New works by Carlo Mirabasso - 33 days till Christmas Mon, 21 Nov 2011

A colourful selection of works by Milano based Paolo Canetti are currently on view in the gallery. This collection ranges from small paintings to three large scale works featuring the landscape and inhabitants of Southern Italy and Tuscany, portrayed in the unique style of Canetti.

Since 1996 Mirabasso has worked as a full time, professional artist. Today his finely executed paintings present a magical, pictorial world. In these works the artist's unique touch of modernity contrasts interesting with references and backdrops of Renaissance architecture.

• With just over a month until Christmas International Art Centre gallery is open every day until Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December. What a great idea to give a loved one a piece of art for Christmas! We will gift wrap and deliver too! Check out some of new small Simon Williams oils, they are wonderful.
• 8th December Contemporary & Collectable Art Auction catalogue is at the printers and due back Thursday. View the full Catalogue - if there's not something in the gallery for a christmas present then there sure will be in the auction - it's full of interesting works, one of our most interesting in this sale category. Viewing opens 2nd December.
• A bronze sculpture by Fernando Botero set a new auction record during Christie's Latin American sale last week. Cast in 2007, Botero's "Dancers" fetched US$1.76 million. At 10 feet 5 inches tall it is the tallest Botero sculpture ever auctioned. Virgilio Garza, Christie's Latin American art chief says the results were exceptional. 'The Latin American art market is thriving, nine records were set'

An oil painting titled "Ten Thousand Kilometers of the Yangtze River" by Chinese contemporary artist Wu Guanzhong was sold over the weekend for a record US$23.6 million at an auction in Beijing. Born in 1919 Wu is widely recognized as the father of contemporary Chinese painting. He died in 2010 at the age of 91.