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Welcome to the May/June issue of American Fine Art Magazine! Well, we might as Wwell call this the NewYork issue as there is an abundance of American historic art energy lighting up the Big Apple in May. You will see us at the shows—and the previews are waiting for you inside this issue. Initiatives in Art and Culture starts things off on May 8 at Heritage Auctions’ New York headquarters. The 29th annual American Art Conference is bringing in leading experts from across the country to discuss this year’s theme, “Crafting the Dream.” If you have not been to one of their symposiums it is simply the best educational experience for those interested in historic American art. It pinpoints monumental moments in historic art and the American artists that were a…
Welcome to the May/June issue of American Fine Art Magazine, perhaps my favorite of the year. I’ve been asking myself why that is. I know it’s because it contains our annual special section, the Modernist Perspective, but why does modernism appeal to me on such a visceral level? It is different than saying you favor impressionism or the Hudson River School painters or Abstract Expressionism because, unlike these genres, which likely conjure up similar images of style and subject in all our minds’ eyes, modernism is not cohesive in terms of either. It encompasses realism and abstraction, and took on unique expressions based on region, race, class and gender. As you will see and learn about in these pages, the form modernist artworks took splintered into directions as manifold as the…
ONGOING Capturing Her Environment: Women Artists, 1870-1930 FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM • ROCKLAND, ME The museum showcases the artistic lives of nine women artists who lived and worked in Maine in the 19th and early 20th centuries. www.farnsworthmuseum.org ONGOING Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART • SANTA FE, NM This new exhibition, developed by the Vilcek Foundation in collaboration with the Bates College Museum of Art, explores the work of the modernist artist, Marsden Hartley. www.nmartmuseum.org ONGOING Inked Impressions: Etchings in the Age of Whistler DELAWARE ART MUSEUM • WILMINGTON, DE This significant exhibition tracks the history of etching, made popular by Whistler, from Europe to the United States through 46 artworks. www.delart.org ONGOING Give Me Liberty: Virginia & The Forging of a Nation VIRGINIA MUSEUM…
APRIL 30 American Art Bonhams • New York, NY www.bonhams.com MAY 6 California & American Fine Art John Moran Auctioneers • Monrovia, CA www.johnmoran.com MAY 7-8 Art of the West Santa Fe Art Auction • Santa Fe, NM www.santafeartauction.com MAY 8 Fine Art Auction Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers • Milford, CT www.shannons.com MAY 10 Spring Fine Art Auction Grogan & Company • Boston, MA www.groganco.com MAY 16 American Art Signature Sale Heritage Auctions • Dallas, TX www.ha.com JUNE 8 American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionism Freeman’s | Hindman • Philadelphia, PA www.hindmanauctions.com JUNE 26 Fine Art Auction Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers • Online www.shannons.com…
Frida Kahlo Exhibition An exhibition honoring the art of famed Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is set for early 2026 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in Texas. Celebrating Kahlo’s life and legacy, Frida: The Making of an Icon features over 30 works by Kahlo, as well as 120 additional works by artists that she inspired. This is the first major exploration of the artist’s transformation from a relatively unknown local painter to a universal icon and global brand. Departing from the traditional retrospective format, the exhibition revolves around a selection of Kahlo’s masterworks, memorabilia and documents from her archives. Digital Sargent catalog A digital catalog raisonné of John Singer Sargent: The Complete Paintings, by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, was recently released through the Paul Mellon Centre and A&AePortal.…
Kerry Bickford is the Brandywine River Museum of Art’s new associate curator, where she will help steward, present and interpret the museum’s permanent collection and develop new exhibitions. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art has appointed Charles Wylie as the museum’s curator of photography. Wylie joins the Carter from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, where he has served as the inaugural curator of photography and new media since 2016. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts recently announced Lea Stephenson as the museum’s next Kenneth R. Woodcock Curator of Historical American Art. In this role, Stephenson will work to strengthen the development, research, presentation and growth of PAFA’s renowned collection of historic American art. Shawn Yuan joins the Norton Museum of Art in Florida as its Elizabeth B.…
