News & Exhibitions

The Colliding Worlds of Nicola Lopez

September 6, 2013 It’s hard not to appreciate a contemporary artist who helps us to define and often redefine our environmental perception. Just... Read more

Chuck Close Artwork: Face Value

August 27, 2013 For a number of truly gifted artists, pursuing their craft is about something more than acquiring fame and fortune, it’s... Read more

Donald Sultan: Positively Brilliant Negative Space

August 15, 2013 There's a saying about artists that speaks to the fact that while they often grow up seeking to move away... Read more

Sam Francis: Pure Expression

August 1, 2013 Seeing the art of American Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis is nothing less than an adventure. Vibrant colors hit the canvas like notes from a jazz musician, with white space representing time and tempo. In time, the white space would come to dominate more of Sam Francis’ paintings. As experienced jazzmen taunted their unique power over the fermata − “a pause of unspecified length on a note or rest”, Sam Francis confronted white space on his unique terms, tugging at the space, leaving his mark of movement and pure expression. His work speaks to the enormous confidence of an artist who held back nothing, leaving it all on the canvas. Read more

The Superflat World of Takashi Murakami

July 21, 2013 The Superflat world of Murakami pays homage to the flat, two-dimensional affect of traditional Japanese art and those within modern manga and anime representations as well. In addition to mixing these two styles – which share commonalities but live on opposite ends of the spectrum – the artist also seeks to “flatten” out the consumer audience to whom this style of art appeals. Read more

Damien Hirst: Sensational

June 27, 2013 At 48 years old, Damien Hirst, who rose to fame as a leader of the 1990’s Young British Artists (YBA) movement, is one of the most commercially successful artists living today. He is also one of the more controversial. His detractors liken him to a radio shock jock, an opportunist, a serial businessman. His supporters consider him to be a man of conviction, a trailblazer and a master. Hirst’s knack for sensationalizing common objects and leveraging his celebrity status often place him alongside Warhol, Haring and other popular artists. Read more

The Wonder of Tom Wesselmann

May 30, 2013 Of the American Pop Artists that we feature at Vertu, it’s Tom Wesselmann’s Pop Art that consistently ranks high among... Read more