Previewing upcoming art exhibitions from coast to coast, American Art Collector is a unique monthly magazine specially designed to bring living representational artists, galleries and active art collectors together in one place.
I’ve been fortunate to see a lot of wonderful things through my job as editor of this magazine. But I would say the highlight of my career was being in the room at Christie’s on November 15 and watching Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi sell for $450 million after a 19minute bidding war between two phone bidders standing right next to each other on the Christie’s elevated platform, unassumingly raising each other by $10 million bids at a time each second. “The masterpiece by Leonardo, Christ the Savior, been in the collection of three kings of England, King Charles the First, King Charles the Second and King James the Second. What am I offered here? Let’s open this at $70, $70, $75 million,” the auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen rattled o. to get the…
In 2010, Andrew W.K. was invited to host Revolver magazine’s annual Golden Gods Awards. Revolver marketed the heavy metal awards show with a commissioned painting done in the style of many 1980s fantasy paintings—think “sword and sorcery” imagery with mythological monsters, semi-naked heroines and lots of glistening muscles. W.K. was immediately drawn to the work and reached out to two of the posters’ artists, married artists Julie Bell and Boris Vallejo. Eight years after first meeting, the three artists have recently collaborated on a special commission for W.K.’s newest album, You’re Not Alone, which comes out March 2. “It was great to work with him because our sons had actually been to his concerts when they were younger, and they always said he was an interesting guy. Once during an…
Equestrian Portrait Philbrook Museum of Art has recently acquired a never-before-seen work by Kehinde Wiley. The large-scale Equestrian Portrait of King Philip IV was begun in the midst of Wiley’s A New Republic retrospective, and is the first work by Wiley to be acquired by an Oklahoma museum. The painting hangs in the Italian Room of the Philbrook’s historic Villa. Dark Matter Dark Matter: Paintings by Kenneth Nicholson will be exhibited at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in the Robertshaw Gallery through February 4. Nicholson’s narratives depict melodrama and disrupt the traditional interplay between figure and background, releasing the character’s inner drama into negative space. The Cost of Removal The Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, has added several new works to its 1940s to Now…
In every issue of American Art Collector magazine, we publish the only reliable guide to all major upcoming fairs and shows nationwide. Contact our assistant editor, Erin Rand, to discuss how your event can be included in this calendar at (480) 246-3789 or erand@americanartcollector.com. 14 FEB 2018 WEST PALM BEACH, FL PALM BEACH COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show Over Presidents’ Day Weekend, the annual show will feature more than 170 national and international exhibitors and feature and engaging lecture series. The show has become a hallmark of the Palm Beach social season. www.palmbeachshow.com Through Feb. 20 2 SANTA MONICA, CA BERGAMOT STATION Classic Photographs Los Angeles Beginning in 2010, Classic Photographs Los Angeles has established itself as a West Coast destination for those interested in discovering and…
ART PALM SPRINGS When: February 16-19, 2018; Opening Night, February 15, 6-10 p.m. Where: Palm Springs Convention Center, 22 N. Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262 Information: www.art-palmsprings.com Over Presidents’ Day weekend, Art Palm Springs brings galleries from the Americas and Europe, along with hundreds of artists from around the globe, to the Palm Springs Convention Center. Coinciding with Palm Springs’ Modernism Week at the height of the Coachella Valley’s event season, the show brings artists and collectors together in a desert transformed by fine art. For their 2018 show, Art Palm Springs has chosen to honor two pioneering Southern California artists as its Artists of the Year. The 2018 honorees are Ed Moses, represented by William Turner Gallery, and Andy Moses, presented by Melissa Morgan Gallery. The duo join…
PALM BEACH JEWELRY, ART & ANTIQUE SHOW When: February 14-20, 2018; February 14, 4-6 p.m., Vernissage, and 7-10 p.m., Opening Night Preview Party Where: Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Information: www.palmbeachshow.com Thousands of artwork and antiquities will arrive to market during the annual Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show in West Palm Beach, Florida. Now in its 15th year, the show, happening February 14 to 20, has become a hallmark of the Palm Beach social season. It continues to captivate collectors and art enthusiasts from all areas of the field by juxtaposing many periods, movements and genres. Kicking o. the show will be a two-tier opening night that begins February 14 from 4 to 6 p.m. with the second annual Vernissage…
