American Fine Art Magazine is the first publication to offer complete and comprehensive coverage of the upcoming shows, auctions and events of this market so deeply tied to American history, society and culture.
One of the most interesting parts of my job is getting to know and speaking with all the wonderful collectors out there who have made acquiring American art their passion in life. Whenever I think about art collectors and the passion and enthusiasm they have within them, I think of this quote I once read from Robert Henri, who said: The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. He needs no one to give him an ‘Art Education’; he is already qualified. He needs but to see pictures with his active mind, look into them for the things that belong to him, and he will find soon enough in himself an art connoisseur and an art lover…
American Fine Art Magazine is comprised of many diffierent sections and features, all designed to keep you informed on what’s happening in the market for historic American art. UPCOMING GALLERY SHOWS Previews of upcoming shows of historic American art at galleries across the country. UPCOMING MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS Insight from top curators about major exhibitions being staged at key American museums. EVENTS & FAIRS Previews and reports of major art fairs across the country for you to attend. AUCTIONS Previews and Reports of major works coming up for sale at the most important auction houses dealing in historic American Art. IN ADDITION: COLLECTOR’S FOCUS Find out everything the discerning collector needs to know about important and timely segments of the historic American art market. COLLECTOR HOMES In each issue you will…
JAMES BALESTRIERI James Balestrieri is director of J. N. Bartfield Galleries in New York City. Jim has written plays, verse, prose and screenplays. He has degrees from Columbia and Marquette universities, attended the American Film Institute and has an MFA in playwriting from Carnegie Mellon. He has an excellent wife and three enthusiastic children. JAY E. CANTOR Jay E. Cantor started the American Art Department for Christie’s in the late ’70s, is on the board of the Winter Antiques Show, the Art Committee for The Century Association, the board of directors of The Century Archives Foundation, and recently retired as the chairman of the Collections Committee and a member of the Steering Committee for Friends of American Arts at Yale University. He also served as the founding president of the…
MAY 2_OCTOBER 29 Sanford R. Gifford in the Catskills THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Catskill, NY www.thomascole.org THROUGH MAY 7 Lusha Nelson Photographs PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART Tulsa, OK www.philbrook.org THROUGH MAY 7 Cross Country: The Power of Place in American Art, 1915-1950 HIGH MUSEUM OF ART Atlanta, GA www.high.org THROUGH MAY 7 Wild Spaces, Open Seasons: Hunting and Fishing in American Art JOSLYN ART MUSEUM Omaha, NE www.joslyn.org THROUGH MAY 14 No Jury, No Prizes: The Society of Independent Artists, 1917-1944 Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, DE www.delart.org THROUGH MAY 14 American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART Philadelphia, PA www.philamuseum.org MAY 18_JULY 16 Vernon Smith: Abstracting Naturalism CAPE COD MUSEUM OF ART Dennis, MA www.ccmoa.org THROUGH MAY 21 From Homer to Hopper: Experiment…
MAY 3 Heritage Auctions’ American Art: Dallas, TX MAY 6 Rago Arts’ 19th and 20th Century American and European Art: Lambertville, NJ MAY 12 Heritage Auctions’ Illustration Art: Dallas, TX MAY 13 Heritage Auctions’ Texas Art: Dallas, TX MAY 19 Skinner Inc.’s American & European Works of Art: Boston, MA MAY 20 Brunk Auction’s Premier Auction: Asheville, NC MAY 20-22 Clars Auction Gallery’s May Sale: Oakland, CA MAY 21 Los Angeles Modern Auction’s Spring Auction: Los Angeles, CA MAY 22 Dallas Auction Gallery's Fine and Decorative Art: Dallas, TX MAY 23 Christie’s American Art: New York, NY MAY 23 Sotheby’s American Art: New York, NY MAY 24 Bonhams’ American Art: New York, NY MAY 24 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ American & European Art: Chicago, IL JUN. 4 Freeman’s American Art &…
DE YOUNG deyoung.famsf.org In Stuart Davis: In Full Swing, the de Young, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, will hold the first major exhibition in 20 years dedicated to the artist. Davis was a key figure in American Modernism, and the exhibition will display 75 works. Beginning with the Davis’ earliest efforts to break through painting tobacco packages and moving ahead five decades to his final work, the exhibit is all encompassing and highlights Davis’ habit of recycling earlier work for new compositions. In Full Swing will remain on view through August 6. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART www.metmuseum.org The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has announced that its public domain artworks will be available for free and unrestricted use. To maximize the reach of…
