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Welcome to the December issue! In the spirit of the holidays, tradition and gift-giving, our editorial team is bringing your our popular annual Collector’s Focus: Figurative Art special section. Figurative art is full of expression, beauty and strength. We are warning you in advance, it will be very hard not to find a piece of artwork within these pages that you must have! Also in line with the season, several of our gallery previews feature group small-works shows. Abend Gallery is hosting its annual Small Works Invitational, which showcases nearly 400 pieces across its two locations. Principle Gallery has an equally exciting small-works exhibition this month in Alexandria, Virginia. These are only two of 10 amazing December shows previewed in this issue, any one of which will be sure to…
December 1-3 Art Basel Miami Beach Miami Beach Convention Center Miami Beach, FL www.artbasel.com/miami-beach December 1-31 Presence and Absence 33 Contemporary Chicago, IL » (708) 837-4534 www.artsy.net/show/33-contemporary-presence-and-absence Through December 1 Carlo Russo Arcadia Contemporary New York, NY » (646) 861-3941 www.arcadiacontemporary.com December 2 Canyon Road Fireside Chat Artist Series Various Locations Santa Fe, NM www.visitcanyonroad.com December 2-January 15 Steve Gerhartz: Sunlight of the Seasons Lily Pad West Milwaukee, WI » (414) 509-5756 www.lilypadgallery.com December 2-January 28 Annual Holiday Exhibition Susan Powell Fine Art Madison, CT » (203) 318-0616 www.susanpowellfineart.com December 3-January 3 Small Works Group Exhibition Principle Gallery (703) 739-9326 www.priniciplegallery.com Through December 3 Alessandra Maria: Rite Galerie Fledermaus Chicago, IL » (312) 617-8711 www.galeriefledermaus.com Through December 4 Red Dot Miami Mana Wynwood Convention Center » Miami, FL » (212) 225-0962 www.redwoodartgroup.com/red-dot-miami/ Through December 3…
Recently, Australian artist Jaq Grantford won The Darling Prize, a national prize for Australian portrait painting, for her self-portrait, 2020, which was completed during the Covid-19 lockdown. The painting depicts the artist with a direct gaze, her hands covering her mouth, and a dishevelled bun of hair with several paint-brushes sticking out at all ends. The work, Grantford recalls, was a reflection on her time spent during the pandemic. “In Melbourne, we had the longest lockdown in the world, totalling 262 days over six separate lockdowns,” Grantford explains. “We had curfews and travel restrictions preventing us from going further than 5 kilometers from our home. For me, the pandemic has been a time of mixed feelings. There’s fear and concern for the safety of others, and uncertainty about seeing my…
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The Susquehanna Art Museum in Pennsylvania presents a new solo show for abstract artist Doug Navarra. Showcasing artwork completed between 2006 and 2021, the exhibition takes a comprehensive dive into Navarra’s paintings and drawings, as well as his practice of working with historic found documents, bold minimalistic redactions and layered geometric patterns. Lies and Redactions: A Survey is on view through January 8, 2023.…
The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, California, has recently acquired the archive of world-renowned sculptor Richard Hunt. The artist—whose work often calls upon local and African diasporic themes and design elements—has made a profound impact on the world of public art with more than 150 public sculpture commissions in major locations across 24 states, as well as Washington, D.C. In addition, Hunt has held over 150 solo exhibitions and is represented in more than 100 public museums across the globe. The archive includes the entirety of Hunt’s photographs, papers, sketches and letters that survey the length of his prolific art career.…
