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 May issue of American Art Collector! Each month we highlight a destination and this month we bring you our Art Lovers Guide to Santa Fe. Santa Fe is just brimming with art. In fact, there are 200-plus galleries in the City Different and many more statewide. You can feel the presence of art everywhere in the Land of Enchantment. Our team is in Santa Fe multiple times a year because there is so much going on there in the art world. The state’s best of the best galleries for contemporary realism are inside these pages, waiting for you to discover, starting on Page 60. We have suggestions for everything to do in the area and if you have questions, email or call us—we’d be happy to provide…
Hello artists, galleries, collectors, art fair and exhibition organizers, and all of you who read this magazine because you want to know what’s happening in the art world, or simply because you appreciate the visual arts and the stories of those who make it. Or maybe it’s more specific—someone you know is featured in this issue and, excited for them, you are reading our magazine for the very first time (welcome!). I’m sure there are other reasons for reading American Art Collector, but whatever led you to be holding this magazine in your hands, we hope it goes beyond satisfying your initial purpose. Our goal is to stimulate you visually and intellectually, and provide the practical information you need to plan art-rich adventures and experiences, and fill your calendars all…
April 23-June 14 Julie Beck, Larry Preston and Scott Prior William Baczek Fine Arts Northampton, MA • (413) 587-9880 www.wbfinearts.com April 25-May 6 Nature & Emotion: Sculpting the Elements, Painting the Light Blue Rain Gallery Santa Fe, NM • (505) 954-9902 www.blueraingallery.com April 30-May 30 Alan Bray: Inhabited Landscape Garvey | Simon at DFN Projects New York, NY • (917) 796-2146 www.garveysimon.com May 1-June 2 Tyler Vouros: Night Calls RJD Gallery Romeo, MI • (586) 281-3613 www.rjdgallery.com May 2-23 Mac Ball Solo Show Meyer Vogl Gallery Charleston, SC • (843) 805-7144 www.meyervogl.com May 2-June 2 Kat Kinnick: Momento Vivere Hecho A Mano Santa Fe, NM • (505) 916-1341 www.hechoamano.org May 3-June 14 Governor’s Art Show & Sale Loveland Museum Loveland, CO • (970) 670-0035 www.governorsartshow.org May 3-June 14 Governor’s Art…
Through June 1 Micah Cash: Waffle House Vistas Georgia Museum of Art • Athens, GA www.georgiamuseum.org Through June 1 The Pastel Society of New Mexico: Enchanted Colors Millicent Rogers Museum • Taos, NM www.pastelsnm.com Through July 20 Blur/Obscure/Distort: Photography and Perception Norton Museum of Art • West Palm Beach, FL www.norton.org Through August 17 Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors Denver Art Museum • Denver, CO www.denverartmuseum.org Through September 7 Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei Seattle Art Museum • Seattle, WA www.seattleartmuseum.org Through September 14 The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture Smithsonian American Art Museum • Washington D.C. americanart.si.edu…
This year’s cohort of Creative Assembly residents at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) includes eight artists from various disciplines. Launched in 2021, NOMA’s Creative Assembly residency promotes community engagement by welcoming artists to collaborate throughout the year with the museum’s permanent collection, special exhibitions and programs. Members of the 2024-25 Creative Assembly Cohort are Andy Young, Caleb Dowden, Carl Harrison Jr., Cassie Watson Francillon, Horton Humble, Jer’Lisa Devezin, LaVonna Varnado-Brown and Nikkisha K. Napoleon.…
Dallas, Texas-based art space Dallas Contemporary presents the exhibition You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry, featuring artists El Anatsui, Candice Lin, Diedrick Brackens, Sanam Khatabi and more. Curated by Mexico-based curator Su Wu, You Stretched Diagonally Across It offers a consideration of tactility and image in 21st-century tapestries, and the strategies by which artists interrogate haptic sense, material tension and narrative in weaving. The exhibition will be on view through October 12.…
