Art Enthusiast:

W+A, do you have any experience with Lucie Beppler? German artist.

quote:

Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
W+A, do you have any experience with Lucie Beppler? German artist.

I do indeed. I think our piece is at our daughters house.

It is an etching that has a chalkboard look somewhat like some of Cy Twombly's works, yet I think it is on a heavy paper.

Are you a fan of Beppler?

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:

quote:

Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
W+A, do you have any experience with Lucie Beppler? German artist.

I do indeed. I think our piece is at our daughters house.

It is an etching that has a chalkboard look somewhat like some of Cy Twombly's works, yet I think it is on a heavy paper.

Are you a fan of Beppler?

Love her work. I really like Morellet's wire pieces which made me think of her.

We made an offer on a Agnes Martin work yesterday.

We shall see.

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
We made an offer on a Agnes Martin work yesterday.

We shall see.

!!

My little gallery did its first Manhattan art fair on Mar 6-9.

Now I get why they're all the rage!
Expensive but worth it. Collectors come to you!

By the end of the week my voice was hoarse from all the hand selling I had done.

www.sevenartsgallery.com
we may be small but we move merch!

quote:

Originally posted by fcs:
My little gallery did its first Manhattan art fair on Mar 6-9.

Now I get why they're all the rage!
Expensive but worth it. Collectors come to you!

By the end of the week my voice was hoarse from all the hand selling I had done.

www.sevenartsgallery.com
we may be small but we move merch!

Congratulations, fcs. I hope you established a number of clients.

Dallas is having a serious art fair in a couple of weeks with a few of our favorite galleries ( and people too) coming to town.

One of my very favorite galleries will be bringing with them, Bacon Condo, Rauschenberg, Tamayo, Stella, Sultan, Ruscha, Dine, Kapoor, Motherwell, Lichtenstein and Morellet just to name a few.

I also have two wine dinners planed with the gallery owners I'm looking forward to. Wine + Art makes me a happy man!

Congrats again.

Congratulations to Shigeru Ban for being awarded the Pritzker Prize for 2014.

Great art and great architecture will always change the chemistry of the brain.

Well done.

Very nice W + A!

Nice list of names, don't spend too much money, haha!

If you are in Austin, check out this show @ UT!

http://glasstire.com/2014/02/0...ll-all-happen-again/

For Toronto-area photorealism fans, the Mary Pratt exhibit at McMichael Gallery is a must-see. A selection of paintings spanning five decades is supplemented with artist interviews and commentary that provide excellent insight into the philosophy and process behind the work. It's hard not to be amazed at the detail and accuracy in these pieces.

The amazing, weird story of Vivian Maier. Finding Vivian Maier
My sister just bought one of her amazing prints.

My hotel in Vegas has a number of Zoe Leonard works. A very different artist than you find in many/ most hotels.

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
My hotel in Vegas has a number of Zoe Leonard works. A very different artist than you find in many/ most hotels.

I wouldn't expect that at the Excalibur.

quote:

Originally posted by The Old Man:

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
My hotel in Vegas has a number of Zoe Leonard works. A very different artist than you find in many/ most hotels.

I wouldn't expect that at the Excalibur.

... You are correct, sir, that is not my hotel.

Our hotel also had a few Fiona Rae works that worked well.

Gone to the Bellagio to see, "Painting Women: Works From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"?

All signs point to a visit to the Tate Modern on Sunday (i.e. days off, sitter)! We'll stroll through a good part of it, but any favourites you all recommend? I've been once, last year, to see the Lichtenstein exhibit, but we didn't see anything else. This time, we won't have our kids with us, so it will be a little more leisurely. TIA!

quote:

Originally posted by Jabe11: We'll stroll through a good part of it, but any favourites you all recommend?

Weeping Woman

quote:

Originally posted by The Old Man:

quote:

Originally posted by Jabe11: We'll stroll through a good part of it, but any favourites you all recommend?

Weeping Woman

Yes, thanks. We happened to see this at the Tate Britain a couple of years ago....some sort of 'Picasso and his influence on British Artists' exhibit. Nude woman in a red armchair was also there.

quote:

Originally posted by Jabe11:

quote:

Originally posted by The Old Man:

quote:

Originally posted by Jabe11: We'll stroll through a good part of it, but any favourites you all recommend?

Weeping Woman

Yes, thanks. We happened to see this at the Tate Britain a couple of years ago....some sort of 'Picasso and his influence on British Artists' exhibit. Nude woman in a red armchair was also there.

LACMA created an exhibit around this painting when it was on loan there. I saw it in the evening when there was hardly anyone there and I was able to just stand in front of it alone. One of the art viewing highlights of my life.

Jabe, the photo you emailed me of your daughter really touched my heart, sincerely. It took me back to how we took our children to the finest museums, performing arts and book fairs all round the world from the time they were 5. (?)

They both grew to love and cherish the arts and letters. One walk through their homes and it would be obvious. I see the same in the future for your precious daughter.

Thank you for sharing.

The Dallas Art Fair is this week.

Some of my favorite galleries from London, New York, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Bogota, Paris, Berlin and Tokyo will all be exhibiting.

Looking forward to the black tie preview gala this week.

