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Carpoolers by Alejandro Cartagena
The Interconnectedness of Analog and Digital, Routine and Innovation November 12, 2024 By Stephen Santoro Alejandro Cartagena 's Carpoolers is a powerful visual narrative that captures the lives of laborers commuting to... Read more -
Mel Bochner and Damien Hirst Go Back to Basics
Sotheby's to Auction Banana on November 20th November 8, 2024 If you write something, the words aren’t yours, but the thoughts are yours. That opened my eyes to what felt... Read more -
Robert Longo in Milwaukee; Jim Dine in Vienna
Free Admission for 25 and Younger Visitors at the Whitney October 31, 2024 Art is an attempt to try and understand our own contemporary situation through making images that are completely personal, while... Read more
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Alex Katz Awarded National Medal of Arts
October 23, 2024 Painting seems an old man’s business. After a certain time you’re out of it, and you just paint masterpieces. -... Read more -
Robert Longo's International Exhibits
Erwin Wurm Retrospective at the Albertina October 16, 2024 Robert Longo ’s huge and spectacular charcoal drawings of Engines of State, based on the White House, the Capital and... Read more -
Featured & Favorite Artists at VFA
September 3, 2024 This past weekend was an exciting one in New York for art enthusiasts. Art on Paper 2024 , was held... Read more
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VFA at Art on Paper New York 2024
August 27, 2024 The tenth annual Art on Paper Fair opens from September 5-8 at Pier 36 in downtown Manhattan. The Art on... Read more -
Works by Julian Opie and Henri Matisse at VFA
August 21, 2024 So far this year, Julian Opie ’s works have been exhibited in London, Milan, Guangdong, TianJin, Palma de Mallorca, Leon,... Read more -
An-My Le at MoMA. Eddie Martinez's Big Butterflies
August 13, 2024 I’ve been around long enough to see that history is cyclical. We always talk about how the Vietnam War was... Read more
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Kenny Scharf Honored in East Hampton
Works by Henri Matisse and Ellsworth Kelly on View in Paris August 7, 2024 On Saturday, July 20, Kenny Scharf (b.1958) was honored by the LongHouse Reserve art center in East Hampton, New York.... Read more -
The Work of Helen Frankenthaler and Larry Poons at VFA
July 31, 2024 The works and technique of Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) inspired many artists of her generation. But, according to Alexander Nemerov, author... Read more -
Dog Days of Summer: Susumu Kamijo and more...
July 23, 2024 The works of some of our favorite artists are part of a show at the Timothy Taylor Gallery in Manhattan.... Read more
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The Legacy of Dorothy Lichtenstein (1939-2024)
July 16, 2024 Dorothy Lichtenstein, Roy Lichtenstein’s widow, died on July 4 at her home in Southampton, New York. The cause of death... Read more -
Opie, Longo, Katz & More at Hamptons Fine Art Fair, 2024
Attendance expected to reach 10,000 July 10, 2024 The Hamptons Fine Art Fair has become the largest cultural event in the Hamptons. About 8,500 guests attended last year’s... Read more -
VFA at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2024
July 11-14, 2024 July 2, 2024 We hope you will join us at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair which runs from July 11-14, 2024. The fair,... Read more
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Recent Acquisitions at VFA
Works by Alexander Calder, Polly Apfelbaum, Alex Katz and Donald Sultan June 12, 2024 Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is best known for his mobiles and stabiles, that introduced the element of movement to sculpture. Many... Read more -
Clare Woods Still Lifes at VFA
Jake Rockland: Opuntia May 29, 2024 The talent and skill of British artist Clare Woods (b. 1972) earned her the honor of Royal Academician in 2022.... Read more -
Donald Baechler: Thistle at VFA
May 22, 2024 Donald Baechler’s (1956-2022) works are deceptively simple. Baechler was inspired by the art of children and outsider art, but the... Read more
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The Work of Jonas Wood at the Norton Museum
May 14, 2024 The work of Jonas Wood (b. 1977) is currently on exhibit in a group show at the Norton Museum in... Read more -
Remembering Frank Stella (1936-2024)
May 9, 2024 Frank Stella died on Saturday, May 4, at the age of 87. He changed the way the world views art,... Read more -
Carmen Herrera at the Venice Biennale
Keith Haring Mural at the Stanley Museum May 1, 2024 For the first time in history, a work of Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) is on exhibit at the Venice Biennale. The... Read more
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Alex Katz Goes to Venice
Helen Frankenthaler's Beginnings at VFA April 24, 2024 A body of never-before-seen work that Alex Katz created from 2021 through 2022 is currently on exhibit at Fondazione Giorgio... Read more -
A Richard Serra Sculpture May Be Resurrected in Paris
The Centennial Celebration Continues for Roy Lichtenstein April 18, 2024 A 210-ton sculpture by Richard Serra that has been stashed away in an industrial site outside of Paris for many... Read more -
