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.
Welcome to the April issue of American Art Collector! The issue is packed withgreat writing and incredible art—something you have expected for the past 19 years and counting. We are the only monthly magazine devoted to contemporary realism in the art market. Other magazines, both print and digital, have switched to publishing six times per year or even quarterly. How can a serious collector stay on top of the art market? By doing exactly what you are doing right now—reading American Art Collector. Publishing 12 issues per year allows us to cover all of the top gallery shows and events happening each month so that you can stay up to date on trends, artists and exhibitions, and the pulse of the art world. We are proud of this! Other exciting…
The topic of artificial intelligence, and its implications for the future of humanity, can be a polarizing one. Including when it comes to the arts. There is the camp of the highly concerned: Will ChatGPT replace us as creators and thinkers? There are the purists: AI should not be engaged in any aspect of the art-making process. Then there are the technophiles who have embraced AI, viewing it as collaborative tool rather than a threat. A feature about British artist Ben Ashton in this issue sparked a lively discussion about the use of AI in creating—even conceptualizing—art. Ashton, interested in exploring his own ambivalence (trepidation might be a better word) about AI, decided to meet it head-on. He built a private learning model and fed it hundreds of images of…
April 17-20 San Francisco Art Fair Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture – Festival Pavillion » San Francisco, CA » (212) 518-6912 » www.sanfranciscoartfair.com March 15-April 19 Ben Ashton: Or You Could Panic Corey Helford Gallery Los Angeles, CA • (310) 287-2340 www.coreyhelfordgallery.com March 28-April 19 Ifeoluwa Alade: The Sprout of Hope Abend Gallery Denver, CO • (303) 355-0950 www.abendgallery.com April 1-30 MINI ME 33PA Online/Lake Worth Beach, FL • (708) 837-4534 33contemporary.com poetsandartists.com artsy.net/show/33-contemporary-mini-me April 3-6 Artexpo New York Pier 36 New York, NY • 216-225-0962 redwoodartgroup.com/artexpo-new-york April 4-25 Kyle Ma Meyer Vogl Gallery Charleston, SC • (843) 805-7144 www.meyervogl.com April 4-28 Benjamin Muñoz: American Allegories Hecho A Mano Santa Fe, NM • (505) 916-1341 www.hechoamano.org April 4-29 Mia Bergeron: Book of Hours Robert Lange Studios Charleston, SC •…
This spring, the National Museum of Women in the Arts celebrates its 40th anniversary with an exhibition highlighting the works of the artist collective known as the Guerrilla Girls. Self-described as “the conscience of the art world,” the feminist-activist group Guerrilla Girls burst into the art world in 1985 with bold text- and graphic-based prints denouncing discrimination. On view from April 12 through September 28, 2025, Guerrilla Girls: Making Trouble showcases more than 30 iconic prints and objects from 1985 through 2007. The show draws from NMWA’s deep holdings of work by the Guerrilla Girls, presenting a visual timeline of the group’s progress and ever-expanding subject matter.…
Currently on view at GR Gallery in New York City, Neon Dust features new works by Chino Amobi, Jebila Okongwu, Juan Cuéllar Costa and Lim Kaye. A total of 16 paintings, including works on canvas and on paper, will dive into the apprehension of dystopian and cyberpunk imagery, which feel increasingly realistic with the latest development of AI technology. “Through their sharp observations, GR Gallery seeks to highlight the dual nature of technological development and examines the impact of automated futurism on contemporary art, particularly as science advances in diverse directions,” according to the gallery. The show will remain on view through April 19.…
Where Sea Meets Sky: Paintings by Mary Louise Porter, taking place at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, presents a captivating look at the artist’s depictions of the Gulf Coast. “Inspired by the ever-changing relationship between sea and sky, Porter’s works capture the breathtaking interplay of color, light and atmosphere along the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” the museum notes. The exhibition includes paintings created over the past four years and features Horizon Blocks, a series of rearrangeable painted wooden boxes that reflect the shifting coastal landscape. Where Sea Meets Sky will hang through May 18.…
