At a Sotheby's auction on May 2, 2012 a 1936 Surrealist painting by Salvador Dali titled "Printemps Necrophilique" went for $16.3 million, surpassing the $12 million high estimate. It was the evening's third- highest price.According to Sotheby's Simon Shaw, Printemps Necrophilique is one of the finest Dali's to appear on the market in years.  Shaw said "Only Dali could decide to leave nothing in the center". It was estimated ...

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Get yourself to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC this summer to see Alexander Calder's Portraits: A New Language. This exhibit of remarkably executed wire images runs through August 14, 2011.

Calder executed portraits of many entertainers, artists and athletes by bending and twisting wire, an unusual material for portraiture, to depict their character and spirit. Babe Ruth, Josephine Baker and many other personalities were thus portrayed beginning in the 1920s.

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If you are going to be in New York before June 6th (or can get there), then make some time to see Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914, at the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition covers Picasso’s guitar-themed work beginning with Bottle, Guitar, and Pipe from the fall of 1912, oil on canvas work with the feel of a collage. Later in the fall of 1912, Picasso created Guitar, Sheet Music, and Glass, a collage of ...

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Salvador Dali’s early work attracted the attention of creative people in many fields. He created a lobster-print dress for Elsa Schiaparelli and a “costume for the year 2045” for Christian Dior. His interest in film led him to collaborate on a number of films including Spellbound with Alfred Hitchcock.
In 1945-46 Salvador Dali and Walt Disney began collaboration on a Destino, a short film which would not be completed for nearly sixty years. After eight months of work by Dali and Disney studio artist John Hench, the project was put on hold, presumably because of studio ... << MORE >>

As a life long fan and collector of Salvador Dali it is exciting to see that his art is more popular than ever.

The celebration of the opening of the new Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida was a thrilling, weeklong affair from January 11 to January 18. It included celebrities such as Susan Sarandon, Spanish royalty and a surreal parade from the old building to the new and numerous parties. It has been 29 years since I  welcomed the original museum to St. Pete in 1982 and met Eleanor and ... << MORE >>

Art Basel 2010 was a roaring success!  A record $3,000,000.00 was paid for a Wifredo Lam painting from Cernuda Gallery.
Art, fashion and celebrity all merged during Art Basel making it the most exciting place to be the first week in December!!  The Gagosian Gallery, as always, made quite a splash with Rauschenberg, Jeff Koons and other major works. Larry Gagosian hosted a number of prestigious events not the least of which was an evening at the W hotel. On December 2 Larry invited guests to a cocktail party and reading of the latest novel ... << MORE >>

The annual Lotus House art auction (handled by Sotheby’s) with all proceeds going to The Lotus House Shelter for women in Miami. This affair was held at the Martin Margulies Art Warehouse in the Wynwood Art District in Miami. We were fortunate to have our 7 year old grand daughter here with us and she had a ball. Here are a few photos we took at ...

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We just acquired The Patriots, a set of three original gouaches by Ertéfrom 1968. They are signed by Erte on the front. We understand there were two sets of “Patriots” and the girl was very similar-the guys were different. For more information and additional images check out our Gallery Special page.

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Don't Just See Art - BE IT!

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On January 19th we attended the opening of the M C Escher and Mary exhibits at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. The exhibit is the collaborative effort of Rock Walker who has the rights to M.C. Escher and has the largest collection of Escher in the world and Marc Bell who funded the exhibit and is a collector of Escher. Marc Rich also contributed Escher work to the exhibit.We also enjoyed an excellent exhibit of rare ... ... << MORE >>