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
Jabe, the photo you emailed me of your daughter really touched my heart, sincerely. It took me back to how we took our children to the finest museums, performing arts and book fairs all round the world from the time they were 5. (?)

They both grew to love and cherish the arts and letters. One walk through their homes and it would be obvious. I see the same in the future for your precious daughter.

Thank you for sharing.

I certainly thought you'd approve. While we are not perfect parents, we are sure we are doing some things right!

Tate Modern....I certainly appreciated the breadth of the collection. Some highlights for me...room 1 on the 2nd floor, I could have just experienced this room and been done; an oil on canvas by Giacometti, as well as a few of his sculpture; another by Modrian (a sort of tree-like image unlike his later iconic style); cubist room; an 'organic' sculpture by Henry Moore.

Rothko is still an enigma to me. I continually feel frustrated viewing color fields from his mature stage....Maybe that was his intent. There were some smaller transitional pieces that gave me glimpses,but offered...hmmm, nothing profound to me.

quote:

Originally posted by Jabe11:


Rothko is still an enigma to me.

I adore Rothko and love standing in front of one of his massive canvases.

This reminds me, I need to revisit the Rothko Chapel in Houston again very soon.

Interesting discussion at our house right now. The artist said our new 6'+ welded iron sculpture is impervious to the elements and I think it clearly belongs outside. Ms. VinT says our yard is not worthy of such a piece, so it currently rests in our living room.

Fun conversation.

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
I adore Rothko and love standing in front of one of his massive canvases.

+1

The Rothko room at the Tate has 4 or 5 large canvases, all of them are combinations of red hues. I felt I gave it a good effort to try and understand; the room was not crowded and we sat and viewed for a time. The images to me visually appeared as windows...or open windows....looking out on stark fields. The paintings were full of sadness. Maybe this exacerbating my feelings of frustration.

The Dallas Art Fair held last week was the finest thus far. The event is an invitation only event for galleries from around the world. Two of the gallery owners are dear friends of ours and both reported strong sales ( above 7 figures) for their galleries and others as well.

My general impressions ...

The finest galleries overall were from London, NYC, Santa Fe, Melbourne, Berlin, Houston, Bogota and Milwaukee. (I excluded the DFW galleries as we know them too well)

The galleries from Seoul, Calgary, LA, Tokyo, Milan, Paris, San Francisco and Geneva were disappointing overall.

The private preview gala on Thursday night was pouring Ruinart BdB freely all night and Nespresso was offering espresso to all as well. The dinners each night were a little crazy but much fun as well.

Looking forward to next years already!

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
The galleries from Seoul, Calgary, LA, Tokyo, Milan, Paris, San Francisco and Geneva were disappointing overall.

Whew. Just looked at the list and was glad that of the LA galleries none are on the list of ones we regularly visit. I was worried there for a minute.

I heard the Matisse Cut-Out exhibit at the Tate Modern is receiving excellent reviews.

Looks like a trip to MoMA is in my future late this year or early 2015.

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
the Matisse Cut-Out exhibit at the Tate Modern

I am looking forward to this as well. Unfortunately, we just missed it last visit due to timing. We'll wait for the crowds to die down a bit.

Went to the wonderful Calder exhibit today. Made even more interesting with the Frank Gehry designed installation. Unexpected shadows, little nooks with sculptures you can just relax and look at. Like seeing canvases with the painted shaped popped out and set in gentle motion. Excellent.

Then saw the truly overwhelming, and bizarre Diane Von Furstenberg: The Story of A Dress, also at LACMA. Two hundred mannequins essentially wearing one style of dress with different prints. Portraits, and other art works, featuring Furstenberg by artists from Warhol to Close. Stills from films showing Amy Adams in American Hustle wearing the dress and Cybil Shepard in Taxi Driver wearing another. Essentially Furstenberg designed a dress she would look good in and then sold it to the rest of the world.

quote:

Originally posted by Jabe11:

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
the Matisse Cut-Out exhibit at the Tate Modern

We'll wait for the crowds to die down a bit.

I'm not sure the crowds will die down with summer approaching.

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
...the Matisse Cut-Out exhibit at the Tate Modern...

Looks like a trip to MoMA is in my future late this year or early 2015.

NYC was mentioned as a possible rendezvous point if you'll recall

I had a chance to attend the opening for Julian Schnabel's first return to the U.S. museum market since the mid-1980's. ( Dallas Contemporary)

Julian has roots in Texas and glad to see his work again being featured in a museum.

Next up ... Richard Phillips this weekend.

W + A, what did you think of Julian's work?

Good to hear you had a good experience at your art fair. Funny how they seem to make the art experience a heightened event, for selling, buying, discussing trends, etc.
It lifts the experience up a few notches...

quote:

Originally posted by fcs:
W + A, what did you think of Julian's work?

fcs, walking out the door. Will write soon.

Anyone going/gone to see the Calder exhibition at LACMA?

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:

quote:

Originally posted by fcs:
W + A, what did you think of Julian's work?

fcs, walking out the door. Will write soon.

fcs, I enjoyed Julian's early work a great deal. He was in Houston early in his career and I saw a lot of his development. There was no surprise he became a major artist and Europe took him to a famous level.

I think he took his eye off the ball a little recently as he has been chasing other passions, but he does demand my attention nevertheless. He seems back, perhaps.