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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 -
Robert Rauschenberg's Archive, New Yue Minjun, Kenny Scharf's Cosmic Cavern in London
March 2, 2023 Robert Rauschenberg In 1965, before Robert Rauschenberg moved to Captiva Island, he lived in a building on Lafayette Street in... Read more
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Tyler Hobbs' New Algorithm, Alex Katz "Controls the Space"
February 20, 2023 Generative artist Tyler Hobbs has been experimenting with a new algorithm called QQL, that he developed with fellow generative artist Dandelion Wist. The new works were created with a plotter and painted by hand after their creation with QQL. Hobbs will be exhibiting new works at the Pace gallery in New York. Read more -
Tyler Hobbs at Art Miami, Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara at the National Museum of Singapore
December 6, 2022 Tyler Hobbs at VFA, Art Miami The Art Miami Fair is always an exciting, uplifting event. This year it was better than ever, thanks to the visit by generative artist, Tyler Hobbs. Hobbs showcased his latest ioStream project at the VFA booth. “At this point I’m primarily known for my digital art, but the lovely aspect of a physical event is the opportunity to show works that cross the digital/analog boundary,” Hobbs said, “We ourselves coexist in both spaces, and work that reflects that is especially meaningful to me”. Read more -
VFA with Tyler Hobbs at Art Miami
November 28, 2022 Vertu Fine Art is one of premier galleries taking part in Art Miami 2022. Art Miami is the city's longest running contemporary and modern art fair. It is also recognized as one of the preeminent international art fairs globally. Galleries from countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America, India, the Middle East and the United States will be displaying paintings, drawings, design, sculpture, NFTs, video art, photography and fine art prints. Read more
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Through the Eyes of Julian Opie and Kenny Scharf
November 23, 2022 Every piece of art lets us see through the eyes of the artist. Why the artist chooses specific subjects, colors, materials and perspectives is sometimes a mystery, even to the artist. Julian Opie, whose works are simple, straightforward and instantly recognizable, hinted, in an interview with The Telegraph, that he might like to do things differently. “I’m always trying to somehow get away from the smell of myself, and the look of what I do.” he said, “I’d love to look more like Clint Eastwood, and I’d love to have long black hair that I could flick out of my eyes, but I don’t, and I never will. And likewise, I notice that every time I undertake a project, it always ends up looking like my work.” Read more -
Keith Haring: Off the Wall; Derrick Adams, Carlos Rolón and Kenny Scharf On the Walls
September 27, 2022 Keith Haring was both an artist and activist. He paved the way, in the 1980s, for street artists to gain acceptance in fine art galleries and museums. The world was Haring’s canvas. He drew and painted on subway stations, billboards and walls…walls of homes, offices, schools. Haring’s goal was to make art accessible. And that he did. Read more -
Art on Paper at The Armory Show; Alex Katz’s Upcoming Retrospective
September 5, 2022 In 1911, a few young American artists got together to try to figure out a way of presenting modern art... Read more
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Damien Hirst Burning His Paintings / KAWS Honored at the Hirshhorn / Reimagining Count Chocula
August 21, 2022 On September 9th, Damien Hirst will begin to burn about 5,000 pieces of his art. The move is a calculated act that he calls The Currency. Hirst created 10,000 small oil paintings on paper that he linked to corresponding NFTs in 2021. Buyers who bought the NFTs for $2000 were given a choice: keep the NFT or trade it for the physical painting. Holding on to both is not an option. Read more -
Vert Fine Art at Art Market Hamptons 2022
August 8, 2022 VFA at Art Market Hamptons 2022 New prints by Alex Katz and Kenny Scharf are among the works that we... Read more -
David Hockney: Moving Focus, Artle: Wordle for Art Lovers
August 1, 2022 David Hockney 1937 - David Hockney's works are currently on display in museums and galleries in Europe and the U.S.... Read more
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Claes Oldenburg Remembered
July 19, 2022 Claes Oldenburg: January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022 I am for an art that is political, erotical, mystical, that... Read more -
The Collaboration: Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat
