By Janet Batet Published by El Nuevo Herald El Arte abstracto como lenguaje visual tiene la peculiaridad de haberse desprendido del pesado fardo de la representación visual. Así, línea, color y textura se confabulan para crear universos disímiles donde el espacio y la tensión entre elementos constitutivos es fundamental. Del efectivo manejo de estos componentes, … Read More
Author: Virginia Miller
Christian Science Monitor Features Marco Tulio
A major article in the Christian Science Monitor (The heart of Latin art By Gloria Goodale) on the unprecedented number of major exhibitions of Latin American art around the nation features a painting by Marco Tulio and quotes a museum director who singles it out as an example of magical realism. “La Montera” (The Bullfighter’s … Read More
The Art of Recession at Virginia Miller Galleries
‘Straw turns to gold in the Gables’ By Carlos Suarez De Jesus, published: June 18, 2009, Miami New Times Leave it to Virginia Miller to find the silver lining in an economic storm. Despite the tribulations of the art world in an increasingly stagnant sales environment, the Coral Gables dealer is putting on an eclectic … Read More
Alice Neel, Arnaldo Roche-Rabell Featured at the Phillips Collection
An exhibition at the Phillips collection in Washington, D.C. this summer of 33 internationally renowned figurative painters will include works by Alice Neel and Arnaldo Roche-Rabell. “We presently are offering truly outstanding works by both Neel and Roche-Bell,” noted gallery owner-director Virginia Miller. “These may be seen on our web site, virginiamiller.com, by clicking under … Read More
Josephine Haden
Gallery artist Josephine Haden continues to rack up impressive awards and exhibitions. Her work will be featured in a one-person exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, from June to September 2009. Haden also was awarded the prestigious Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship for 2008-09, juried by Jeffrey Grove, Curator … Read More
Alice Neel
During the early years of the Great Depression, Alice Neel was one of the 3,749 artists who participated in the predecessor to the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Public Works of Art Project, which operated during 1933-34. During that period, Neel was among the artists who were given a free … Read More
Alfredo Arcia, El Arresto
Mystery! Sex! Religion! Politics! Military maneuvers! Surrealism! All those and more are found in the Latin American magical realism of Venezuelan painter Alfredo Arcia, whose subject matter often defies explanation or analysis but never fails to jolt the imagination. In “El Arresto,” one of the artist’s least complicated compositions, armed soldiers in combat gear debark … Read More
Soledad Salamé
Gallery artist Soledad Salamé will open a one-person exhibition that explores how global warming is changing the Maryland coastline at the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore on March 26th. Marianne and Robert Taylor will hold a champagne brunch fundraiser for the project on March 8th in their waterfront home in Pasadena, Maryland. The artist will speak … Read More
Colombian Surrealist Marco Tulio
ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries regularly exhibits the work of Colombian painter Marco Tulio in its group exhibitions of Latin American artists as well as at such expos as the 2008 Bridge Art Fair during Art Basel Miami Beach and at Arteaméricas, the annual Latin American art fair. Tulio’s stylized, surrealistic paintings have been described as “magic … Read More
Kyle Wins First Place in Valdosta National 2009 Juried All-Media Competition
Kyle topped more than 200 entries from across the nation to win first place in the Valdosta National 2009 Juried all-Media Competition at Valdosta State University at Valdosta, Georgia. The winning entry, “Future Site of Everything,” typifies the artist’s ongoing concern about the loss of natural habitat to development: a sign bearing its title, surrounded … Read More