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 August issue of American Art Collector! This is our art of the Wportrait issue and managing editor Sarah Gianelli takes you into the world of portraiture in her editor’s letter with passion and depth on the following page. As publishers and collectors ourselves, Adolfo and I both have portrait art in our collections and have commissioned several artists over the years to bring images of our family to life. In fact, Adolfo has a lovely portrait of his wife Robin in what we call Gallery Castillo—his office. And I have Gallery Martin in my office right next door. And yes, as collectors we’re just a little competitive. We have a third gallery in our lobby with original art by Dale Terbush, Nathan Durfee and Aron Weisenfeld, to…
There is a lot of portraiture in every issue of American Art Collector, but especially in August, which contains our annual Collector’s Focus: Art of the Portrait. Today, portraits are no longer limited to formal depictions of prominent figures or the wealthy. They can be candid. They can be of people with no particular status and who don’t fit this culture’s norms of beauty. Inside these pages, you will find it all. Standards of beauty have changed throughout the course of history, reflecting socio-economic circumstances and cultural values. From the Renaissance through the 18th century, curviness in women was a sign of fertility and health, corpulence a signal of affluence. What struck me most about the portraiture in these pages is the number of artists who are challenging stereotypical ideals…
Corey Helford Gallery in downtown Los Angeles is holding Ca major solo exhibition of works by artist Richard Ahnert. Known for his vivid anthropomorphic paintings that fuse classical realism with imaginative storytelling, Ahnert’s whimsical animal subjects and scenes reflect on human emotion and the natural world. Balancing playful satire and thoughtful symbolism, the artist’s paintings convey a depth of feeling and luminous detail, and explore the kinship between humans and animals. Bad Company will hang through August 23.…
Sculptor Diana Al-Hadid defies centuries-old conventions of S femininity and womanhood in the exhibition unbecoming, on view through December 14 at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University (MSU Broad Art Museum). The survey exhibition features large-scale installations that consume the gallery and push visitors to adjust to their presence, standing in stark contrast to antiquated social norms that define a becoming woman as subtle and quiet. The show spans nearly two decades of Al-Hadid’s career and marks the debut of four new works.…
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. recently announced details of its “Across the Nation” partnership program, which brings key works of art from its permanent collection to regional museums across the United States throughout 2025 and 2026. Through this program, the National Gallery has lent works of art by celebrated artists like Georgia O’Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Dorothea Lange, Sandro Botticelli, Rembrandt van Rijn, Henri Matisse and Mark Rothko to 10 partner museums nationwide. “We are so thrilled to bring some of the most beloved works from the nation’s collection of art directly into communities across the country,” says Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art. Loans include paintings, photography and full-scale installations. Across the Nation is part of the National Gallery’s programming commemorating the 250th anniversary…
Currently on view at the Newport C Art Museum is Sean Landers: Lost at Sea, an exhibition that places the artist’s enigmatic and deeply personal seafaring works in dialogue with Winslow Homer’s maritime paintings, selected by Landers from the museum’s permanent collection. The show, which will be on view through December 29, includes depictions of shipwrecks, lighthouses and turbulent waters, exploring themes of adventure, loss and what it means to be “lost at sea.”…