July 11, 2022 The art of Andy Warhol has been an exciting part of our fine art print collection at VFA. We have always appreciated his great style and masterfully done prints. We took for granted that the rest of the world knew and appreciated them, as well. The life and art of Andy Warhol has gotten increased attention recently. Every aspect of his life is explored in the Netflix docuseries The Andy Warhol Diaries. The documentary uses an AI voice to read the notes that Warhol dictated every day to his friend, Pat Hackett, for about a decade. Read more -
Derrick Adams’ Funtime Unicorns; Alex Katz on Park Avenue
June 27, 2022 Derrick Adams 1970 – The works of Derrick Adams focus on play and leisure in the Black community. In his... Read more
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Robert Rauschenberg: Seven Character Series
June 14, 2022 Robert Rauschenberg 1925-2008 There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting. – Robert Rauschenberg Robert... Read more -
Kenny Scharf Paints the Earth, Jeff Koons Aims for the Moon
June 6, 2022 Kenny Scharf Kenny Scharf was born in Los Angeles in 1958. “And then, of course,” he said, in an interview... Read more -
Julian Opie’s ‘People’ in SoHo, Ugo Rondinone Curates in Long Island, Javier Calleja Collaborates
May 23, 2022 The lobby of a new office building, in New York’s SoHo district, has installed an artwork by Julian Opie to amplify the minimal design of its architecture. People 13, 2014, is an 11-inch by 144-inch LED, wall mounted work, of digitalized people walking. The building’s offices, at 2 Crosby Street, are leased by such notable tenants as French fashion designer Rick Owens and jewelry designer Maria Tash. Read more
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Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn Sets New Auction Record
May 9, 2022 Andy Warhol 1928-1987 Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) sold for $194 million at Christie’s New York on May... Read more -
Alex Katz Mural in Texas, Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide
April 12, 2022 Alex Katz 1927 - A 35,000 square-foot, hand-painted mural by Alex Katz , was unveiled in Woodlands, Texas, a planned... Read more -
Honoring the Printmaker
April 5, 2022 A current exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum pays tribute to master printers. It is their skills, talents and ability to... Read more
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VFA at the Palm Beach Contemporary + Modern Art Show
March 21, 2022 This weekend (March 24-27, 2022) Vertu Fine Art is taking part in the Palm Beach Contemporary + Modern Art Show... Read more -
Roy Lichtenstein’s Studio Donated to the Whitney, Andy Warhol Heard with A.I.
February 28, 2022 Roy Lichtenstein 1923-1997 The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation has donated the artist's former West Village studio to the Whitney Museum. The... Read more -
VIPs at LA Frieze and more…
February 22, 2022 VIPs at LA Frieze This year’s LA Frieze art fair opened with a special V.I.P Day, attended by such celebrities... Read more
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Jonas Wood at Frieze LA and more…
February 14, 2022 Many galleries at this year’s Frieze LA require masking and proof of vaccine, but according to Los Angeles Times art... Read more -
Keith Haring, Derrick Adams and Roy Lichtenstein
February 7, 2022 Keith Haring was one of the twentieth century's most innovate artists. Haring took inspiration from Pierre Alechinsky, one of Europe's most avant-garde artists. Alechinsky was born in Brussels, but has spent most of his life living, painting and teaching in Paris. At the age of 94, Alechinsky is still very active. A survey of his work was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in 2017 and, in 2018, he was awarded Japan's Praemium Imperiale Art award for his work. Read more -
Andy Warhol: How He Saw Himself and Everyone Else
February 1, 2022 Two shows at the Warhol Museum bridge the gap between the way Andy Warhol viewed himself and the way in which he viewed others. My Perfect Body just ended and Stars of the Silver Screen is coming this month. Read more
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The Influence and Legacy of Wayne Thiebaud
December 27, 2021 Wayne Thiebaud, one of America's most beloved artists, best knows for his luscious paintings of cakes and pies, died at his home in Sacramento on Saturday, December 25th. He was 101 years old. Read more -
Added Dimensions: Fine Art Prints and more at VFA
December 13, 2021 It’s been wonderful to get back to seeing artworks up close and in person again. The ability to view fine... Read more
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