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Nikola Sarić was born in Bajina Bašta, in western Serbia in 1985 where he spent most of his childhood and early adolescence in this region of beautiful mountains, rivers and valleys before moving to Belgrade in 2000. One of the most significant episodes of his youth was Sarić’s discovery of the awe-inspiring atmosphere and beauty…

From Antiquity to the Renaissance the four elements – earth, air, water, fire – were viewed as being the constitutive elements of the world. They were even, according to Galen, associated with the human body as the basis of the “four humors”: yellow bile with fire, black bile with earth, blood with air and phlegm with…

The last twenty years have witnessed across Europe, America and Asia the explosion of creativity in the ceramic arts in a way that openly challenges the often tired evolutions and repetitive monotony of much of contemporary fine and conceptual art. By combining tradition and innovation, an adherence to fine craft but also experimentation with new…

The unique pieces of ceramic and porcelain jewelry on show at Chris Boïcos Fine Arts, Paxos by six distinguished Greek ceramic artists was specially created for the current summer exhibition as a homage to the beauty and the nature of the island of Paxos. The colors and textures of Paxos’ nature from the sea to…

Since the publication in 2004 of the Louis Vuitton ”Carnet d’Athènes” watercolor book, Pavlos Habidis (born 1957) has become increasingly well-known for the beauty and wit of his watercolors, depicting the cities and islands of modern Greece. He has since published four more books of watercolors, three of which depict towns and an island of…

This second photography retrospective held at John Gough Hall in Paxos, brings together older and new work by Paxiot photographer Dimitri Kintzios and four photographers from former summer residencies on the island. Introducing the Paxos photographs of the latest summer resident – Guido Maria Isolabella – who will be photographing this summer the churches of…

The Lamplighter of Paris Ever since the corner lanterns of Louis XIV and the gas lampposts of Baron Haussmann, Paris has been famous for its nocturnal lighting, leading to its being daubed by the 18th century the “City of Light”. Beyond the brilliant illuminations of Place de la Concorde and the Great Boulevards photographers like…

Still lifes and Vanities appeared for the first time in the art of the late Renaissance and then took off as major subjects in European painting, engraving and sculpture in the Baroque age in the 17th century. They have since been a constant theme in art, every generation re-inventing them in its own style and…

Chris Boïcos Fine Arts is delighted to present two prominent contemporary Chicago artists – Michael Goro and Doug Stapleton – for the first time together in New York, at the 21st edition of the Salon Zürcher at the Zürcher gallery on Bleecker Street. The New York branch of the Zürcher gallery was founded by the…

In [*fotofever 2018*] Chris Boïcos Fine Arts is reserving its booth exclusively to the work of [*Tina Merandon*], one of the finest women photographers currently working in France. Tina Merandon (born 1963) is a Paris-based photographer known for her portraits – notably the series (Vertigo 2007) of French politicians, from François Hollande to Marine Le…