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 American Art Collector’s October issue! This month I will be speaking at a “lunch and learn” event for Oil Painters of America and their member artists. The topic is “Canvas to Collector: The Power of In-Person Buying.” Almost every day, we hear from collectors telling us about a piece they bought from a gallery or artist. Sometimes it is an online acquisition, but currently, in 2025, it is more often in-person at a gallery or a show. In fact, across the country we have been seeing record-breaking sales, at auctions, exhibitions and events. This is great for the art world. In 2020, online purchases were at an all-time high but virtual acquisitions have dropped 70 percent since then. This is not to say that online sales are not…
With each issue of American Art Collector I get to do a little armchair traveling when curating our destination guides, which zoom in on a different city, region or state each month. In October, we bring you our Art Lover’s Guide to Collecting Fine Art in Charleston, South Carolina, which begins on Page 60. I treat these special sections as if I’m planning my own trip and, as I delve deeper into my research, my interest in the location only grows. (Sometimes, I suddenly find myself looking into flights). Such was the case with Charleston, frequently cited as one of the top art destinations in the country—and, as you will see in these pages, for good reason. We’ve got the Charleston art scene covered—its world-class museums, abundant galleries and several…
The latest in contemporary American realism. Mourlot Editions—the legendary print house founded in Paris in 1852, long revered as the premier fine art lithography studio for some of the most iconic artists in history like Picasso, Matisse, Chagall and Miró—is a leading voice in the art world, working with just a handful of artists in the 21st century. A partnership will be launching soon between Mourlot and 13-year-old art prodigy Andres Valencia, based in San Diego, California. The print house is set to release a limited-edition collection of three prints featuring Valencia’s signature large-scale, Cubist-inspired works, which now sell at auction for $100,000-plus. Painting since he was 5 years old, Valencia has taken the art world by storm since making his debut at Art Miami in December 2021 (the youngest…
A solo exhibition of new works by Jameson Green, Crutches, Crosses, Caskets/Caskets, Crosses, Crutches references a representation of the Black community A which centers around a cyclical metaphor for change: “Crutches, a culture wounded by its own hand or circumstance but wounded perhaps even fatally; Crosses, it will be prayed for, as a pastor prays for the soul at a funeral; [and] Caskets into the soil you shall return, but like anything created there will be an end.” “By then flipping the title to Caskets, Crosses, Crutches, the metaphor becomes about rebirth,” notes Derek Eller Gallery, which will be hosting Green’s new show. The exhibition runs through October 11 at the New York City-based gallery.…
The latest in contemporary American realism. For Which It Stands at Fairfield University Art Museum examines depictions of the American F flag over the course of the last century, ranging from those who view it as “a straightforward symbol of patriotism to those who interrogate who the American flag represents and whether justice is really available to all.” The exhibition spans a wide range of artworks, including 20th-century pieces like Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 to a brand new textile by Maria de Los Angeles commissioned specifically for the exhibition. On view from January 23 to July 25, 2026, For Which It Stands features paintings, prints, drawings, photographs and sculpture, as well as a digitally-animated piece, by artists from a diverse range of backgrounds and political viewpoints.…
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the artist list and prize winners for The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today, a major exhibition featuring juried selections from the museum’s seventh triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. The seven-person jury chose 35 portraits (by 36 artists) to go on view as part of the exhibition. The selection, which was drawn from more than 3,300 entries, includes artist contributions from 14 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today will premiere at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., from October 18, 2025, to August 30, 2026, before touring to other cities across the United States. A ceremony announcing the order of this year’s three prizes will take place at a press preview on October 17. For the full…
