On Our Radar
Who: Brazilian artist based in São Paulo Lucas Simões, whose works have been featured in exhibits all over the world, including in London, Madrid, Tokyo and Los Angeles. What he is known for: Lucas Simões has a background in architecture and design. These experiences redefined his perceptions of art and opened new paths of discovery. In architecture,…
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WAG Curates
Curated by Lea Weingarten, Lora Reynolds Gallery presents Obras, an exhibition of sculpture and installation by nine contemporary Brazilian artists. Obras is on view from Jan. 23 through March 26, with an opening reception on Saturday, Jan. 23 from 6-8 pm, including an artist talk at 7 pm. The artists’ primary media are humble materials —…
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On Our Radar
Who: Argentine artist Victoria Gitman, whose works have been featured in the David Nolan Gallery in New York, Daniel Weinberg Gallery in Los Angeles, The Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach Florida and Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo. What she’s known for: Victoria Gitman examines the perception of beauty and femininity through carefully detailed, intricate renderings that were described by one critic as “a verisimilitude…
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WAG Your Wall
A Weingarten Art Group (WAG) collaborator says often that she’d rather “put up bare walls than bad art.” While the latter part of that statement, “bad art,” is surely subjective, what isn’t up to interpretation is the process of matching a work of art with a collector. When the motivations and values of a client align…
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