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Manolo Valdés Opening Reception  

Click here to view more photographs from the opening reception of "Manolo Valdés: Works on Paper and Sculpture."

Manolo Valdés: Sculpture and Works on Paper digital catalogue 

The Directors of Marlborough Gallery are pleased to announce an exciting exhibition of new sculpture and large-scale collaged drawings by the world-renowned Spanish artist, Manolo Valdés. This highly anticipated show will open Thursday, October 17 and continue through November 23, 2013.

This will be Valdés’ first major sculpture show at Marlborough New York since 2002 and the first show of his large-scale collaged works.

Click the image below for a fullscreen view of the exhibition catalogue, using your left and right arrow keys, or your mouse, to turn the pages.

Avigdor Arikha: Works from 1966-2010, digital catalogue 

Beverly Pepper presented with the International Sculpture Center Lifetime Achievement Award 

Beverly Pepper was presented with the International Sculpture Center (ISC) Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual ISC gala on October 3, 2013.

Read more about the artist's life work in the feature article in The Wall Street Journal Magazine, "Beverly Pepper's Umbrian Influence." Author Nina Burleigh interviews Pepper at her home in Todi, Italy, and discusses how Pepper became involved with sculpture, and life since she has gained international recognition as the leading female sculptor in contemporary art. 

An exhibition of Pepper's new work is planned for 2014 at Marlborough Gallery on 57th Street, here in New York. 

Click here to read the full article online and learn more about Beverly Pepper. Visit her Artist Page. 

Manolo Valdés Will Open at Marlborough Gallery 

Press Release

The Directors of Marlborough Gallery are pleased to announce an exciting exhibition of new sculpture and large-scale collaged drawings by the world-renowned Spanish artist, Manolo Valdés. This highly anticipated show will open Thursday, October 17 and continue through November 23, 2013. 

George Rickey: Sculpture from the Estate, digital catalogue 

The Directors of Marlborough Gallery are pleased to announce that a major exhibition of works by George Rickey will open at Marlborough 57th Street gallery on September 12 and continue through October 12, 2013. The exhibition will feature 18 indoor, stainless steel sculptures, including unique polychromed and gilded works, and will continue onto the gallery’s terrace with 9 garden-scale works. From the private holdings of the George Rickey Estate, the exhibition covers the spectrum of Rickey’s distinctive sculptural voice and offers further insight into his expansive creativity, as many of the pieces are on public view for the first time.

Click the image below for a fullscreen view of the exhibition catalogue, using your left and right arrow keys, or your mouse, to turn the pages. 

Fernando Botero in ArtDaily 

ArtDaily reports on the opening of Fernando Botero's major exhibition titled, "It's All About Volume" which will be displayed throughout the three Galerie Gmurzynska locations.

In the press release for "It's All About Volume" Galerie Gmurzynska statesthat "the exhibition is comprised of over 20 new paintings and sculptures that collectively revisit the most iconic subjects of the artist's six-decade career. Included are quintessential examples of Botero's bullfighters, circus performers, imbibers, musicians, reclining couples and society women that have characterized his oeuvre since the early 1950s." Click here to read ArtDaily's full article online about Fernando Botero's exhibition, "It's All About Volume."

Fernando Botero at Galerie Gmurzynska | Learn more about Fernando Botero

Red Grooms in the Yale Daily News 

Sara Jones of The Yale Daily News reports on the opening of Red Grooms' exhibition titled, "Red Grooms: Larger than Life" at the Yale Art Gallery. "Red Grooms: Larger than Life," curated by Lisa Hodermarsky, features "three wall sized murals and more than a dozen studies which span three decades of Nashville-born Grooms' career." The exhibition opened this past Saturday and will continue through March 9, 2014.

Click here to read the full Yale Daily News article "Grooms exhibit debuts at the YUAG" by Sara Jones.

Chen Yifei Masterpiece to be sold at Sotheby's HK 

ArtDaily reports that Sotheby's Hong Kong has announced that Chen Yifei's masterpiece, Red Flag 1 (1971) from the Collection of Guy and Myriam Ullens de Schooten will be offered at the Sotheby's Hong Kong 40th Anniversary Evening Sale on October 5th.

Chen Yifei's, Red Flag 1 (1971) oil on canvas has an estimate of HK$45-60 million/ US $5.8- 7.7 million. ArtDaily details, "Red Flag 1..is steeped in Russian Socialist Realism style, which exerted a dominating influence over the Chinese art scene at the time, serving as the basis of artistic traning for Chen before he went abroad. It depicts soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army raising a red flag inside a trench, preparing to charge forward and commence an attack." Click here to read the full article online at ArtDaily.

Matisse: The Essence of Line, Selected Prints: 1900-1950, Exhibition Catalogue