeing the work properly hung in a museum setting helps to put Purvis' work in the proper context compared to the rest of the contemporary art world. I'm going this weekend!  GL

Here is a link to my tribute page and personal collection of everything Purvis.

4 Broward County Artists Receive 2013 South Florida Visual and Media Fellowships - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Four Broward County Artists Receive 2013 South Florida Visual and Media Fellowships

by broadwayworld.com

Four Broward County artists have been named as recipients of the 2013 South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowships. Leah Brown ($15,000) - Mixed Media; Henning Haupt ($7,500) - Mixed Media; Catalina Jaramillo (($15,000) Installation; and Rosanna Saccaccio ($7,500) - Visual Art, were recently selected to receive this esteemed, five-county artist fellowship. This year's selection is from a record-breaking group of more than 360 applicants. In total, fourteen fellowships were awarded in the five-county area - Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Martin counties.
The recipients were selected during a two-tier panel process which included the participation of regional and national arts experts. The 2013 regional panel, whose selections are conducted anonymously and based solely on the evaluation of the artists' work as evidenced by samples submitted, included: Chris Cook, Executive Director, Cannonball (Miami-Dade); Tom Scicluna, Artist, 2012 SFCC Fellowship Recipient (Miami-Dade); Chelsea Guerdat, Director of Exhibitions, Bass Museum of Art (Miami-Dade); Jane Hart, Curator, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood (Broward); Peter Boswell, Curator, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale (Broward); Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Norton Museum of Art (Palm Beach).
The submissions selected by the regional panel were forwarded for final adjudication and selection to the national panel comprised of: Elizabeth Dunbar, Executive Director at DiverseWorks in Houston, TX; Andria Hickey, Associate Curator at the Public Art Fund and Ryan Inouye, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Education and Public Programs at the New Museum, New York.
A juried exhibition - Who Am I to You? featuring the works of the 14 South Florida regional recipients is scheduled to be presented at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, One East Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. from June 22, through September 1, 2013. The South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship Program is a cooperative project funded in part with the support of the boards of County Commissioners of Broward, Miami-Dade, Martin and Monroe counties and the Palm Beach County Cultural Council.
Visit the Broward Cultural Division website for additional information on the South Florida Cultural Consortium and the Broward County recipients.

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CALLING ALL ARTISTS - Bear and Bird Gallery - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Mysteries of the Unexplained: Exploring the Supernatural

Who can put art in this show?
This art show is OPEN to all artists living in South Florida. You do not need to submit your artwork for approval ahead of time. How do we define the area of South Florida? If you can drop-off and pick-up your artwork IN-PERSON and ON-TIME you can participate! We do not accept any mailed-in entries, nor will we return any artwork via mail for any of our “all locals welcome” shows.

What do I have to do to join?
If you are certain that you will be taking part of this show, then please RSVP by Friday, September 6 at midnight and you will be included on the printed flyer & receive email reminders. To RSVP, simply email your “artist name” exactly as you want it to appear – in the body of the message to us at rsvp@bearandbird.com.

Bear and Bird  

Mon-Thurs: 11am-8pm | Fri & Sat: 11am-9pm | Sun: Noon-6pm

inside/upstairs at TATE'S Comics 4566 North University Drive | Lauderhill, Florida 33351

954-748-0181 | amanda@bearandbird.com

Website found here

 

Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865–1965 - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Charles Christian Eisele, Evening on the Suwannee River, 1885, Collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown

Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865–1965,
From the collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown at the Museum of Florida History

The Museum of Florida History is excited to host the special exhibition Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865–1965, From the collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown. The exhibit opens November 16, 2012, and closes May 6, 2013. The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach organized the exhibit.
This exhibit features eighty-five works of art that highlight Florida's unique and beautiful landscape. The paintings were created by many of the most influential artists who have painted Florida’s natural environment and famous landmarks in the past 150 years. Among the notable artists whose work is in this exhibition are Martin Johnson Heade, Herman Herzog, Laura Woodward, N. C. Wyeth, George Inness, Jr., and A. E. Backus.

Former Curator of The Morris Museum of Art Jay Williams notes, "While beautifully expressing the uniqueness of Florida, 'Reflections' transcends the usual limitations of regional art because of its extraordinary quality and the importance of art in shaping Florida's image."

Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865–1965, From the collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown by Gary R. Libby, the exhibition catalogue, is available for purchase in Florida’s History Shop. Plan now to view these extraordinary paintings.

