Drawing inspiration from a wide breadth of sources, including ancient mythology, fairy tales and fables, and the Italian Renaissance, Danish artist Bjørn Okholm Skaarup’s sculptures are steeped in historical tradition and informed by contemporary culture. His nine-foot-tall mini-menagerie The Town Musicians of Bremen, inspired by Grimm’s beloved fairy tale which describes the journey of a ragtag fellowship of retired, domesticated animals—a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster—that unite to form an unlikely but irresistible band of musicians. Skaarup has animated the story characters i ..read more

Beginning Thursday, April 4 and running through Thursday May 18, Cavalier Gallery is pleased to present the opening of A Mythical Menagerie featuring the works of Danish artist Bjørn Okholm Skaarup at their Chelsea location (530 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011). The solo exhibition features more than 25 sculptures spanning the past decade of the artist’s oeuvre, including several new works that will be exhibited for the first time in the U.S. Best known for his Hippo Ballerina, the most beloved of Skaarup’s Baroque-style circus of animals, the ar ..read more

Contemporary artist Melissa Herrington explores the complexities of transformation and the female form in her work. Inspired by adventure, independence, and her love of color and texture, Herrington’s paintings function as both an individual entity and as a part of a larger theme of her practice. Working on many pieces at once, Herrington constantly shifts each work around, creating a developing story, a set of possibilities. Her new series, At the Cusp of Midnight and Color blur the lines between mediums, forms, and concept. These new paintings are like clouded midnight sk ..read more

MacDougall’s is proud to present Holy Mountains – an outstanding work by Nicholas Roerich (Lot 12, £60,000-90,000) from Holy Mountains series. All 15 works from this series were executed in 1933 and some are located in the most prestigious museum collections, including Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York, the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, the State Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow, Russia, and the Allahabad Museum in Prayagraj, India. Holy Mountains series is a superb example from Roerich’s artistic output of the early 1930s, distinguished by masterfully balanced and detailed ..read more

ECOLE DE PARIS AND OTHER MASTERS ONLINE AUCTION ON DROUOT.COM, UNTIL 10 APRIL 2024 MacDougall’s is proud to present Wet Nurse with a Child – an exceptionally rare work by the 19th century Ukrainian artist A. Zelensky (Lot 16, 6,000-9,000 GBP). This work is being offered in the latest instalment of École de Paris and Other Masters which is now open for bidding on Drouot.com until 10 April. Zelensky was born into a merchant family in Poltava in present-day Ukraine. The artist trained in Europe and at the Academy of Art in St Petersburg, quickly rising to prominence and regularly exhibiting in R ..read more

Gritchenko is one of the most prominent representatives of Cubo-Futurism and Primitivism in art. He was interested in the work of the Impressionists in his early works from 1909-1912. Later he was influenced by Russian icons, Italian frescoes, Cubism and Fauvism. In the late 1910s, he developed his own style, which he called “dynamocolour” (painting structure with the help of colour). Using mainly the techniques of Expressionism, he approached the interaction with nature in a new way: in his work on the painting, the artist rejected the pre-drawn pattern and built the form solely on the laws o ..read more

mKarla Wave is an artist from New England who lives on the east coast of the USA. She is passionate about light, color, form, and line and creates landscape and floral paintings, beautiful pastel paintings, iPad paintings, thousands of photographs, and now videos! Her inspiration comes from nature – if she sees something that needs to be photographed during the day or night, she takes up to 300 photos. If she misses something, Karla paints it, combining all her works into numerous videos. Her art is based on flowers, pastoral landscapes of Western MA, where she attended college, and the sea ..read more

MacDougall’s is delighted to present École de Paris and Other Masters, an online auction offering over 100 lots. It features an impressive selection of modern art as well as showcases European 19th century. The sale is now open for bidding on Drouot.com until 10 April. Amongst the highlights of this season’s exciting collection is a remarkable Baigneuse by L. Survage, 1922 (Lot 39, £120,000-180,000). Painted in the same year as the iconic La grande baigneuse in the collection of Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, this monumental depiction of a sleeping nude emphasises the artist’s gradual embrace ..read more

Alexis Gritchenko is one of the most prominent representatives of Cubo-Futurism and Primitivism in art. His early works of 1909-1912 are marked by an interest in the work of the Impressionists. Later he was influenced by Russian icons, Italian fresco painting, Cubism and Fauvism. In the late 1910s he developed his own style, which he called “dynamocolor” (painting structure with the help of colour).  Using mainly the techniques of expressionism, he approached the interaction with nature in a new way: in his work on the painting the artist refused from the pre-drawn pattern, building the ..read more

Meet Uliana Milenina, an artist and interior designer whose passion for creation transforms everyday objects into unique masterpieces. Her journey started as a small hobby, but turned into an exciting business, attracting the attention of companies from all over the world. With each step, Uliana presents an experiment, each of her creations is a unique work of art. Starting to create paintings as a way to relax, she was able to unleash her talent and found her own studio in Moscow. Her work has not gone unnoticed, and collaboration with companies involved in the design of state and commercial ..read more