Making it pop: Romero Britto brings out a world of optimism with high-gloss color and style (opens in new tab)

Romero Britto knows exactly what he is doing with sparkle. It is not filler. It is not cute. It is, rather, strategy: a democratic, high-gloss language of optimism built from Cubist fracture, Pop immediacy, and Brazilian heat. His paintings arrive in turquoise, candy pink, cobalt, lemon yellow, emerald, red, and crisp black contour, blazing with...