From Russia with Love of Art While working at the World Bank in 2000, Harvard graduate, Pew Fellow at Georgetown, and George Washington University trained art historian Olga Arkhangelskaya had had enough of politics. She was ready to pursue her real passion and the one thing that gave her solace…art. She felt called to establish […]
by Leeza Arkhangelskaya – Owner – East West Fine Art November 2023 Issue of Old Naples News Joanne Miller Rafferty’s artworks hold a very special place in the contemporary art scene. Her paintings are so different from anything else; that it is difficult to determine their style. Most critics refer to her works as abstract […]
Artists Oleg Kalaytanov, Lynn Muchnick, Tatiana Rezvaya, and Una Noa will showcase their avian creations from September 2-16 Artists have long been inspired by birds and their magical ways. Of course, their most distinguishing characteristic is that they can fly. However, if they could talk or write, they might regale us with tales of their […]
Community School of Naples Junior Ella Schulze has a passion for art, and a mission to re-establish beauty as art’s true purpose. Ella interned at East West Fine Art this summer and has written an essay on the fundamental subject: Why Beauty Matters. Leeza Arkhangelskaya, owner of East West Fine Art gallery is a graduate […]
On Monday July 10th, after 23 years in Naples, East West Fine Art owners, Leeza and Olga Arkhangelskaya welcome visitors to their second downtown gallery. East West Fine Art originally named Gallery on Fifth first opened its doors on the iconic Naples 5th Avenue in the year 2000. “We are thrilled to be back on […]
North Naples News, May 2023 By: Leeza Arkhangelskaya Owner, East West Fine Art Laurent Parcelier’s sundrenched paintings can most eloquently be described as poetry and light. Whatever setting surrounds Laurent, it offers him the opportunity to turn this light into the main character of his poems on canvas. If you look closely at his paintings […]
By: Leeza Arkhangelskaya Owner, East West Fine Art North Naples News, April 2023 Issue Victor Colesnicenco, was born in 1968 in Chisinau, Moldova. This Eastern European nation is known for its rich artistic heritage. From childhood, Victor was determined to become an artist. Colesnicenco’s rigorous traditional training has laid the foundation for the creation of […]
By: Leeza Arkhangelskaya, Owner, East West Fine Art North Naples News, March 2023 Can we compare apples to oranges? Is there anything in common between New York and Naples? A prominent Florida-based, Irina Alexandrina, answers positively: we love both of them! According to Alexandrina, cities are like people. They have their own characters, habits, inclinations. […]
By: Leeza Arkhangelskaya, Owner, East West Fine Art North Naples News, February 2023 Hervé Lenouvel consider himself a follower of fauvism – style of painting that flourished in France at the start of the 20th century. His most well-known predecessors were Henry Matisse, Paul Gaugin, Maurice Vlaminck, famous for using pure, vivid colors, vigorously applied […]
In the January 2023 issue of North Naples News By Leeza Arkhangelskaya, Owner of East West Fine Art, and Loli DiSanto, Artist Fort Myers-based artist, Loli DiSanto, leaves a little sparkle everywhere she goes. Her works are an outward expression of her most treasured memories and innermost thoughts. Loli’s remembrances of her early career as […]