440 Gallery presents a selection of work by its fourteen members to commemorate ten years as a thriving artist collective Brooklyn, NY – 440 Gallery opened its doors as a pop-up gallery in Park Slope, Brooklyn in January of 2005. Within a [Read More]
40 Gallery celebrates the tenth year of hosting its Small Works Show. This much anticipated juried exhibition regularly opens with an overflow crowd spilling onto Sixth Avenue. There are three awards given each year: the Curators Award, the 440 Award, and the [Read More]
“I try to express opposites coexisting,” Ines de Poligny says of her work. The path that the artist follows to express those dualities uses a variety of media — oils and acrylics as well as digital photography. The contrasts in her compositions [Read More]
Brooklyn, NY – A scarf for Mom, a tie for Dad… again? Get creative! Get them something that will outlast the vagaries of fashion. A work of art gives pleasure for generations. The 440 Gallery once again hosts its annual Holiday Sale [Read More]
Richmond, VA – Richmond-based artist Joshua Barber opens the exhibition “eleven” on December 4, 2014, at 7 p.m. at the Sara D. November Gallery in Richmond. Barber is known for painting modern icons that are both whimsical and dark, as well as [Read More]
Tanya Mayer is a master painter working primarily in watercolor on paper with the occasional use of ink and water dyes. Often depicting the human figure in shining, voluptuous form, her subjects pose nude or semi-nude in plush domestic settings or against [Read More]
Color and texture are at the center of Georgian artist Tamo’s quest to express her emotions. The artist cites Abstract Expressionism and Conceptualism as influences, but her images have a combination of restraint and power that puts them in their own category. [Read More]
Long Island native Christopher Breining’s naturalistic watercolors and drawings balance technical mastery and figurative representation with the personal interpretation of the artist. A self-taught artist, Breining prefers to start with a photograph — usually black-and-white — that he can trace and then [Read More]
In her lively oil paintings, C. Selves says her goal is to depict no less than “my life, my person, my class, and my generation.” Her vision of her world in contemporary Spain is at once personal, humble, and wittily modern in [Read More]
Inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec and the lyrics of Bellman, an 18th century Swedish songwriter, Swedish-born Anders Hafsbrandt explores the decadent and romantic sadness of society’s outcasts. “I place the poor, misunderstood and drunken people in exclusive environments and a tension emerges,” notes the [Read More]
Richly wrought in vivid tones, Chilean artist Alejandra Larrea Koch’s luscious geometric abstractions explore the sphere as a symbol of organically feminine perfection, dynamically balanced between timelessness and creation. The roundness of the shapes becomes filled with a textural movement and surface [Read More]
“Painting is an expression of my inner person,” says the definitively Portuguese fine artist Tiago Atalaia. Drawn to the spatula and its naturalness, Atalaia maintains that it is his country of origin – particularly its sun, heat, ocean and green vegetation – [Read More]
Tower Bridge has unveiled two new glass floors across its high-level walkways, enabling visitors to view a bridge lift from a wholly new and unique perspective. Purcell were the architects responsible for introducing the glass floors into the Grade I listed structure [Read More]
The original artwork of Indian artist Shams is as fascinating as it is beautiful. Inspired by Zari embroidery, Shams’ innovative, three-dimensional technique combines bright colors with detailed forms, creating dynamic images that explore both the beauty of the physical plane and the [Read More]