KBR Fine Art Gallery

05/02/2026

Love this man!!!

04/27/2026

Always a good reminder

04/10/2026

Ahhh regardless what times we live in, the art of collecting is a part of the human experience.

The auctions exec discusses the rise of interest in collectibles, and why Heritage is a disrupter in the industry, even at 50 years old.

03/12/2026

Interesting read about the art market. 7 trends in the 2025 art market.

The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2026 is out – here is what you need to know

10/22/2025

Well said!!

08/12/2025

How young she is in this newspaper article! What a fabulous find…

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: because it is up to US to change the narration!

Artist NOT a MUSE!!!

next time you read the Wikipedia entry, please make sure to pay attention:
way too many women artists are remember as somebody's wifes, muses, or lovers...

I wish you were willing to help me to edit those Wikipedia entries:

1. make sure the first paragraph is about the artist herself. Not her father, not here lover/husband..
- compare yourself: how many male artists have mention of their partners in the first paragraph?? rarely any, if ever!

2. read through the hole Wikipedia entry, to see how much is actually about artist, her life & art practice, and how much is about the relationships, husbands, kids etc.

3. check the language used, because: language is power! when you see sexist, misogynistic phrases - change them!

and I'm sure there much more to it :) but this must do for now.
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1933 newspaper article on artist Frida Kahlo source https://t.co/S5ZQtUD8ri

07/26/2025

Hilarious!!! And I still don’t get it! 🤯🤷🏻‍♀️

05/23/2025

Interesting…..”What is a tintype”?

05/21/2025

I get this question all the time. What is the difference between Modern and contemporary art?
This is a well written article in Artnet.com on this subject.

I love the authors, Tim Brinkfof, excerpt on this subject;

“If classical, representational artists created a representation of reality, Modern and contemporary artists investigate how this representation works. They don’t want you to suspend your disbelief. On the contrary, they encourage the viewer to be skeptical and interrogative. Modern and contemporary art doesn’t lecture, it opens a dialogue.”

A clear guide to the key differences between Modern and contemporary art movements, from Cubism to street art.

05/11/2025

Suzanne Valadon lived a life that defied the expectations of her time, not with loud declarations but with the steady, stubborn power of art and autonomy. Born in 1865 to a single mother who worked as a laundress, she grew up poor in Montmartre, Paris—a world where women were more often the subjects of paintings than the creators. But Suzanne didn’t follow the script. She began as a circus acrobat, but after a fall ended that career, she found herself in the studios of artists like Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec—not just as a model, but as an observer.

While she posed, she studied. She taught herself to draw, to paint, to see the world through her own eyes. Her early sketches caught the attention of Edgar Degas, who not only encouraged her but bought her work—an extraordinary gesture in a world where women artists were often dismissed outright. With his support and her own relentless drive, Suzanne transitioned from model to painter, eventually becoming the first woman admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

What makes Suzanne’s art remarkable isn’t just its bold lines or its vibrant palette. It’s the gaze. Her nudes didn’t flatter or idealize. They were unapologetically physical, grounded, and alive. She painted women with the kind of honesty usually reserved for male subjects. She reversed the gaze. The bodies she portrayed weren’t objects of desire—they were people with interior lives, with weight and presence.

She also painted her son, the artist Maurice Utrillo, and their troubled, deeply entangled relationship played out on the canvas and in life. She raised him mostly alone and supported him through his struggles with mental illness, even as she forged her own path in the art world. Their story is not simple, not sentimental—it’s complicated, fierce, and human.

Suzanne refused to soften herself for anyone. She smoked, drank, loved freely, and aged visibly and unashamed. She lived with the same defiant clarity that defined her paintings. In a world that tried to define women through their relationships to men, she claimed her space as a creator in her own right.

Her legacy is a reminder that art made by women doesn’t have to be delicate or decorative. It can be messy, muscular, and brave. Suzanne Valadon painted what she saw, and what she saw was real.