First coined by art critic Robert Coates, “Abstract Expressionism” was a 1940s post-war movement in American painting that included many of today’s most admired artists such as Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, and Willem De Kooning. A great departure from figurative works, Abstract Expressionism has roots in Surrealism, which was prevalent in Europe before …
By Reed V. Horth, for Robin Rile Fine Art Michelangelo was 24 years old when he completed his “Pietà” in 1499. Oh, if only I were so accomplished by the same age. Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564) installed his most perfect sculpture within the Vatican walls in …
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An actual letter sent to a client by Reed V. Horth, for Robin Rile Fine Art Dear B, Thank you for your email about “investment-level” artworks. Now, I will start by saying that art should not necessarily be bought solely for investment. While everyone’s motivations are different, as a collector myself, I feel there should …
I never quite fit into my adopted home of Tampa (FL USA) when I arrived in the late 1980’s. Partly as a result of this outsider ethos, my adolescent self sought desperately to find places, people and images that could provide some sense of normalcy, no matter what that meant at the time. One of …
The art of buying high-end art combines equal parts pragmatism and lunacy. Meaning, for someone to spend over $1M on something they ostensibly do not need, both the right and left sides of the brain must be functioning in tandem. Buyers must be pragmatic, as no one wishes to spend this type of money without …
High-end auctions like Christie’s and Sotheby’s are some of the most exciting, dynamic and visible ways of purchasing art. The auction-house atmosphere has, in many respects, replaced the old paradigm of wandering into your local gallery and purchasing a fine work which you see on your wall. The excitement of the sales room will often …
A friend recently asked me, “Do you think Art will save the world as Dostoyevsky said?” While pondering the answer to this query, my mind flooded with visions of a Superman carrying paintbrushes, a smock and modeling clay saving us from annihilation at the hands of a villainous fiend whose plot is to turn the …
“I have a fantasy about money: I’m walking down the street and I hear somebody say in a whisper ‘there goes the richest person in the world’” -Andy Warhol The building is not at all what I expected. Perhaps I did not know precisely what to expect. One side of my brain expected a multi- colored …
My wife recently decided that we were long overdue for a spring cleaning of the closet in my office. It had been somewhere on the order of eight years since we had actually undertaken a spring cleaning of my boxes, all the while moving from two fairly large houses, a condo and back in to another …
Few contemporary sculptors have drawn comparisons to past masters such as Degas, Renoir, and Rodin. With his expressive figurative bronze sculptures, recognized by their intensive attention to detail, Richard MacDonald continues to establish himself as a pioneer in his chosen medium of bronze. The scope of his subject matter identifies him as a sort of …
