What will become of a tycoon s art gems?
Real estate developer Sheldon Solow with his son, Stefan Soloviev, in New York, March 8, 2018. Its the art worlds new guessing game: Will Solows paintings and sculptures, conservatively valued at $500 million, be heading to a private museum or to auction? George Etheredge/The New York Times.
by Katya Kazakina
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- In an apartment high above Manhattan, paintings by van Gogh, Matisse and Modigliani overlooked the East River and tribal artworks and Egyptian antiquities mingled with Giacometti bronzes and furniture. Several blocks west, a monumental Miró bronze stood guard by a skyscraper known for its sloping glass facade and masterpieces inside.
Art Dubai announces 2021 dates and new artist-led programming
Artist Hamra Abbas, Represented by Canvas Gallery (Karachi), Bawwaba, Art Dubai 2019, Courtesy of Photo Solutions.
DUBAI
.-Art Dubai announces the full list of participating galleries for its 14th edition, taking place March 17-20, 2021. Returning with 85 galleries from 36 countries and coinciding with the UAEs Golden Jubilee celebrations for the countrys 50th anniversary, Art Dubai 2021 is delighted to present an ambitious line-up of galleries from diverse geographies, inventive programming with safety protocols in place, new partners and a more artist-led approach that aims to bring communities together, further cultivate art engagement practices, and highlight art across the Global South.
Leila Heller Gallery presents a retrospective of sculpture by Mia Fonssagrives Solow
Fonssagrives Solow s other most influential body of work, Aliens, is comprised of figurative sculptures made of polished bronze and aluminum, which explore the nature of artificial intelligence.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Leila Heller Gallery is presenting the exhibition Mia Fonssagrives Solow. A dynamic retrospective of sculpture by Fonssagrives Solow, the eponymous show surveys the artists iconic works, from seminal abstract forms cast in bronze or carved from wood to her most recent bronze and aluminum aliens and monumental fiberglass forms.
On one side of Fonssagrives Solows work is her uplifting Forms series, examining the simplicity of scale and movement, form and color. The curving surfaces of each piece draw the eye from one exquisite line to the next, as everyday objects, such as a sail or an apple, are refined to simply the clean, essential lines of their form. What begins as a small lucite or