In Conversation: Robert Simon, Milene Fernandez, and Dale Zinkowski will discuss aspects of contemporary portraiture with comments from artists represented in the exhibition.

A Benefit for Amorgos

Italy cultivates roughly 2,000 native grape varieties. Award-winning wine journalist Lisa Denning and Italian wine specialist Marco Salerno will introduce the concept of native grapes and highlight varieties that are under the radar for the general public but are being talked about excitedly within insider Italian wine communities.

Featured wines will include native grape varieties from Northern, Central, and Southern Italy. The wine presentation will explore the grapes' connection with the history and culture of the respective regions.

Join us to support the mission of AZI, a unique animal care center on the island of Amorgos. Our efforts include vaccinating and managing the cat population on the island, caring for many injured and sick animals, rescuing abused equines, and school visits on the island.

If you prefer to purchase by check, please send to:
Animal Zone International, PO Box 1039, Cooper Station, New York, NY 10003.

A portion of the ticket price is tax deductible. Donations are 100% tax deductible.

Join us for an Upper East Side Open House.
Wednesday, May 1st from 5:30 - 8:30pm
Open to the public, refreshments will be served.

Participating Galleries:
Robert Simon Fine Art (22 East 80th St., 4th Floor)
Driscoll Babcock Galleries (22 East 80th St., 2nd Floor)
Barbara Mathes Gallery (22 East 80th St., 3rd Floor)
Leigh Morse Fine Arts (22 East 80th St., 5th Floor)
Jill Newhouse Gallery (4 E 81st St )
Ambrose Naumann Fine Art (74 E 79th St #1D)

Fig Leaves to Photoshop, and a lot in between: Willful Alterations of Art across the Ages

The Visual Artists Rights Act protects artist’s works from “distortion, mutilation, or modification that would prejudice the author's honor or reputation.”  But what happens when the artist is no longer around to notice or object to such changes?  This talk will examine the long history of alterations to works of art done in the name of prudery, religiosity, changing taste, personal animosity, politics, and commercial gain. A review of paintings and sculpture from antiquity through the Renaissance, and into the twentieth century, that have been willfully distorted and perverted will provide a sobering and occasionally  humorous cautionary tale on the permanence of the artist's vision.

Part of the Winter Lecture Series

Finding the Savior: the Saga of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Presented by Dr. Robert Simon

Wednesday, February 13 at 6:15 pm at the
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte
Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 10,  80333 Munich Germany

https://www.zikg.eu/veranstaltungen/2019/vortrag-r-simon-the-salvator-mundi-of-leonardo-da-vinci-chronicle-of-a-discovery

Part of the series “Leonardo 500”

In Conversation: Anthony Baus and Robert Simon discuss our current exhibition,
ANTHONY BAUS: After the Antique.

Refreshments will be served.

In Conversation: Pamela Talese, Luigi Ballerini and Robert Simon discuss our exhibition, PAMELA TALESE The Third Rome : Allegorical Landscapes of the Modern City

Refreshments will be served.

ANIMAL ZONE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS
A Benefit for Amorgos
An illustrated lecture by Luigi Ballerini, Professor Emeritus UCLA
On Iconography, Animals, and Secrets of the Renaissance
Tickets can be purchased at http://www.animal-zone.org/