American Art Collector July 2023

Welcome to the July issue of American Art Collector! Contemporary sculpture is a beauty to behold and our annual Collector’s Focus on the medium showcases many amazing sculpture artists and pieces available for sale now. If you are not familiar with the process of creating contemporary sculpture we can assure you that you will be enlightened as you read through this issue. Sculpture comes in many shapes and sizes with amazing features and details. Contemporary sculpture, in particular, is part of many collections from coast to coast. Why? Because we connect to sculpture the moment we see it, whether it is a Jeff Koons or an Antony Gormley or a Paige Bradley, sculpture reflects its place, its society and its time. It is a 3D art form used to honor…

I grew up on the water but never felt an attachment to it. But now that I live in the landlocked desert there comes a point when I feel an almost physical need to get to the sea. I’m feeling that way now. Thankfully, I’m taking a trip back east this month for a big family reunion at my folks’ house on the North Fork of Long Island. I’ll be there for the Fourth of July which brings back memories of sitting in the cool sand watching fireworks explode over the Peconic Bay, of quaint roadside produce stands with honor system cash boxes, shucking corn, messy lobster feasts, and that one-of-a-kind feeling of facing the wind in the bow of a boat as it cuts across the surface of the…

July 1-August 3 Noelle Giddings: The Lost Art of Hand-Painted Comics RJD Gallery Romeo, MI • (586) 281-3613 www.rjdgallery.com July 1-August 13 Summer in New England Susan Powell Fine Art Madison, CT • (203) 318-0316 www.susanpowellfineart.com July 5-September 1 Festival of Arts Laguna Beach Laguna Canyon Road  Laguna Beach, CA • (800) 487-3378 www.foapom.com July 6-29 Colin Page: Song of Summer Greenhut Galleries Portland, ME • (207) 772-2693 www.greenhutgalleries.com Through July 7 Marela Zacarías San Luis Obispo Museum of Art San Luis Obispo, CA • (805) 543-8562 www.sloma.org July 7-20 Everyday Haloes: Earth’s Crammed with Heaven Meyer Gallery Santa Fe, NM • (505) 983-1434 www.meyergalleries.com July 7-September 1 Pageant of the Masters Laguna Canyon Road  Laguna Beach, CA • (800) 487-3378 www.foapom.com July 8-September 22 Art in the West High Desert…

Through August 5 Frank Gonzalez: Sacred Spaces Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery » Chandler, AZ www.visiongallery.org Through August 20 Found in Translation: Explorations by 8 Contemporary Artists Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art » Kansas City, MO www.nelson-atkins.org Through August 20 Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body The Chrysler Museum of Art » Norfolk, VA www.chrysler.org Through September 10 The Bennett Prize Pittsburgh Foundation: Rising Voices 3 Muskegon Museum of Art » Muskegon, MI www.thebennettprize.org Through September 10 Ayana Ross Muskegon Museum of Art » Muskegon, MI www.muskegonartmuseum.org Through October 15 Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence de Young Museum » San Francisco, CA www.famsf.org Through October 15 Yvette Mayorga: What a Time to Be The Momentary » Bentonville, AR www.themomentary.org…

1-4 AUGUST 2023 Aspen Ice Garden intersectaspen.com…

The prestigious 2023 Bennett Prize, the largest prize offered solely to women figurative realist artists, went to Brooklyn-based painter Shiqing Deng. The artist’s work is described as being “quiet, contemplative, mysterious and humorous.” Deng will be awarded $50,000, giving her the opportunity to create new work in the figurative realist style for a traveling solo exhibition that will make its way across the country. The announcement of Deng’s win took place during the opening reception for the exhibition Rising Voices 3: The Bennett Prize, which runs through September 10 at the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Michigan. The other nine Bennett Prize finalists are Ruth Dealy, Ronna S. Harris, Haley Hasler, Sara Lee Hughes, Monica Ikegwu, Laura Karetzky, Linda Infante Lyons, Mayumi Nakao and Kyla Zoe Rafert.…