Museum of Florida History website found here

I was in Tallahassee this week for a meeting of the Florida Council on Arts and Culture (more on that later) and made sure to visit this incredible exhibition.  One of the most important collections of Florida Art the Brown collection has paintings from every major landscape painter that visited our State between 1865 - 1965.  I was blown away at the selections in the show and encourage everyone to seek out this traveling exhibition.  Like the famous Vickers collection before it the Browns have amassed a world class collection that depicts our State before all the development.  Many of the important northern landscape painters at the turn of the last century came down to Florida for health or adventure reasons and while they were here they painted the wild landscapes they encountered. Wyeth, Homer, Heade, Herzog and many others painted here.  I was encouraged that the collection even included A. E. Backus, showing that the native Floridian belongs in the same conversation as the other important American landscape artists.  Back in the early 90's these Florida paintings began showing up in the American paintings auctions in New York.  Because the subjects were Florida and not the Huston Valley or other more know Northern views the paintings were often sold at a 1/3 of the price of what the northern paintings commanded.  Astute collectors like the Browns and Vickers snatched them up knowing their true value to our State.  We thank them for their dedication, for preserving and most importantly sharing the works with us.  Our State is rich with history and these paintings are an important part of telling that story to generations to come.  GL

 

Art Around the Web - Artspace - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

"Our mission is to make art more accessible to broader audiences, whether you're an experienced collector or a novice just getting started, and to support museums and cultural institutions and artists across the globe," 

Artspace is an e-commerce site where members can browse and purchase limited-edition prints and original works from world-renowned artists. The company's curators list artwork being sold by partner museums, galleries and cultural institutions, including the Guggenheim and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The website also offers art news, information and education.

Artspace doesn't carry any inventory. It instead facilitates the transaction between the seller and the buyer for a commission.

CNBC Article about Artspace website found here

Artspace website found here

Nominations sought for top arts teachers - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Nominations sought for top arts teachers
Sun Sentinel
By Chris Guanche, Forum Publishing Group


Giving a teacher an apple is an old cliche, but Broward's four top art teachers will each win one made out of crystal.

The Broward County Cultural Division has been running the Arts Teacher of the Year program for 27 years, singling out one teacher for its top honor, which also includes a $1,500 cash prize and a $500 contribution to the winning school's arts department. Finalists for the award attend a ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts' Amaturo Theater in Fort Lauderdale.

But things are a bit different this year, as the award is being expanded to include a winner in four categories: visual arts, dance, music and theater. The program was previously limited to public and charter schools, but this year it's being widened to include private schools.

"We created [the award] so that we can celebrate the exceptional art that teachers are doing in school," said Jody Horne-Leshinsky, a community development director with the cultural division.


Each category will include three finalists. Teachers can nominate themselves or have their principal nominate them by the May 31 deadline. Nominations are examined by a subcommittee of the Broward Cultural Council, but that's not the end of the process. Committee members will go out into the field and evaluate teachers in class. They also seek feedback from students and principals.

"It lets them see how the teachers relate to their children," Horne-Leshinsky said. Taking the evaluation into the classroom is an important part of the process, said Deborah Kerr, chairwoman of the cultural council. "It takes the process off flat paper and puts it into three dimensions," Kerr said.

The four winners won't be announced until Nov. 6. The long time between the deadline and the ceremony is due to the evaluation process and summer break, Horne-Leshinsky said. After selecting teachers, the committee will begin its evaluations in the fall at the start of the 2013-14 school year.

Kerr said the expansion of awards will be a boost for competition. "We want to highlight the quality of teachers," she said.

For more information, visit http://www.broward.org/arts  or call 954-357-7869.
Chris Guanche can be reached at cguanche@tribune.com.

Dali Loves Pi (3.14) - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Happy Pi Day!

Dali Loves Pi (3.14) at the Dali Museum March 14, 2013 (Thursday)
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Dali loved the irrational numbers Pi and Phi, often using them and other mathematical principles in his art. Pi Day at the Dali is marked by fun Pi and math-inspired experiences, films and treats for sale in the Cafe.

Pinellas & Hillsborough math teachers enjoy free admission all day. Tours of the galleries & gardens are math-themed after 5pm. Teacher resources available in the Education Classroom as well as Pi-Day specials in the Store.

Do you have a math-art lesson you'd like to share? Submit to bmead@thedali.org and we will have copies on-hand to share.

Pi Day Film Schedule:

Donald in Mathmagic Land
10 am - 8 pm, on loop in Classroom
In search of big game, hunter Donald Duck stumbles into a strange and wondrous land dominated by numbers. He soon learns, despite his dismissive attitude, that math can be found in beautiful and often surprising ways. This hidden world reveals itself to Donald through music, architecture, sculpture, biology, and sports. Oscar-nominated documentary.(1959, 27 min.; NR probably G)

The Story of 1
10:30 am - 11:30 am, Theater
Terry Jones (Monty Python's Flying Circus) goes on a humor-filled journey to recount the amazing tale behind the world's simplest number. The Story of 1 reveals how civilizations used One to develop their culture; where our modern numbers came from; and how the invention of zero changed the world forever. (2006, 60 min.; NR probably G)

The Code, episode 1: Numbers
11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Theater
What do the precise proportions of Chartres Cathedral have in common with the life cycle of the lowly cicada, with how we hear sound, and with the intricately designed shell of a small marine animal called a nautilus? In their work on the great gothic cathedrals, medieval masons had glimpsed a deep truth they believed echoed God's creation. Host Marcus Du Sautoy identifies the key to understanding the universe in their sacred numbers and, in examples ancient and modern, the amazing power of pi.

