Weekly 5 is a round-up the past week’s creative news, discoveries, and happenings in my world!
Best thing that happened in my world this week:
Sometimes the best things are simple things. Sundays are normally our “off-limits” day. It’s our one day of the week where we stay home, sleep in, and have no appointments, plans or obligations. We try not to leave the house if we don’t have to. It’s our lazy day. One exception is that I have a standing hair appointment every few weeks. While this past Sunday had moments of relaxation, it was also one of the more productive ones. After tackling one of two small mountains of languishing paperwork, setting up my file cabinet and giving the studio a general cleaning, we enjoyed a relaxing evening with good food and a movie.
Warhol electric chair canvas could bring $30m during New York auction season
From The Art Newspaper
The six-foot-wide painting comes from the collection of the Belgian arts patrons Roger Matthys (1920-2016) and Hilda Colle (1919-2004). The collectors were “among the most influential personalities in the Belgian contemporary art world”, according to Peter van der Graaf, an international specialist of post-war and contemporary art at Christie’s. “With a personal collection reflecting important art movements of the contemporary era for the past 50 years, they have left their mark by lending many of their works to artist’s retrospectives and exhibitions as well as a long-term loan to the SMAK, including works by other icons of the 21st century.”
Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd
Artist discovery: Chloe West
Her works often reference 17th-century Flemish and Dutch painting through her use of iconographies associated with memento mori and vanitas paintings. Her careful depictions of the nude figure and dramatic lighting recall Baroque traditions and her Western landscapes converse with the sublime.
©Chloe West
Hundreds of Fantastic Creatures Inhabit a Sprawling Universe by Vorja Sánchez
From Colassal
Inspired by the diversity of the forest and the vivid drawings of German biologist Ernst Haeckel, Sánchez imagines a vast ecosystem. He’s particularly drawn to patterns and employs similar motifs to create cohesion across multiple pieces. Soft, fluffy fur, slender leaves with curled tips, and gleaming eyes attached to unexpected body parts appear in several of his works.
©Vorja Sánchez
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