Post-Impressionism: “The Village of Gardanne,” 1885-1886, by Paul Cézanne. From the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, in New York…

(Source: brooklynmuseum.org)

Modern Art: “The Kiss (Le Baiser),” 1925, by Pablo Picasso. From the collection of the Musée National Picasso in Paris…

Classic Art: “The Waterseller of Seville,” 1623, by Diego Velazquez. From the collection of the Wellington Museum, in London…

Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction: Christie’s May 8th and 9th Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art will present an unprecedented grouping of collections and icons, many of which have not been seen outside of museum exhibitions for several decades.

The sale includes supreme examples of works by Abstract Expressionist masters, such as Willem de Kooning, as well as classic Pop works by Andy Warhol.

“Berkeley #59,” 1955, by Richard Diebenkorn. From the collection of Evelyn D. Haas. This piece will the sale at the auction at Christie’s Auction House in New York…

Post-Impressionism: “The Old Mill,” 1888, by Vincent van Gogh. From the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, in Buffalo, New York…

Modern Art by Emanuel Rodríguez: The young Costa Rican artist, Emanuel Rodriguez is certainly a figurative and abstract artist to watch out for. His works are a combination of abstract ideas, colors and materials. 

Inspiration by his own words: “I paint error, the process of constructing the image, all the fragments that make a picture are important to me. My influences, the streets, Francis Bacon, Jean Michel Basquiat, Propaganda, Lucian Freud, CY Twombly. Literature like Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, music from Luis Alberto Spinetta.”

Emanuel Rodríguez is participating in Artists Wanted, bring support to his art, here…

-Sin Título, 2012. Total desmoralizador, 2012. Sin Título, 2012. Sin Título, 2012. Sin Título, 2012.

(Source: rodriguezemanuel.com)

Suprematism: “Supremus No. 58,” 1916, by Kasimir Malevich. From the collection of the Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg…

Post-Impressionism: “Bend in Road,” 1900-1906, by Paul Cézanne. From the collection of the National Gallery of Art, in Washington…

Impressionism: “By the Seashore,” 1883, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York…

Modern Art: “Landscape with Houses at Ceret”, 1913, by Juan Gris, from the collection of Galeria Theo, in Madrid…

Goya, Los Desastres de la Guerra: The full series of prints “The Disasters of War,” 1810-1820 by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya are on display at the Calderón Guardia Museum in San Jose, Costa Rica. 

Chronology of horror. In 80 prints, Goya portrays with chilling realism of violence, injustice, humiliation, pain and destruction that leaves behind the war. Aquatint technique.

These works have as their starting point the war waged by Spain against France between 1808 and 1814 to defend against the Napoleonic invasion. 

The exhibition is open to the public from March 17th to May 10th, 2012. Great exhibition, great opportunity (Una gran exhibición, una gran oportunidad de apreciar estas obras en nuestro país).

- Por qué? Qué hay que hacer más? Fuerte cosa es! Tampoco. Por una navaja. Grande hazaña! Con muertos!

(Source: nacion.com)

Post-Impressionism: “Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass,” 1888, by Vincent van Gogh. From the collection of the Vincent van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam…

Picasso Drawing: “Minotaur attacking an Amazon” was exhibited at the gallery of the National Theatre of Costa Rica, as part of the International Arts Festival, FIA 2012.

Made by Pablo Picasso in 1933, pencil on paper. This piece is from a private collection…

Modern Art: “Door to the River,” 1960, by Willem de Kooning. From the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City…

Chagall Retrospective: For more than eighty years Marc Chagall (1887-1985) cultivated an art practice inspired by love, memories, Russian and Jewish traditions, and the historical or artistic events he witnessed and in which he often played a part.

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum presents a Chagall retrospective. The exhibition traces his artistic development chronologically and examines the main themes that pervade the work of this artist, who is essential in envisioning the twentieth century.

The exhibition opens from February 14th to May 20th, 2012 at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, Spain…

-The Blue Circus, 1950-1952, from Centre Pompidou. I and the Village, 1911, from the Museum of Modern Art. The Poet, 1911, from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

(Source: museothyssen.org)