Jim Dine in Venice
The Work of Susumu Kamijo at VFA April 10, 2024 My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It’s about making the best kind of image I can make,... Read more
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The Work of Robert Longo & Richard Serra at VFA
April 3, 2024 My work is conceptually based; regardless of the medium, it is motivated primarily by a moral imperative—to report on what... Read more -
Richard Serra: November 2, 1938 - March 26, 2024
March 28, 2024 In every search there is always a degree of unforeseeability, a sort of troubling feeling, a wonder after the work... Read more -
VFA at the Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair
March 20, 2024 This weekend’s Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair promises to be an exciting event. Our focus, as always, is... Read more
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VFA at the Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary Art Fair
March 21-24 at the Palm Beach Convention Center March 14, 2024 The Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary Art Fair is being held at the Palm Beach County Convention Center on Friday,... Read more -
The Works of Harland Miller and Andy Warhol at VFA
March 8, 2024 There was a time when the publishers of Penguin Books thought about suing Harland Miller for using their cover design... Read more -
Recent Acquisitions: Works by Julian Opie, Harland Miller and Other Great Modern and Contemporary Artists
February 28, 2024 With his simplified, signature style, Julian Opie (b.1958) has created computer animated figures that grace the streets of many European,... Read more
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Julie Curtiss Paints in Florida. KAWS Exhibit in Canada
February 21, 2024 In 2019, Julie Curtiss (b.1982) was watching live-stream, from her studio in Brooklyn, as her paintings were sold at auction... Read more -
Old Friends: David Salle and Alex Katz
February 15, 2024 Most if not all art reaches backward to earlier models in some way; every rupture is also a continuity. The... Read more -
The Work of Helen Frankenthaler and Sol Lewitt at VFA
February 7, 2024 Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) became one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century when she expanded the limits of... Read more
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LUNA LUNA in LA; Debbie Carfagno at VFA
January 31, 2024 The works of some of the most playful Pop artists of the twentieth century were showcased at the Luna Luna... Read more -
Art Palm Beach 2024
January 24, 2024 Art Palm Beach 2024 has been exciting to plan and, with more than eighty galleries from around the world exhibiting... Read more -
VFA at Art Palm Beach 2024
January 18, 2024 Art Palm Beach is back! This year’s show will be held from January 24th to 28th at the Palm Beach... Read more
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Helen Frankenthaler and Modern and Contemporary Fine Art Print Artists
January 3, 2024 One of the pleasures of focusing on fine art prints at VFA, is seeing the looks on people’s faces when... Read more -
2023: A Year of Gratitude at VFA
December 27, 2023 At VFA the excitement and joy of this holiday season began early in December at Art Miami . It has... Read more -
Merry and Bright: Art for the Holidays
December 19, 2023 David Hockney has always loved technology. He embraced the Polaroid camera when it first appeared, has been painting on his... Read more
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VFA: The Excitement of Art Week 2023
December 6, 2023 Miami is an exciting city, but everything gets ramped up and even more exciting during Art Week. The art, fashion,... Read more -
VFA at Art Miami 2023
November 29, 2023 Vertu Fine Art will be exhibiting the finest Modern and Contemporary art at Art Miami 2023. The 33rd Edition of... Read more -
Collision and Traffic Jam by Peter Saul
Plus, Ammon Rost's Good Joke November 15, 2023 I just do what I want and try to make it through life without doing an honest day’s work. I... Read more
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Harvey Rayner: Quasi Dragon Studies
by Stephen Santoro November 7, 2023 The "Quasi Dragon Studies" represents a visual dialect that Harvey has nurtured for over two decades. The timing of its unveiling was always uncertain, yet the advent of "Verse," a platform for collecting digital art, presented a unique moment for art enthusiasts to acquire pieces from this exclusive series. The tension and spectacle surrounding these works signaled an exciting chapter ahead. Read more -
The Poets and Alex Katz
November 7, 2023 An older painter gave me some advice: “Figuration is obsolete and color is French.” I said to myself, “To you,... Read more -
Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Timothy Leary and the Amiga Computer
November 1, 2023 My drawings were perfect for translation into computers because the drawing line was already very close to the idea of... Read more
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Flowers: The Softer Side of Andy Warhol
Warhol Foundation Plans $60 Million Pop District Expansion October 25, 2023 If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and... Read more -
