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 the Editor of American Art Collector since the very beginning. While we launched the first magazine in September 2005, my job actually began in June of that same year. So it has now been 13 years since we have been creating and publishing this magazine every month. Thirteen years. One hundred and fifty three issues! A lot has changed in the publishing world since that time. But one thing that hasn’t changed is that fact that American Art Collector is a collector-driven magazine and we pride ourselves in knowing that the best collectors of contemporary and representational art read this magazine on a monthly basis and use it to help them acquire art for their collections. How do we know this? Simple. The galleries tell us. Just recently,…
American Procession At Track 16 Gallery, Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet present a panorama of American icons and ideology. American Procession consists of two 17-foot long woodblock prints, along with individual works by each artist. The enormous prints are inspired by the Procession of Princes mural in Dresden, Germany. The exhibition runs through July 28. Avian Murals Images of North American birds are appearing in large-scale murals in New York City as a part of the Audubon Mural Project, a collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Ari Gitler of Gitler &_____ Gallery. Currently, there are 82 completed murals of 312 intended, representing the number of North American bird species under threat from climate change. Expanding Collection The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced the acquisition of 10 new…
JUL 2018 5 BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY THE BRIDGEHAMPTON MUSEUM Market Art + Design Market Art + Design returns to Bridgehampton for its eighth edition. The tightly curated modern and contemporary art fair showcases 65 top galleries www.artmarkethamptons.com Through July 8 5 LAGUNA BEACH, CA FESTIVAL OF ARTS Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach For the 85th year, the Festival of Arts will include a wide variety of media such as paintings, photography, sculpture, hand-crafted wood and furniture, ceramics and more by Orange County artists. www.lagunafestivalofarts.com Through September 1 6 RALEIGH, NC CAM RALEIGH Jason Craighead: New Works Raleigh’s contemporary art museum features works from Craighead, a recognized leader in the North Carolina art scene. His mixed-media work is expressive, raw and honest. www.camraleigh.org Through August 26 WILMINGTON, DE DELAWARE CONTEMPORARY The…
Growing up on the Massachusetts shore, Boston Harbor and its islands were artist Joseph McGurl’s backyard where he and his friends would fish, catch lobsters, swim, sail and camp. His ongoing survey of the coastal area, The Boston Harbor Islands Project, he says, “is a return to the place that inspired my love for the natural world.” Throughout the series he explores layers of depth in his art, as seen in one of his newest works, First Light at Prince Head, which combines a plein air sketch with color and light from his memory and imagination. “Making imaginary scenarios that appear real is one of the most rewarding aspects of painting for me,” McGurl shares. “This is where the value of painting from life manifests itself—all the sketches I’ve painted…
This year is one of expansion for Market Art + Design. For its eighth edition, the event returns to the Bridgehampton Museum on Montauk Highway as the largest and most important edition to date. Seventy-five exhibitors of modern and contemporary art from around the world will present at the fair. Dealers include Haven Gallery, Galerie Fledermaus, Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Vertu Fine Art and RJD Gallery, among others. Also based in Bridgehampton, RJD Gallery will bring works from Bo Bartlett, Rick Garland, Andrea Kowch, Harmonia Rosales, Jorge Rosales, Jorge Santos and Jamie Wyeth. “We’ve done the fair for years, always met wonderful collectors and found positive results,” says gallery principal Richard J. Demato. Works from Masha Gusova, Brian Mashburn and others will be available from the Northport, New York-based Haven…
The first edition of REVEAL International Contemporary Art Fair in Saratoga Springs, New York, will bring together the dynamic arts and culture of the community with collector bases from New York City, Boston, the Berkshires and more. Founded by Jacqueline Dunbar Grande, REVEAL strives to present art in a way that garners respect and support for visual culture through many interpretive and sophisticated pieces as well as free-thinking lectures. The inspiration behind REVEAL comes from Grande’s passion for contemporary art. She says, “I have loved art ever since I can remember, and realize that no matter my profession, contemporary art has become an increasingly essential part of my daily life. That is how the idea for REVEAL was born: I wanted to create a unique contemporary art fair in a…
