The Agora Gallery (530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York, NY, 10001) is proud to present Valencia artist Meghan Oare in The Revelry of Energy. Scheduled to run from January 6th through January 27th, the collection will feature a captivating selection of Meghan Oare’s dynamic and vibrant paintings.

About Meghan Oare:

Dynamic and vibrant paintings by Meghan Oare resemble a continuous cycle of emotions that we experience as humans. Oare’s ability to have faith in the universality of all emotions enables her to create psychological landscapes that speak directly to us without language; and yet, there is an order in her composition, a structure to her “controlled chaos.” She creates her work from materials at her disposal such as glass, acrylic, house and oil paints on canvas, masonite and other alien surfaces. Her ideas are represented by dripping, spattering, smearing, throwing, as well as using traditional brushwork, which create layers of emotional inquiry both aesthetic and personal that she entrusts to the viewer. Her interpretation is bypassed allowing the paintings to be free from limiting criticism. This liberal thinking frees space for the paintings to develop the structure needed for what Oare refers to as “open for the viewers’ interpretation.”

These interactive paintings are works of stunning originality and complexity, which inspire contemplation and aesthetic dialogue.

Figuratively Speaking exposes issues of conflict and resolution; juxtaposing abstraction and realism with existential themes that speak of the human condition. While seeking a similar contemplation, the artists featured in The Revelry of Energy are crafting a very personal artistic language and technique. Modern in their appeal, the abstract paintings’ brilliant colors and unique styles explore the artists’ individual narratives and visionary experiences. In Reverie of Form sees artists experiment with unusual materials and styles, eerily beautiful sculptures have been paired with soulful portraiture and sprawling landscapes. This impressive selection of artists will thrill audiences looking to explore the abundant variety of the contemporary art scene.

Exhibition Dates: January 6, 2009 through January 27. 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 11am-6pm

AGORA GALLERY
Agora Gallery New York established in 1984, is a fine art gallery dedicated to the promotion of national and international artists, providing quality and original art to established and emerging collectors and catering to special events in support of fine art. The gallery is also the publisher of ARTisSpectrum Magazine and the sponsor of Art-Mine.com
Angela Di Bello Director
530 West 25th Street,
Chelsea, New York City, NY
10001, USA

Agora Gallery
530 West 25th St
Chelsea, NY 10001
212-226-4151

The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces Treasure Market, March 26–29, 2009, with the theme “The Art of Collecting.” This biennial sale of art, antiques, and collectibles, now includes two evening events preceding the popular Saturday and Sunday sale. Bonhams appraiser Alan Fausel, frequently featured on “Antiques Roadshow,” is the guest speaker at the Champagne Preview, which kicks off Treasure Market on Thursday, March 26.

“The first sale, in 1958, was organized by the museum’s newly formed membership group. Since then, volunteers have raised more than $3.5 million, and all proceeds benefit the museum’s acquisition fund, adding 1660 works to the collection over the years,” said Joan Hong, Treasure Market co-chair and member of the Cantor Arts Center’s Membership Board. “Devoted museum members work year-round, soliciting, accepting, and storing donations of antiques, china, collectible books, crystal, silver, linens, furs, jewelry, furniture, and fine art from around the world. Four hundred volunteers work more than 6000 hours to produce this much-anticipated event.”

The Thursday, March 26 Champagne Preview is a view-only (no sales) affair, 6–8:30 pm, with hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction, and a panel of experts to give guidance to those interested in collecting art and spotting the unusual. Alan Fausel, who regularly appears on “Antiques Roadshow” produced by PBS, will serve on the panel in addition to his role as guest speaker. Fausel has nearly 30 years of art-world experience as a scholar, curator, and appraiser. A Stanford alumnus, he began his curatorial career at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. He currently oversees Bonhams Fine Arts department in New York. As an appraiser, he specializes in paintings and drawings from Old Master to Modern. Tickets to the preview, $150 for Cantor Arts Center members and $200 for non-members, include admission to Friday’s opening night party and the Saturday sale as well.

A silent auction at the Thursday and Friday evening events includes The Mannequin Project. “We presented eight local artists with female display mannequins to transform,” said Jane Lanza, who is Treasure Market co-chair and also a member of the Cantor Arts Center’s Membership Board. “The results of their exploration and innovation provide the opportunity to take home a unique work by a contemporary artist. Other silent auction items include vintage wine and a lithograph by French artist Joan Miró.”

Sale of all objects begins at the opening night party, Friday, March 27, 6:30–9:30 pm. Tickets are $75 for Cantor Arts Center members, $100 for non-members, and include admission to the Saturday sale. Admission on Saturday, 10 am–4 pm, is $5. Admission is free on Sunday, 10 am–2 pm.

