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.
Welcome to our May/June issue! American Art Week in New York City is one of the major highlights of the issue. We take you through the American art sales at Christie’s, Bonhams and Sotheby’s. The auctions will have no in-person bidding, so please be sure to register and plan to attend the sales online. In addition, our article on Just Off Madison provides a look at what the private dealers, housed on and around Madison Avenue, will be exhibiting at their galleries for the daylong event. Collectors must schedule appointments to attend this year, so be sure to read our article to find out who is participating. In May, Dallas-based Heritage Auctions will host its American art sale, and in early June Freeman’s in Philadelphia will have a selection of…
The spring American Art Week in New York City has arrived. There’s a sense of excitement this time around, because many of the usual events are taking place. The three major auction houses—Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonhams—will be hosting their lauded American art auctions within days of one other (May 18, 19 and 20, respectively) as most collectors have become accustomed. Christie’s also has a special sale that will be held just prior to its American art auction featuring the collection of the late artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason. The husband-and-wife painters were not only well-respected for their own talents but also were adept patrons of the arts building a dynamic collection that spoke to their modern tastes. Included are works from Georgia O’Keeffe and Richard Diebenkorn, whose painting graces…
APRIL 28-MAY 9 Boston Design Week Various locations • Boston, MA & Online The eighth annual Boston Design Week, produced by Fusco & Four/Ventures LLC, will include a special focus on Landscape Design and Outdoor Life. www.bostondesignweek.com THROUGH MAY 2 Gustave Baumann: Colorful Cuts Cleveland Museum of Art • Cleveland, OH Woodblock prints from Gustave Baumman’s five-decade capture the sunlight and arid atmosphere of the Southwest. www.clevelandart.org THROUGH MAY 7 Homage to the Square D. Wigmore Fine Art • New York, NY Titled after Josef Albers’ famed Homage to the Square series, this show explores the artist’s influence on geometric abstraction. www.dwigmore.com MAY 13-JULY 30 The Birth of American Abstraction: Revisiting the 1936 Concretionist Exhibition D. Wigmore Fine Art • New York, NY An exhibition that explores the work of…
APRIL 29 Fine Art Auction Shannon’s • Milford, CT www.shannons.com APRIL 30 Illustration Art Heritage Auctions • Dallas, TX www.ha.com MAY 2 The Spring Auction Grogan & Co. • Boston, MA www.groganco.com MAY 3 American & European Art Hindman • Chicago, IL www.hindmanauctions.com MAY 4 California & American Fine Art John Moran Auctioneers • Monrovia, CA www.johnmoran.com MAY 7 American Art Heritage Auctions • Dallas, TX www.ha.com MAY 18 American Art Christie’s • New York, NY www.christies.com MAY 18 Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Christie’s • New York, NY www.christies.com MAY 19 American Art Sotheby’s • New York, NY www.sothebys.com MAY 20 American Art Bonhams • New York, NY www.bonhams.com MAY 20-22 Premier and Emporium Auctions Brunk Auctions • Asheville, NC www.brunkauctions.com MAY…
New Galleries at Philadelphia Museum of Art The opening of new gallery spaces at the Philadelphia Museum of Art creates opportunities for a fresh look at the museum’s superb holdings of American art. On May 7, the museum unveils its new Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Galleries dedicated to American art from 1650 to 1850 with an emphasis on Philadelphia artwork, including Raphaelle Peale's Peaches Cover by a Handkerchief. The galleries, which make up a total of 10,000 square feet, will be mirrored by another range of galleries, equal in size, and dedicated to the display of modern and contemporary art. Women in the Arts Auction Eldred’s Auction Gallery in Dennis, Massachusetts, is set to hold a Women in the Arts Auction this October, featuring a wide array of esteemed American…
Neal Benezra, the Helen and Charles Schwab Director at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, has recently announced that he will be stepping down from his nearly two-decade role at the museum. Benezra will assist in the transition and search for a new director, as well as continue to lead the day-to-day operations of the museum. Eric Fitzgerald Reed, executive at Verizon Communications, and Allen Karp, executive at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, have been named co-chairs of the board of trustees at the Newark Museum of Art in Newark, New Jersey. Beloved founder of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay passed away on March 6 at the age of 98. For almost 40 years, Holladay worked to celebrate and highlight…
