Observer Arts Book Review: ‘The Paris Muse’ by Louisa Treger
Dora Maar, photographed with Picasso by Man Ray, was an artist and photographer in her own right. © Man Ray Trust 2015 / VG BILDKUNST 2021 One particularly tense scene …
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Leonora Carrington’s Masterpiece Expected to Sell for Record $18M
Leonora Carrington, Les Distractions de Dagobert, (1945). Courtesy Sotheby’s Leonora Carrington, the late British-Mexican artist known for mystical landscapes and fantastical creatures, was one of the last surviving Surrealists and …
Examining the Life and Work of Sculptor Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti in his Parisian studio finishing a sculpture in 1950. Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images During one three-year period of creative output, Alberto Giacometti was able to fit …
René Magritte’s ‘L’ami intime’ Could Fetch $64M at Auction
René Magritte, L’ami intime, (1958). Courtesy Christie’s This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist Manifesto, a 1924 text penned by writer André Breton that characterized the revolutionary cultural …