Stewart’s sensual paintings, with their indefinable romantic appeal, can be compared to a movie starlet who’s also a member of Mensa. The biologist-turned-artist begins each work with a background suggesting a site plan, architectural grid or oil field map, then paints her loose, expressive renderings of layers of wildflowers and weeds, her delicate washes suggesting … Read More
Author: Virginia Miller
Arless Day Creates the Magic of a Master Collagist
Arless Day has the uncanny ability to assemble a collage of disparate printed materials, photographs and paint into an environment that we want to live in, and to repeat the process in each of his widely popular works. His seamless works offer a graphic demonstration of the magic that a master collagist can conjure. See artwork and … Read More
'Latin American Invitational' Exhibition Features 'Masters of Today and Tomorrow'
A review in “El Nuevo Herald” of the gallery’s “Latin American Invitational” exhibition includes color photos of works by Leonora Carrington, Michelle Concepción, Alexis Fernández and Marco Tullio. Virginia Miller notes that its disparate artists are “the masters of today and tomorrow.” For more information, click here.
Gallery Presents First U.S. Exhibition of Iranian Artist Howtan
ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries presented the first U.S. exhibitions of work by the Iranian photographer Howtan. His “Scream of War,” shown at left, and other illuminated light boxes were featured both at ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries in Coral Gables and at Palm Beach3, the annual contemporary art fair. For more information click here.
Hugo Crosthwaite Exhibition Reviewed by Eminent British Author Edward Lucie-Smith
Two of the gallery’s artists are featured as cover stories on the Summer 2005 issues of “Arte al Dia” and “NY Arts” magazines. To read the review of Hugo Crosthwaite’s “Maniera Obscura/In a Dark Manner 1998-2005” exhibition by the noted author Edward Lucie-Smith, go to Artists, Hugo Crosthwaite, and Reviews. For more information click here.
'Miami Art Guide' Highlights Historical 'Firsts' Curated and Exhibited by Virginia Miller
The “Miami Art Guide” article highlights some of the gallery’s historic exhibitions, including the state’s first shows for Alice Neel and Richard Pousette Dart, the nation’s first major exhibition of the Dominican Republic’s master artist, Ramón Oviedo, the first exhibition of the SITE architectural team, the region’s first history of photography exhibition, the first time … Read More
'Gunther Gerzso: Defining Mexican Abstraction' Reviewed by Elisa Turner in 'ARTnews,' 'The Miami Herald'
Art Critic Elisa Turner reviewed “Gunther Gerzo: Defining Mexican Abstraction” in both the June 2004 “ARTnews” and in “The Miami Herald.” She observes how Gerzso’s fluid early drawings, done during 1935-41, when he was set and costume designer at the Cleveland, Ohio Playhouse, laid the infrastructure for the architectural abstractions of his later style. The … Read More
Virginia Miller Among the Authorities on Latin American Art Interviewed 'Arte al Dia' 100th Issue
Virginia Miller, who has been exhibiting artists from Latin America since 1974, was one of the art authorities surveyed by ‘Arte al Dia’ on the art of Latin America. Each person interviewed was asked whether 1) art has become globalized, 2) painting continues to be a valid medium, and 3) Latin American art is internationally … Read More
Virginia Miller Profiled in 'South Florida Times' by Candace Russell
Along with spotlighting Latin American art for more than 30 years, Virginia Miller also spearheaded the launching of Coral Gables’ Gallery Night, the first event of its kind in South Florida, according to veteran journalist Candace Russell in the December 2003 issue of “South Florida Times.” For more information, click here.
Downtown Delray Beach Installation by Venezuelan Artist Arturo Correa Protests Poverty, Homelessness
Virginia Miller arranged for Venezuelan artist Arturo Correa to erect this house sculpture on the Pineapple Grove ArtWalk in downtown Delray Beach. Its outside walls depict the homeless. Interior walls are white, and visitors completed the work with their comments on poverty and homelessness in our affluent nation. Miller also commissioned Correa to produce a … Read More