David Hockney: Hotel Acatlan from the Moving Focus Series at VFA
Hockney's Ceramic Cat at Auction October 17, 2023 David Hockney has always marched to the beat of his own drummer. In 1963, his final year at London’s Royal... Read more -
Lucy Sparrow's Deli. En Imamura's New Studio
A New Book About the Artists of Coenties Slip October 10, 2023 Lucy Sparrow’s (b.1986) third solo show in New York is on exhibit now. It is as unique, entertaining and fun... Read more
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Recent Acquisitions at VFA
Works by Alex Katz, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana and Donald Sultan October 4, 2023 This has been a banner year for Alex Katz . His retrospective at the Guggenheim was a huge success. Katz... Read more -
Richard Anuszkiewicz's Annual Editions at VFA
Plus, Bob Ross's First On-Air Painting for Sale in Minnesota Gallery September 28, 2023 I’m interested in making something romantic out of a very, very mechanistic geometry. Geometry and color represent to me an... Read more -
Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians at VFA
September 21, 2023 In the 1980s, Warhol created several series of screenprints that focused on iconic themes. One was the Ads Series, created in 1985, that focused on the symbols of some of America’s major corporations like Disney, Apple and Volkswagen. It was actually Steve Jobs who introduced Warhol to the computer. Jobs brought a Mac to a party at John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s home and showed Warhol how to use the pencil tool to draw. Warhol got his own computer in 1986, just a year before he died. Read more
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Mel Bochner: Ha Ha Ha
September 12, 2023 There’s no such thing as innocent language, as we’ve learned over the last 75 years, 100 years. That has been... Read more -
Yoshitomo Nara and Roy Lichtenstein at Albertina Modern
VFA at Art on Paper September 7, 2023 Many people say that these are children but I think these are not children that I paint. Therefore, they are... Read more -
VFA at Art on Paper, September 7-10 at Pier 36
August 31, 2023 As the print evolves, it tells you, you tell it. You have a conversation with a print — Helen Frankenthaler,... Read more
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Celebrating Roy Lichtenstein. At Home with Katherine Bernhardt. Julie Curtiss in Hong Kong
August 23, 2023 This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997). To honor the artist, the Roy Lichtenstein... Read more -
Vertu Fine Art Embraces the Digital Canvas
Reimagining Boundaries: A New Era of Art August 17, 2023 In the ever-changing landscape of art, evolution is not just an option; it is the key to thriving and shaping the future of artistic expression. Here at Vertu Fine Art, we stand at the precipice of a new and thrilling chapter. We are thrilled to announce that we have embraced the digital canvas, recognizing the immense potential it holds for artists, collectors, and art enthusiasts alike. The decision to step into the world of digital art is not a compromise but a visionary leap that celebrates the vastness of the art world. Vertu Fine Art understands that the progression of art is not about leaving the past behind but about building upon it by not shying away from the boundless possibilities of technology. Read more -
Early Chuck Close Work Found in Closet to be Auctioned; Alex Katz' Focus on Fashion; A Look at the Drawings of Jonas Wood
August 15, 2023 I’m pre-pixel. They got it from me. - Chuck Close Chuck Close (1940-2021) taught art at the University of Massachusetts... Read more
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David Hockney Paints Harry Styles; Felipe Pantone; Celebrating Carlos Cruz-Diez
August 8, 2023 The National Portrait Gallery in London exhibited the works of David Hockney back in February 2020. The show was on... Read more -
Works by Basquiat, Picasso and Harvey Rayner at VFA
August 1, 2023 In 1983, art curator Diego Cortez described Basquiat as the ‘Black Picasso’. When Basquiat was asked if he liked the... Read more -
Alex Katz in Fashion, Shepard Fairey Honors Muhammed Ali
Barbie Pink Pops Out On the Walls at VFA July 26, 2023 Alex Katz is a consummate New Yorker. He was born in Brooklyn, raised in Queens, studied at Cooper Union in... Read more
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The Digital Work of David Hockney; The Generative Work of Tyler Hobbs
July 21, 2023 David Hockney The National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian is honoring seven extraordinary individuals who have made transformative contributions to... Read more -
Katherine Bernhardt Does Pokeman. Tyler Hobbs in London. Matisse Room at the Vatican
July 19, 2023 I do hope that viewers take away a few things from my work: an enjoyment of color—or even a love... Read more -
Jim Dine Examines Jim Dine; Keith Haring's Work at The Broad
VFA at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair This Weekend July 12, 2023 I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when it’s all said and done, there’s really very... Read more
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Introducing Harvey Rayner's Covehithe
