by Antonio Basso
4 abstract painters, so what do I do here? The following is a guest post about modern and contemporary abstract painters written by my friend, art couch and better painter, Xavier Ribas. When Antonio proposed me to write about abstract art commitment while using as example the work of four abstract painters, I accepted the invitation without hesitation, but then I realized that I was a figurative painter, and although …Read More
Great online marketing management by two modern art museums. The story I´m about to explain has to do with personal and online experiencies I´ve just had with two top modern art museums. After visiting (three weeks ago) one of the most interesting modern art museums I´ve ever been in, Museo Fundación Jorge Oteiza, I wrote an article about it and Oteiza´s abstract scultpure, and sent it by email to the …Read More
Comparing Mark Rothko paintings with Hiroshi Sugimoto´s photography. London´s Pace Gallery a leading contemporary art gallery is exhibiting Mark Rothko paintings and Hiroshi Sugimoto´s seascapes. The abstract paintings and landscape photographies exhibited are worldwide considered as masterpieces. As you may already know, Rothko said that his colorful abstract paintings represented men´s inner and mainly desperate, sad, “depressive” moods. It all had to do with men´s existance self pain. He was …Read More
Abstract Art auction Nov. 15 2012. This is a fast but visual abstract art post. Christies is having their Nov 15 Post War and Contemporary morning sale, whose focus is on paintings, sculpture, and works on paper from the Post-War period, including works from Diebenkorn, Rothko, Motherwell, Joan Mitchell and Cy Twombly just to name a few… If I had the money, I would surely bid for some of the …Read More
About contemporary art: unique art installations. I´ve already written twice about contemporary art installations, best modern art installations (which had lots of success and includes a list of recommended books) and art installations II. One of the most amazing things about contemporary art installations is the ability of artists that create them. They transform a small immaterial thought into big unique material expression. I call this process the literal alchemy …Read More
Jorge Oteiza modern art museum in Spain. When you find a jewel you simply know it. Jorge Oteiza´s modern art museum in Pamplona, Spain (a very well known city for its San Fermines as well as for being part of the Camino de Santiago), is one of them for many reasons… By the way, some months ago I wrote about another jewel: a top quality modern art museum in Spain …Read More
Alternative contemporary art initiatives happening. According to a recently published research, the spanish art market has reduced it´s size by a third (from 2007 to 2011). The research includes many probable reasons for this decrease, but the one that calls my attetion the most is “the lack of true art collectors“. There are maaaaany other reasons but let me just make a point here … What about the millions and …Read More
Buy fine art online at Artsia. The artist-buyer relationship got complicated after the era of commissioned works came to a close. Once artists moved from structured portraiture and landscapes into realms of their own inspiration, buyers had to physically move from gallery to gallery to find what they were looking for. The introduction of the internet seemed to offer a solution, but the “mega websites” that have sprung up since …Read More
Modern and contemporary art exhibitions: MOMA, Tapies, Kandinsky, Joan Miró… Right now and in the coming months, there are some great contemporary and modern art exhibitions happening that you don´t want to miss. The above Antoni Tapies paintings plus 40 additional ones, one of which Ochre and Black with Pasted on Cloth from 1972 I really wanted to see, is taking place at the Musee D´Art Modern of Ceret (south …Read More
New abstract painting by Antonio Basso. Some of my abstract art collectors and readers (to whom I dedicate this article) tell me they enjoy when I write about a new abstract painting explaining the whole creative process. This post shows you the process of one of my latest abstract paintings that belongs to the series Space Occupancies (find more info about the origen of this abstract series in the following …Read More
The death of modern painting: Richter, Angela de Cruz, Oteiza, Richard Serra. Out there there´s a never ending debate started long time ago (see this Constructivists exhibition in 1921) proclaiming the death of painting. While reading a Gerard Richter’s interview where he agrees with this, I said to myself, why would a consummate painter like Richter (top selling living artist) say this?. Let´s try to figure it out….. Painting as …Read More
Gerhard Richter abstract paintings auctioned . I´ve read this morning at artprice (the world´s leader in art market information), that Gerhard Richter, an absrtract painter I normally talk about, happens to be the the world’s top selling living abstract artist. In a previous post where I showed you some of Richter´s most stunning abstract paintings and I explained that what interests me the most is the free painting technique he …Read More
Inspiring abstract art discoveries Last week´s abstract art inspirations found where again quite interesting… Abstract paintings by Mark Rothko and spanish NY school abstract artists Esteban Vicente; astonishig contemporary architecture by Mount Fuji Architecs, Stuido Ko hallucinatory Marrakesh villa, an intriguing kitchen´s photography of a Tomoaki Uno architects house and a fascinating Richard Serra sculpture. Enjoy them! In my previous about abstract art article, I started talking about the concept …Read More
Week´s best abstract art discoveries and recomendations. This post as many previous ones collapsed some time ago!. Sorry. You will not be able to see the images but you can still enjoy the links, take a look at the artists names a read current posts you´ll fine on this abstract art blog´s home page. I normally find some of my conceptual abstract art inspirations surfing the web (I´m very active …Read More
Abstract art, modern art, contemporary art, photography, modern art museums, artists…. This post as many previous ones collapsed some time ago!. Sorry. You will not be able to see the images but you can still enjoy the links, take a look at the artists names a read current posts you´ll fine on this abstract art blog´s home page Being an insatiably curious abstract artist helps me discover new things each …Read More