Virginia Miller’s Artists Featured in Summer 2005 Cover Articles of two Leading Art Magazines

July 26, 2005Gallery News, Magazine and Newspaper Reviews

Arte al Día International devotes its cover and six full pages and nine photos to a major article on Hugo Crosthwaite by the renowned British author Edward Lucie-Smith. Even the magazine’s subscription cards feature the cover drawing by Crosthwaite, an emerging Mexican artist. Along with its cover, NY Arts magazine has a full-page article by … Read More

Fresh From Cuba: Juan Roberto Diago

July 20, 2005Latin American Artists

Whether stitched and painted pieces of cloth or burned, chipped and painted wooden constructions, I find the works of Juan Roberto Diago are fresh, provocative and powerful. Along with various venues in his native Cuba, they have been exhibited in Italy, Spain, France and at Art Miami and arteaméricas. See artwork and get information about … Read More

Mexican, U.S. Museum Exhibitions of Mario Rangel

July 19, 2005Latin American Artists

Mario Rangel has participated in numerous exhibitions in both Mexico and the U.S., including “Otra Generación, Foro de Arte Contemporaneo,” Mexico City in1980; “Trastiempo: La Nueva Pintura Mexicana,” Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City in 1983; “Confrontación,” Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City in 1986; and “Aqui y Allá;” Los Angeles Municipal Art … Read More

Fran Hardy's Oil-and-Tempera Technique Developed by Jan van Eyck

July 13, 2005Gallery Artists

No one can glance at a painting by Fran Hardy. Her painstaking oil-and-tempera technique, developed by Jan van Eyck in the early 1400s, gives her work the most amazing inner glow, almost as if they arre illuminated from within. In fact, one of her recent paintings is appropriately called “Glow.” The phenomenon can’t really be experienced on … Read More

Dancing Couple Seems Wistful in Fernando Botero's Drawing

July 12, 2005Latin American Artists

One of the world’ best-loved artists, Botero’s work often seems to be a static, unemotional snapshot of someone looking at the viewer. The reason I prefer this little drawing is that although it is instantly recognizable as a Botero, its animated subjects seem alive. The man looks a little pensive, perhaps wistful, and the dance-hall background seems … Read More

Carlos Mérida's Jewel-like Small Compositions on Paper

July 11, 2005Latin American Artists

Works by Carlos Mérida, who is considered one of Latin America’s pioneer modernists, fall into three distinct periods. His early work was figurative, which was followed by a surrealist phase. His late work, including these jewel-like small compositions on paper, was geometric. Their abstract compositions are enriched by spicy colors, impastoed elements and suggestions of … Read More