The Code, episode 2: Shapes
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, Theater
Professor Marcus de Sautoy travels to the Giant's Causeway, the amazing collection of hexagonal basalt columns off the coast of Northern Ireland. Folklore explains this geological formation in a tale involving a local giant eager to get to grips with a Scottish rival 80 miles away across the Irish Sea. But Du Sautoy finds written into these rocks a fundamental truth about the universe - a hidden geometric force that underpins all nature, from the structure of honeycombs, soap bubbles, and salt crystals to the work of visionary painter Jackson Pollock and the virtual worlds of Pixar movies.

The Story of Math, episode 1: The Language of the Universe
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Theater
Traveling from Mesopotamia to Egypt and then to Greece, host Marcus Du Sautoy shows how mathematics evolved from a practical problem-solver for weights and measures to a truly conceptual science.

YouTube Celebrates Pi Day
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Theater
A collection of YouTube short films that demonstrate a love for math and all things Pi.

Cost: Films are free and screened in the Theater. General Admission for gallery admittance (Thursdays are $10 after 5 pm). Pinellas & Hillsborough math teachers admitted FREE all day. 

 

Dali Museum website found here

Purvis Young Retrospective at New River Fine Art - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

New River Fine Art Announces Major Purvis Young Retrospective

In a major art world event, Lisa Burgess, owner of New River Fine Art at 914 East Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is opening an exhibition and offering for sale works from her personal collection of Young's art consisting of more than 700 constructions, paintings and drawings from the 1970's to 2001. 

"We are very excited with this unique opportunity to unveil such a magnificent collection," Mrs. Burgess said. "The exhibition will debut at New River Fine Art on Friday, which coincides with the release of 128 page full color catalog." The exhibit runs through April 22nd. The public is invited with advance reservations.

"We feel the time is right to begin offering works from our personal collection", stated Burgess. "With major museum collections growing, auction records being set for the artist's work and galleries asking higher and higher prices, the depth of the New River Fine Art's collection means we can offer real value to collectors for an artist whose reputation will continue to grow for many years. Many art professionals believe major works from Purvis Young will soon regularly be valued at over one hundred thousand dollars." Prices in the exhibition range from a mere $150 to $50,000.

Purvis Young was an American artist from the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, Florida. His work was a blend of collage and painting, utilized found-objects and the experience of African Americans in the urban America.

Call Lisa Burgess (954) 524-2100 or visit New River website here.

Marcus Jansen - Finalist at The International Art Prize Arte Laguna 2013 – Venice Italy - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

Marcus Jansen - Finalist at The International Art Prize Arte Laguna 2013 – Venice Italy

The Italian Cultural Association MoCA (Modern Contemporary Art), in collaboration with Arte Laguna, organized the Seventh Edition of the International Art Prize “Arte Laguna”, aimed at promoting and enhancing contemporary art.

List of Finalists:  www.artelagunaprize.com/12.13/painting_section.pdf

 

This important event will take place in Venice in March 2013 and will contemplate prizes in money, a collective exhibition in Venice Arsenale, a special exhibition at the Romanian Institute for Arts Culture and Research, a number of exhibitions in art galleries and an official catalogue.

Opening reception:  03/16/2013 at 6:00pm at Tese di San Cristoforo Arsenale Venice. www.artelagunaprize.com

This makes Jansen's third International participation and selection for a major Internationally curated exhibition in less than six month's.

Marcus Jansen is the only American Painter invited to show in the painting category at the 7th Arte Laguna Prize Exhibition. Recently, the New York City native was selected for the"New American Paintings No. 94" cover and the upcoming "Studio Visit" publication both published by The Open Studio Press. Jansen also won "The Dave Bown Project" International Award at the 5th Semi- Annual and was awarded "The Aesthetica Art Prize", in York, UK.  

Marcus Jansen's work at Unit A can be found here

Highwaymen paintings from the Brewer Collection at MIA’s Central Terminal Gallery - posted by Florida Fine Art Blog

A special presentation by author and photographer

GARY MONROE

in conjunction with an exhibition in MIA’s Central Terminal Gallery

featuring Highwaymen paintings from the Brewer Collection

Friday, March 15, 2013, 12:00 Noon

Miami International Airport

North Terminal Auditorium

Refreshments will be served after the lecture.

The author will be signing copies of his books.

Dolphin Garage is closest to the event.

Parking Validation will be available.

Attendance is limited, please RSVP: Michelle Charles, 305 876-0852

  

Find out all about the galleries at Miami International Airport here

Gary has been instrumental in telling the Highwaymen story.  His first book on the subject, "The Highwaymen: Florida's African American landscape painters" published in 2001 was followed by "Harold Newton: The Original Highwayman" and "The Highwaymen Murals: Al Black's Concrete Dreams."  These books represent the most complete and factual account of the famed group of artists.  I have attended Mr Monroe's lectures in the past and highly recomend them.  GL