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.
Readers of this magazine know that ever since issue No. 1 we have spent a great deal of time and effort profiling cities from coast to coast in relation to the galleries collectors can find there. There are so many wonderful art destinations in this country and we want art collectors to experience them just as we have. So early on in the history of the magazine we came up with something called the Art Lover’s Guide. In this section, we have made collectors aware of all the wonderful art regions and destinations across America, places like Charleston, Santa Fe, Texas, Colorado and Scottsdale. And we do so by providing profiles of the major galleries and artists in those areas, as well as the events and other cultural institutions. I’m…
All Too Human Through August 27, Tate Britain will celebrates renowned and rare works by Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and others in All Too Human. The art provides a raw glimpse into the 20th century, exploring the layers of reality that are uncovered when painting the human figure. Southern Civil Rights In Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, the Delaware Art Museum highlights the work of Lyon, a giant of postwar documentary photography and film. During 1963 and 1964, he traveled the Southern and mid-Atlantic states documenting the civil rights movement. The exhibition opens June 30 and remains on view through September 9. Black Out The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now, focusing on the seemingly unknown historical and present takes on…
EMIL MILAN: MIDCENTURY MASTER By Craig Edelbrock with Norm Sartorius, Phil Jurus and Barry Gordon (The Center for Art in Wood, May 2018). 272 pages. Aesthetically simple artwork filled with sleek and smooth forms has become a defining hallmark of the midcentury modern design movement, which spanned predominately from the 1940s to early 1960s. Along with furniture makers and architects there were a number of fine artists exploring this style primarily in three-dimensional works. A new illustrated biography—by Craig Edelbrock with Norm Sartorius, Phil Jurus and Barry Gordon—shines a spotlight on an artist who was at the forefront of the movement but has since slipped into obscurity. Emil Milan: Midcentury Master, published by the Center for Art in Wood, focuses on the life and work of the artist who studied…
25 MINNEAPOLIS, MN WALKER ART CENTER Daniel Buren: Voile/Toile-Toile/Voile Known for his striped art in public places, Buren will be featured in a two-part exhibition showcasing his first works in the United States in the form of a sailboat regatta. www.walkerart.orgThrough October 7 1 SALEM, MA DOWNTOWN SALEM Salem Arts Festival The 10-year anniversary of the Salem Arts festival will celebrate all forms of art from paintings, sculpture and photography as well as writing, film, music, dance productions and more. www.salemartsfestival.comThrough June 3 2 ATLANTA, GA MOCA GA Larry Walker Retrospective: The Early Years The treasured artist will have pieces from his early career featured, such as his mixed media works comprised of paint, collage and other materials to create intricate and profound messages. www.mocaga.orgThrough July 31 KANSAS CITY, MO…
Through May 25, Forum Gallery in New York City presents Analogies & Dichotomies / Analogias & Dicotomias, an exhibition of new paintings by Spanish artist Guillermo Muñoz Vera that explores the dualities of life. The artist says, “Analogies & Dichotomies suggests a unifying reflection which speaks of universalities without ignoring the peculiarities: it transforms the clash of frontiers into geographical vicinity, not a confrontation of insoluble opposites.” In The Fallen Angel (El Angel Caido), Muñoz Vera depicts a 19th-century bronze against a nocturnal skyline of present-day Madrid. It illuminates the contrast of old and new, while the sculpture of the fallen angel, to the artist, implies “disgrace, an unexpected shift from light to darkness.”…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarah will scour the country for the best and brightest emerging artists on the scene and then interview them about their work. Sarah has a wonderful eye, and I'm sure you will enjoy what she is able to discover. Artists, if you want your work considered, hashtag all your social media posts #tobeannounced #americanartcollector. The first things you notice are the proportions then the very direct yet simultaneously ambiguous text and the smooth, almost perfect brushstrokes with a harsher, rawer undertone. Then it goes deeper. You notice all the symbolism and the repeated themes that carry throughout his body of work, such as masks or disguises, so as to say that this particular character is hiding his true self in some way or another. Nothing exists in the…