July 6, 2023 We are delighted to introduce you to Covehithe , an extraordinary art series created by the talented artist Harvey Rayner... Read more -
VFA at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair, 2023
July 5, 2023 We’re looking forward to another wonderful edition of the Hamptons Fine Art Fair. This year’s Fair begins with a private... Read more -
Harvey Rayner: The Subtle Virtuoso of Generative Art
June 23, 2023 Harvey Rayner's work is a celebration of the limitless potential of generative art. We at Vertu Fine Art are thrilled to showcase his new body of work and invite you to join us in appreciating the creativity of Harvey Rayner. In contrast to conventional methods, Rayner's approach to artistic expression embraces the vast potential of algorithmic design. His artwork combines creativity and accuracy in a way that captures the viewer's attention. Every algorithm demonstrates his distinct fusion of technical proficiency and aesthetic vision. Read more
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Harland Miller and Mel Bochner Use Their Words
June 21, 2023 After graduation from Chelsea School of Art with an MFA in 1988, Harland Miller (b.1964) spent a year in Paris.... Read more -
Recent Acquisitions at VFA
Works by Michael Craig-Martin, Alex Katz, Ian Davenport and En Iwamura June 14, 2023 Some of the new works that we have in our gallery come from three amazing artists who, it turns out, are connected by six degrees of separation. All three of these fine artists, Alex Katz, Michael Craig-Martin and Ian Davenport, are masters of color, design, composition, painting and printmaking. Michael Craig-Martin’s most recent show was at the Seongnam Cube Art Museum in South Korea last month. Read more -
Thrifting Picasso
May 23, 2023 If looking for bargains in thrift stores doesn’t appeal to you, the story of a New York thrifter’s purchase might... Read more
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A Look at the Works of a Young Picasso
May 18, 2023 We’re going to be hearing a lot about Pablo Picasso this year. Museums in Europe and the United States are... Read more -
Remembering Julia Warhola, Andy Warhol's Mother
Happy Mother's Day May 10, 2023 Family played an important role in the life of Andy Warhol . His two older brothers were very protective of... Read more -
Yoshitomo Nara Garnering Gen Z Audience. Continued Fascination with Warhol-Basquiat Collaboration
May 2, 2023 The images that Yoshitomo Nara creates are both cute and cunning, innocent and angst-filled. The images, with large, trusting eyes, often holding weapons, have created a new Gen Z audience, that relate to the complex feelings that Nara’s work evokes. Young people, who experienced the angst of the pandemic, discovered his art and have been sharing Nara’s images on TikTok and other social media sites. Read more
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Roy Lichtenstein Retrospective Planned at Whitney; Liliana Porter's Retrospective in France
April 26, 2023 The United States Post Office and the Whiney Museum are celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Roy Lichtenstein’s birth. On Monday,... Read more -
Damien Hirst's Statue Hit by Rolls | Larry Poons Works on Exhibit in New York
April 18, 2023 A woman driving her Rolls-Royce in Palm Beach crashed into a multi-million dollar Damien Hirst sculpture in the yard of... Read more -
Commemorating Picasso. Katherine Bernhardt in Hong Kong. The Works of Carmen Herrera in LA
April 11, 2023 Museums and galleries around the world are observing the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death. Picasso was born in Spain in 1881 and died in France on April 8, 1973 at age 91. Read more
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Julian Opie in VR, Ugo Rondinone in Geneva
April 6, 2023 Julian Opie’s latest show, at the Lisson Gallery in London, forces viewers to put down their cell phones and look at what’s going on around them. One of the gallery’s rooms is a large space, with white walls, and appears completely empty. But slip on a VR headset and figures begin to dance, birds begin to fly and buildings appear to be floating in space. Read more -
Carmen Herrera and Ellsworth Kelly Exhibits
March 29, 2023 In 2021, the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas in Austin, commissioned Cuban-American artist Carmen Herrera to... Read more -
VFA at The Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary International Fair
March 21, 2023 Vertu Fine Art will be at the Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary International Fair held at the Palm Beach Convention Center from March 23 through March 26, 2023. This is the sixth edition of of South Florida’s most celebrated winter art fair. Read more
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Red Grooms: Ninth Street Women meet The Irascibles; Robert Longo Wedded
March 14, 2023 Recent works of Red Grooms are on exhibit at the Marlborough Gallery in New York . The series was inspired... Read more -
The Restoration of Luna Luna, Banksy's Stamp for Ukraine
March 8, 2023 In 1987 the Luna Luna amusement park opened in Hamburg, Germany. The park was created by Austrian artist, Andre Heller.... Read more
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