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Old School Art

January 19, 2011 by Marion Maneker

The New York Post finds a nice new twist on the art story with this tour of nonagenarian artists like this one:

Carmen Herrera, 95

This artist sold her first painting when she was 89, after being “discovered” in New York by gallerist Frederico Sève. He found Herrera when another Latina artist dropped out of a 2004 show and Sève needed a replacement. When a friend brought her work by the gallery, he was floored. Herrera’s works (such as “Cobalt,” left) now sell for an average of $80,000 a piece, and are part of the permanent collections of MoMA, the Tate Modern in London, the Hirshhorn Gallery in Washington DC and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. All the pieces were sold in the past five years, since she met Seve. Herrera’s last New York show was in April, at Seve’s gallery, and another is slated there for next year. When asked how she feels about fame, Herrera scoffs. “I don’t like it. I am not a public person at all,” she says. “I want to . . . keep on doing these things for as long as I can move.”

Art Is Having a Senior Moment (NY Post)

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