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.
This is always one of the most exciting times of the year here at American Art Collector magazine. Why, you ask? Well, let me tell you. While we sit in our offices in Old Town Scottsdale, and look onto the desert landscape of Camelback Mountain, our inbox gets filled with glorious images of all the summer art destinations that are just getting ready to spring into action. And for some reason, this year seems to be busier and more vibrant than ever! What are we seeing this summer? Art fairs in places like the Hamptons, Aspen, Santa Fe, San Diego, Park City, Cape Cod, Jackson Hole, Laguna Beach, Nantucket, Newport and others. Summer art towns in the Midwest, Southwest and up and down the Atlantic Coast. Basically, anywhere there are…
20 JUN 2019 The 11-acre Minneapolis Sculpture Garden showcases more than 40 works from the Walker Art Center’s collections, including the iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry. Courtesy Minneapolis Northwest Tourism. MINNEAPOLIS, MN MINNEAPOLIS SCULPTURE GARDEN Shadow Spirits at the Crossroads The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden celebrates the opening of the newest addition to its grounds: Shadow Spirits at the Crossroads. The project consists of seven sculptures honoring important figures in Minnesota history, in which artists Seitu Jones and Ta-coumba Aiken traced the shadows of more than 40 local community members. www.walkerart.org 1 BENTONVILLE, AR CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Color Field Visitors can experience an outdoor exhibition of large, colorful sculptures against the lush backdrop of Crystal Bridges’ Ozark forest, exploring interactive sculptures and learning about color theory as well as…
In 2015, the construction of a 42-floor building began outside New York City-based artist Gwyneth Leech’s window, leading her into a multiyear project documenting the visual drama of the city’s gradual yet rapid change in infrastructure. Construction Sites features paintings and works on paper by Leech that depict many of the new and forthcoming skyscrapers that are dramatically changing the cityscape, including Hudson Yards, Billionaire’s Row on West 57th Street, the new MoMA tower on 53rd Street and One Vanderbilt rising next to Grand Central Station. Held at Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen Studios Gallery, these realist yet fantastical works are on view through June 8. Lo-Fi Glamour The first museum solo exhibition in North America for the multidisciplinary artist and thinker, Kim Gordon: Lo-Fi Glamour showcases paintings, sculpture, a new series of…
Artist Jake Scharbach reinterprets art historical images with contemporary symbolism. He explains, “Collapsing the timeline creates a more acute awareness of the negative behaviors codified in Western society, such as violence, greed, lust, ambition and a failure to act in accordance with our long-term future.” Scharbach’s vision of Nicolas Poussin’s Abduction of the Sabine Women was recently on view in Hand to Hand at Froelick Gallery in Portland, Oregon.…
The Designer Creating “Extremely Personal Human-Wear” Twenty-four-year-old designer Michael Laed was officially on my radar (as well as many others) shortly after his most recent fashion show, Sausage Fest, in 2018. It featured many astoundingly unique wearable art pieces and the entire show itself was an art piece as well. It could even have been considered performance art. Everything from the harp player in the corner of the room to the switching of model and audience roles was fascinating, interactive and the vibe of the show was that of something innovative, unique and, most importantly, fun. The fact that the actual garments were incredible was only the cherry on top. My dear friend and model, Elaine Chang (@laineypls), insisted I come to this fashion show she was going to be…
Unveiling spotlights a recently completed portrait commission, figurative work or upcoming exhibition from some of the best and most active members of the Portrait Society of America. This month Krystle Stricklin, guest writer for the Portrait Society, interviewed Anna Rose Bain about her recently completed portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Last year, artist Anna Rose Bain unveiled a stirring new portrait of Abraham Lincoln, The Second Inaugural Address, at the Goldenview Classical Academy, a charter public school in Golden, Colorado. The work was commissioned for the school by Hillsdale College, where Bain graduated in 2007 with a major in art. She was selected to create a painting that conveyed the classical ideals demonstrated by the school, and the academy’s principal, Dr. Garrow, came up with the concept of Lincoln drafting his…
