A Celebration of Famous Mothers in Art and Literature

Women have a profound impact on culture, both as subjects in works of art and creators themselves. With Mother’s Day around the corner, there’s no better time to examine the impact that women artists have made on the art world, and the impact that art has had on representations of motherhood.

ArtMicaëlaMay 8, 2019mothers, mothers day, literature, artComment

Ahhh...Banksy! Always shaking things up!

Banksy creates the improbable concept of the value of destruction: the "self-destructing" artwork. Does the artwork become a new artwork? Is it a performance? What determines new value?

Your comments are definitely welcome.

ValueMicaela Contemporary ProjectsOctober 6, 2018artwork, art, value, VARA, banksy, auction, sothebys, damageComment

Private Collections: Can You Identify Kendall Jenner’s Art Collection?

Kendall Jenner shares a peek of her art collection with her Instagram followers

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsJuly 25, 2018collection, art market, art style, artComment

APES**T (by the Carters)

If you haven’t heard about Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s (the Carters) latest video for their album, Everything is Love, you must. It riffs on everything American popular culture and music is about, and it’s filmed at the Louvre. That alone makes it worth a viewing.

ArtMicaela Contemporary ProjectsJuly 19, 2018artist, people of color, museum, art, art style, performance, BeyonceComment

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays! Best wishes for Joy, Peace, and Prosperity. Image courtesy of Kathleen Elliot. Arctic Cyclone, 2014 (detail). Glass. 25 x 15 in. Singular.

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsDecember 23, 2015glass, artist, artComment

Craving Culture? Gorgeous at the Asian Art Museum

Beautiful, intelligent, lyrical, sensuous, and some times even grotesque.

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsJuly 13, 2014Asian Art Museummuseum, artComment

Profile: Nilima Sheikh, "Each Night Put Kashmir in Your Dreams"

The first solo museum exhibition of the work of revered Indian artist Nilima Sheikh features eight banners painted by the artist between 2003 and 2010 for a series focusing on both the magical history and contentious present of Kashmir.

ArtMicaela Contemporary ProjectsMarch 7, 2014collection, artist, artComment

Glass love

ArtMicaëlaJuly 13, 2012art, glassComment

Artists we love showing at the Oakland Museum

ArtMicaëlaJuly 11, 2012artist, museum, art, glassComment

Dale Chihuly at the de Young

ArtMicaëlaAugust 4, 2008art, glass, museumComment

Inspired. Beautiful Art + Value + Knowledge.