(Orlando, Fla.) - About 270 original prints — many of them signed and/or numbered, by major 20th-century masters like Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro and others — will be sold at auction on Saturday, Feb. 7, by Baterbys Art Auction Gallery. The sale will be conducted live (and online), in the beautiful Pointe Orlando complex, located at 9101 International Drive in Orlando.

The auction will begin promptly at 2 p.m., with a one-hour preview from 1-2 p.m. The entire auctioneer’s premium (10 percent of sales) will be donated to the Mission of Threshold Center for Autism in Winter Park, Fla. Baterbys will be moving into a new permanent gallery facility soon, also at Pointe Orlando. A grand opening is planned (date yet to be announced; watch baterbys.com for details).

One of the centerpieces of the auction promises to be a plate signed and numbered limited-edition lithograph by Salvador Dali, titled Etre Dieu (French for “Being God”). The plate, one of only 500 produced, is inspired from an “opera-poem” written by Dali himself and based on a libretto by Dali and Manuel Vasquez Montalban, with music by the French avant-garde musician Igor Wakhevitch.

Dali is the only painter to write a libretto for an opera-poem. Etre Dieu was first conceived in 1927 as a reflection of Dali’s larger-than-life personality, and a collaboration with Federico Garcia Lorca, in Madrid, Spain. In 1974, Dali made a record of the opera in Paris. But he refused to follow Montalban’s text word-for-word, declaring, “Dali never repeats himself.” Instead, he improvised.

Ultimately, Etre Dieu was produced as an audio-visual opera-poem in six parts, in 1985. The work features Dali as God and Brigitte Bardot as an artichoke. Also, Catherine the Great and Marilyn Monroe do a striptease. The 3-CD boxed set was published by German-label Eurostar, now out of business. It is so rare, only a few sets are known to exist (and it is not being offered at the Feb. 7 sale).

Another highlight of the sale will be about 25 original paintings by William Vincent Kirkpatrick (Fla./N.M., 1939-2004), from an estate of 200 artworks consigned to Baterbys. Born to Irish parents in St. Augustine, Fla., Kirkpatrick was an Impressionist painter of landscapes, florals, figures and Native American portraits. He also painted murals. He split his time between St. Augustine and Santa Fe, N.M.

In Santa Fe, Kirkpatrick was one of the Canyon Road artists, as well as the Taos artists not far away. He studied at Maitland Art College and later refined his craft under the noted artist-writer Alfred Morang, as well as Florida artist Tracy Lois Bartlett, who died earlier this year at age 106. A book of Kirkpatrick’s rich and full life is soon to be published (and will be available online, at baterbys.com).

Also to be offered will be a collection of original prints and lithographs by Leonor Fini (French/Argentinian, 1908-1996), who studied and painted in the circle of Salvador Dali. Best know for her surreal female figures and illustrations, Ms. Fini was born in Buenos Aires, but in 1933 she moved to Paris, where her works revealed a gift for fantasy. There, she became part of the Surrealist movement.

Also slated to cross the block on Feb. 7 will be works of art by the following listed artists:

Pablo Picasso (Spanish/French, 1881-1973) – Probably best known for his Cubist paintings and printmaking, Pablo Picasso singlehandedly revolutionized Western art. He was born in Spain and lived most of his life there or in France, where he studied the Old Masters and classical sculpture.

Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985) – Best known for his village peasant theme paintings, Chagall (born Moishe Shagal) was a shrewd observer of the contemporary scene and had great sympathy for human suffering. He became a French citizen after studying at the Ecole de Paris.

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901) – Toulouse-Lautrec became one of France’s most prominent Post-Impressionist painters. He brilliantly captured the Paris night life, and was often called “the soul of Montmarte.” He also did illustrations for the magazine Le Rire during the 1890s.

Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983) – Miro was born in Barcelona and earned international acclaim for his abstract curvilinear design paintings, collages and murals. His work is mostly Surrealistic. Miro despised conventional painting methods and once famously declared an “assassination of painting.”

Jack Levine (Mass./N.Y., born 1915) – Still alive and well in Boston, Levine is an American Social Realist painter and printmaker best known for his satires on modern life, political corruption and biblical narratives. His caricatures are in the mod genre and express unique social commentary.

Baterbys offers its clients something that is unique in the industry: a lifetime money-back guarantee of authenticity for each work of art it sells. This is important to buyers looking to build a collection of art, since provenance is everything. It is Baterbys’ philosophy that gaining a buyer’s trust is key to ensuring they will become repeat customers. No other auction house offers such a guarantee.

Baterbys produces quarterly art review books that also serve as catalogs. They are a complete reference to all the artists Baterbys sells for dealers, collectors and new buyers. The catalogs – suitable for coffee table display – feature artist biographies, discussions on the artwork, and full museum descriptions of all the items. The cost is $124 hardcover, $94.99 soft cover (less with a subscription).

