The Last Frida?

Wondering if this will be my last Frida in my 45-year-old love affair with her image?

"The Incantation of Frida Kahlo" by F. Lennox Campello
Charcoal and conte on paper 20x24 inches, c. 2020

This work will be at the Art on Paper fair which opens in New York on Thursday!

Art on Paper fair

The New York art fair Art on Paper is this week. 

We are in booth E23 - featuring the works of the uber talented Judith Peck, Sheila Giolitti, Mark Langley and yours truly! VIP preview is Thursday, March 5, 2020 6:00pm to 10:00pm!

Public Fair Hours
Friday, March 6
11:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday, March 7
11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday, March 8

12:00pm to 6:00pm

Nubes Lloronas

The owner of this 1978 painting from my Cuba series would like to sell it - send me a note if anyone is interested - otherwise it is heading to auction.

I did this piece in my sophomore year at the School of Art at the University of Washington in Seattle. The written words on the island say: "Cachita, si puedes tu con Dios hablar, preguntale si sabe como me duele el alma, al sentir las nubes llorar... Llenas todas de tristeza... cuando sobre mi pasan al viajar..."

"Cachita" is what Cubans call the Virgin of the Charity of El Cobre, the patron saint of Cuba.  It translates to: "Cachita, if you can talk to God, ask Him if He knows how my soul aches when I feel the clouds cry... All full of sadness... when they pass over me..."

"Nubes Lloronas" (Crying Clouds)
27.5 x 37.25 inches, oil on board, c.1978

The Coronavirulization of America

As we prepare for the end of the world as we enter The Covidian Age, let me share what a Navy Chief told a bunch of us boot sailors as we reported to our first ship.

"Never forget," he said, "the first thing that a ship runs out of in times of war is shitpaper and then rags."

Understanding Estate Planning for Artists

HelpDesk 2020 with Robin Moore: Understanding Estate Planning for Artists

Saturday, March 14, 2020, 1-2:30 pm

Presented by Washington Sculptors Group at

Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies

3100 Whitehaven St NW

Washington, DC 20008

Parking on premises and Whitehaven Street

Free and open to the public.

Seating is Limited, Register for free tickets through Eventbrite

 

By organizing and documenting your art and your career as an artist, you increase the depth of understanding of your work as a history of culture, aesthetics, and values. The Washington Sculptors Group will offer an hour presentation with a half hour Q & A session with Robin Moore on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies that offers emerging, mid, and late-career artists the information needed to build and preserve their artistic legacies.

 

The importance of archiving your work, establishing an executor, obtaining appraisals, understanding tax laws, accessibility of your digital information, understanding charitable benefits, obtaining useful software, acquiring high-quality images of your artwork, establishing records of your collectors and sold work, and more, will be shared during the workshop.

Robin Moore, MBA and advisor to artists, was raised in the New York avant-garde art world with parents who ran two small art businesses. She earned her MBA in 2003. Since 2006, Robin has managed the estate of her late husband, Kevin MacDonald, a prominent Washington, DC visual artist. In 2013, she founded a business to help creative professionals and their families live well with legacies. ​Learn more: RobinMooreLegacies.com

Fabiola Santiago explains it to Bernie Sanders

Look at the little girl in the picture.

In her serious demeanor, a front for fear — and in her story — you might find, Senator Bernie Sanders, some of the profundity lacking in your populist bid to become the Democratic nominee and 46th U.S. president.

So begin's Fabiola Santiago's powerful response to Bernie Sanders' disturbing comments on Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution, Cuban literacy and acceptable things that bloody tyrants do.

Read it here.

Cool show coming to Gallery B

Gallery B is pleased to announce its March exhibition, a group show by Morton Fine Art (MFA). 

The exhibit, curated by Amy Morton, will feature new works by several Morton Fine Art’s artists. The exhibit will be on display from March 4 – 28, 2020 at Gallery B, located at 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E, Bethesda, MD. Gallery hours for the show will be Wednesday – Saturday, 12-6pm.

Gallery B will also be open for a public reception on Friday, March 13 from 6-8pm. Exhibit opening receptions will also be held that evening at Studio B, 7475 Wisconsin Avenue; Triangle Art Studios, 7711 Old Georgetown Road and Waverly Street Gallery, 4600 East West Highway in downtown Bethesda.

Morton Fine Art (MFA) will showcase work by:

• Julia Mae Bancroft
• Natalie Cheung
• Rosemary Feit Covey
• Victor Ekpuk
• Ga Gardner
• Amber Robles-Gordon
• Astrid Kohler
• Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann
• Vonn Sumner

MFA was founded in 2010 and is a fine art gallery and curatorial group that collaborates with art collectors and visual artists to inspire fresh ways of acquiring contemporary art. MFA’s mission is to provide accessibility to museum-quality contemporary art through a combination of substantive exhibitions and a welcoming platform for dialogue and exchange of original voice. MFA specializes in a stellar roster of nationally and internationally renowned artists as well as has an additional focus on African American and African art.

My good friend Amy Morton is the founder, owner and chief curator. Prior to establishing MFA, she was the director of a national fine art gallery. Amy has additional art market experience from her positions at auction houses, art associations and galleries in Los Angeles and Boston.