The game of trend-spotting at big-ticket art fairs has always been mostly about playing the numbers. What's selling, and to whom? But at this year's FIAC in Paris, amid the high-rolling and the splashy frontrunners, I began looking for a genre that refuses to stay moribund: classical painting, and specifically realist painting inspired or informed by the techniques of early masters. Since hearing John Currin speak passionately and knowledgeably about pre-18th century paintings, at a Frieze Londo...
FIAC Gets Real: Classical Painting in Contemporary Hands (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post - 15 Nov 2013 21:46
The game of trend-spotting at big-ticket art fairs has always been mostly about playing the numbers. What's selling, and to whom? But at this year's FIAC in Paris, amid the high-rolling and the splashy frontrunners, I began looking for a genre that refuses to stay moribund: classical painting, and specifically realist painting inspired or informed by the techniques of early masters. Since hearing John Currin speak passionately and knowledgeably about pre-18th century paintings, at a Frieze Londo...
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