Baterbys has over 25 years’ experience in the art world and auctioneering. The firm specializes in Internet and live auctions of world-class, authentic artwork, especially 20th-century masters, from Dali through Chagall, Picasso, Fini and numerous post-Impressionists. Baterbys’ main concentration is in rare graphic works. The firm is always accepting quality consignment for future fine art auctions.

For more information on Baterbys and the company’s upcoming calendar of auction dates, you may log on to www.baterbys.com. To consign a single piece of art, an estate or an entire collection, you may call them directly, at (866) 537-0265. Or, you can send them an e-mail, to press@baterbys.com.

Menaul Fine Art (http://www.menaul-art.com) wanted to expand their international distribution of abstract art by Scott J Menaul. Rollins, Florida’s most prestigious executive MBA program, (http://www.crummer.rollins.edu/) was looking for an international marketing case study. The two met and Rollins accepted Menaul Fine Art for the INTL 602 International Marketing Project 2008.

Mary Conway Dato-on, PhD and Associate Professor of International Business at Rollins College, located in Winter Park, Fl, initiated the process of using Menaul Fine Art as a case study for one of her CMBA classes. Each student comes to the Rollins CMBA program with 10 years of business experience and is assigned to work with a group as they progress through their studies.

Menaul Fine Art features the abstract art of Scott J. Menaul (http://www.menaul-art.com/about.html) who spent 25 years as a commercial photographer and graphic designer and an additional 12 years working with his medium, has given the group a unique product for their work. Menaul says “I was never quite satisfied with the results of my tools, feeling more could be achieved with them. So I experimented and developed more techniques until I achieved the results you now see in gicl e canvases and paper gicl es. And I continue to push the envelope with my tools to create the art of the future today. Working with the Rollins MBA program to increase the exposure of my work internationally has been a wonderful and educational experience.”

To further aid the class, Menaul Fine Art Gallery co-owner, Jerri Menaul, took two canvas gicl es to Rollins to hang in the classroom throughout the semester while the group worked on the project. Menaul’s work is described as very rich with amazing play of light and depth of color. The pieces are almost indistinguishable from oil paintings, except for the crisp detail and subtle graduations of color.

One student, Gigi Fernandez, former professional Puerto Rico/American tennis player and Olympic Gold Medal winner, explains her reaction to Menaul’s art, “As a Rollins MBA Student, I was exposed to Menaul Art as part of our International Marketing curriculum. I decided to purchase their art for my medically supervised weight loss clinic, Weight Design, which is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I like the flexibility in the design process and their ability to customize colors to match our brand colors. My experience working with Scott and Jerri [Menaul] was exceptional. The whole process was extremely professional and highly service oriented.”

“It was a win - win.” said Mary Conway Dato-on PhD. The Menaul’s couldn’t agree more and in appreciation for the work done by the class they donated a limited edition gicl e titled “Three Forms” to the college.

The Rollins MBA at the Crummer Graduate School of Business, located in Winter Park, Florida, is consistently ranked a top MBA program by Forbes magazine and BusinessWeek, and a top-25 school for entrepreneurial studies from Entrepreneur magazine and the Princeton Review. It is among a select group of business schools in the nation that have been accredited at the graduate level and is distinguished by its faculty and the academic and business successes of its graduates.

The Menaul Fine Art Gallery (http://www.menaul-art.com) features the freshest and newest artwork today by abstract artist Scott J. Menaul. It is a modern, contemporary abstract art collection for residential or corporate interiors. They offer both limited edition gicl e canvases and paper gicl es that also work well in hospitality and healthcare settings. They easily accommodate custom sizes and colors and the artwork has been described as inspirational and uplifting.

Musicians and Performers as Artists is the central theme of Image Makers Art, Gallery of Stars located in New Hope, Pennsylvania. For over ten years, the gallery has featured the visual artistic talent of many famous entertainers. Tony Bennett is the feature artist in our new winter Holiday exhibit.

For over Fifty years, consummate entertainer Tony Benedetto aka Tony Bennett, has been seriously pursuing a career as a talented painter in addition to his vocal prowess. “I’m on a journey. It’s a search for truth and beauty that I’m trying to share…” Search no more, stop by and visit us to view this lovely collection for all seasons.

On view are beautiful watercolor winter landscapes as well as atmospheric views of Tuscany. Tony’s new book and latest CD are also available at the Gallery.

Exhibition Dates: November 27th - January 31st, 2009
Gallery Hours 12-5 M,TH,Fri 12-8 Sat, 12-6 Sun
For more information, please contact
Jim at 215.862.4858 or jim@imagemakersart.com

Image Makers Art Inc. is the leader in presenting the art of musicians and actors to the public and has been featured in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and on MTV. Please visit us at
Gallery of Stars, Image Makers Art, Inc. 12 W. Mechanic St. New Hope, Pa 18938