“Liu Yan’s works combine the materials and techniques of traditional Chinese painting with Western representational modes and imagery,” according to Dr. Lydia Thompson of Thompson & Martinez Fine Art Appraisals, Inc. In creating “a collage-like painting surface from China’s cultural detritus,” the artist’s “pastiche of imagery and icons from traditional China and contemporary international popular … Read More
Commentary on the Chinese Neo-pop Movement
Visualize, Actualize, and Materialize: 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Art As evidenced throughout art history, what was once deemed radical and undesirable gradually moves into the mainstream through defiant thinking. New generations of artists assimilate and appropriate ideas from previous movements, only to then rebel and push the boundaries of what is comfortable and familiar even … Read More
Dramatic Video Produced In Gallery
A thrilling two-minute video on the gallery’s “Panorama Latinoamericano” exhibition by an independent Miami TV producer, Luis Fernando Sosa, has been posted on univision.com. The dramatic scenario features dizzying zooms and a familiar musical theme, with Sosa playing a wild-eyed art enthusiast who tries to make off with several works of art. He is thwarted … Read More
Arnaldo Roche-Rabell, Master Artist of Puerto Rico
Arnaldo Roche-Rabell, internationally known as one of the leading artists from Puerto Rico, actually launched his career in Chicago. While living there as an art student, he began showing his work in university galleries and alternative spaces. At one of those shows in the Art Institute of Chicago he took a first prize of $5,000, … Read More
Spiritual Canvases of Heriberto Mora Stimulate Imagination
Picture it in your mind: thousands of multihued dabs of paint filling two-thirds of a four-foot canvas, fading into pale oblivion at its top. In the right corner, a bevelled window opening into bright light that flows through the window onto an artist’s palette furnished with an array of colors. Framed in the window opening … Read More
Dreamy 'Mindscapes' of Guillermo Londoño Stretch Mental Horizons
Fans of the dreamy imaginary landscapes of Colombian painter Guillermo Londoño are in for a treat: the gallery just received seven handsome new canvases. Londoño’s work reflects his travels and international education. After studying art in Colombia and receiving a degree in fine art from the University of California, Berkeley, Londoño was one of several … Read More
Our Gallery Website Now Offers Easy Searches!
Finding art in any category just got effortless! Click on Artists and then Categories to see a wide selection of Abstract, Figurative, Photographic and Sculptural works. Mousing over any illustration brings up a larger image of a work by that artist and clicking on the illustration takes you directly to other works by that artist. … Read More
Travelocity Names Virginia Miller Galleries a 'Top Insider Spot'
TRAVELOCITY AND IGOUGO NAME VIRGINIA MILLER GALLERIES A TOP INSIDER SPOT FOR FLORIDA IN ITS 2007 EDITION OF LOCAL SECRETS, BIG FINDS SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 10,000 TRAVELOCITY MEMBER ENTRIES, VIRGINIA MILLER GALLERIES MADE THE TRAVEL COMPANY’S LIST OF FAVORITE LOCAL FINDS Coral Gables, Fla. (July 9, 2007) The votes are in! Travelocity and IgoUgo’s … Read More
Richard Woldendorp's Award-winning Aerial Art
Born in the Netherlands in 1927, Woldendorp decided to emigrate to Australia after spending three years in Indonesia while serving in the Dutch army. He had studied art and painting as a young man in Holland, and when he acquired his first camera in 1955 he saw its artistic potential at once. After honing his … Read More
Impressionistic Nudes and Portraits by Maria Gato
Among the recent arrivals are figurative works by Maria Gato, a Spanish painter whose warm palette and broad, impressionistic strokes evoke a romantic ambience around her portraits of various women, a conductor, a surgeon and several reclining nudes. Born in Brazil, the artist has exhibited widely in Europe, Latin America, the United States, and recently … Read More