Innholdsfortegnelse for January/February 2023 i Fine Art Connoisseur

Light filters into an alpine forest as a gently flowing stream catches the sparkling light of afternoon. Painted from a plein air sketch, the radiance is captured in thick, textural strokes of vibrating color. BRAD TEARE discovered his love for thick paint at a Van Gogh exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. Fascinated by the impact of the paintings, Teare began exploring texture and now travels the west painting the landscape in glowing, rough-hewn color. PALACE AVE. GALLERY • 123 WEST PALACE AVENUE SANTA FE, NM 87501 • 505.986.0440 INFO@MANITOUGALLERIES.COM…

The TV chef and author Pati Jinich knows the recipe for making a home. “When you plant fruit trees on the land, build walls, and put art on those walls, it means you’ve found your home.” Just as Jinich is used to assembling the many ingredients for her dishes, so, too, is she adept at finding the right works for her home that aesthetically nourish her and her family. One of the ingredients that defines the home she shares in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with her husband and three children (who make occasional appearances on her PBS show, Pati’s Mexican Table) is Maximino Javier’s Hombres Cosechando (Men Harvesting), which hangs in the living room. Jinich, whose culinary expertise is itself an art form, was raised in a Mexico City household where…

33 CONTEMPORARY GALLERY January: Circle of Light: An online exhibition examining the use of the halo as a symbol in contemporary art February: Art Wynwood Miami, art fair participation BONNER DAVID GALLERIES January 26-February 13: Max Hammond February 13-March 13: Jane Jones Solo Show, New York, NY February 16-March 6: Joseph Lorusso March 9-27: Peregrine Heathcote March 30-April 18: Hunt Slonem, Scottsdale, AZ LAGUNA PLEIN AIR PAINTERS ASSOCIATION AND GALLERY March 2-April 3: 19th Annual Best of Plein Air Showcase June 1-September 25: “Kleitsch Inspired” Signature Showcase July 6-July 31: 17th Annual Less Is More Small Works Showcase September 7-October 16: LPAPA Invitational Art Catalog Showcase November 2-December 4: Ray Roberts Artist in Residence Solo Exhibition RJD GALLERY January 1-February 2: Elements: The People, Objects and Landscapes of Artwork February 3-March 5: Metamorphosis: The Spirit and Soul of Daniela Werneck November 10-December 31, 2023: BIG…

Catherine Murphy (b. 1946) considers herself an “observational painter,” not the photorealist that many of her works might suggest, nor the surrealist that other of her paintings might bring to mind. Perhaps even “observational painter” isn’t the correct term. “I once had a conversation with one of the old realist painters,” Murphy recalls, “and he said, ‘Well, you’re not really an observational painter because you make things bigger than life.’ And I said, ‘Okay.’” Still, she continues, “I call myself an observational painter. I don’t know if other people would, but I do always work from what I’m looking at.” So the more interesting questions may be, what is this 74-year-old artist looking at, and what does she see? But first, what do we see? Take the 1991 painting Persimmon,…

Home to the most comprehensive collection of PreRaphaelite art outside the United Kingdom, Wilmington’s Delaware Art Museum (“DelArt”) is the ideal institution to launch the U.S. tour of an important exhibition, A Marriage of Arts and Crafts: Evelyn & William De Morgan. On view there through February 19, this is the first retrospective anywhere focused on the art created by Evelyn Pickering De Morgan (1855-1919) and her husband, William Frend De Morgan (1839-1917). Five years in the making, it features more than 75 paintings, drawings, and decorative artworks drawn from the collection of the De Morgan Foundation in the U.K. The project has been co-organized by Sarah Hardy, curator of the De Morgan Museum, and Margaretta Frederick, DelArt’s curator emerita. William was already 15 when Evelyn was born, so it…

THE TOAST OF DENVER DENVER coorswesternart.com January 7—22 Featuring 74 artists from across America, Canada, and Europe, the 30th annual Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale will again tempt collectors with an eclectic mix of contemporary realist artworks capturing the Western way of life. This year’s featured artist is Dan Chen, who lives in Eugene, Oregon. On January 3, the ticketed red carpet opening reception will offer Coors patrons the privilege of seeing and buying exhibited artworks early. The exhibition’s net proceeds will support the National Western Scholarship Trust, which helps more than 100 college students annually pursue training in rural medicine, agriculture, and veterinary sciences. Coors curator Rose Fredrick is again hosting a series of free Zoom conversations that bring viewers into the fascinating studio environments of the show’s…

New York City thewintershow.org January 20-29 The 69th edition of The Winter Show will bring 68 dealers from around the world to the Park Avenue Armory. On offer will be art, antiques, and design dating from antiquity through today; each object will be vetted for authenticity by a committee of 120 experts. Proceeds from the opening night will benefit the East Side House Settlement, which serves residents of the Bronx and Northern Manhattan.…

When I was a child, I shared painting with my mother, Jeanne Rhoads. She placed a brush in my hands at an early age, and I have fond memories of sitting at the dining room table painting together. When I was 12, she surprised me with a portrait of me she had painted in an art class. Perhaps that experience inspired my passion for portraits, which we frequently commission for this magazine. My first trip to New York City, with my family for the 1964 World’s Fair, included a visit to the Frick Collection, where monumental, even swashbuckling, paintings sparked my youthful imagination. For the first time, I saw that paintings can come alive. My childhood dream of becoming an artist took a back seat to other interests. At age…

JANUARY January 1-February 2: Elements: The People, Objects and Landscapes of Artwork; RJD Gallery, Romeo, MI January: Circle of Light: An online exhibition examining the use of the halo as a symbol in contemporary art; 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL January 26-February 13: Max Hammond; Bonner David Galleries, New York, NY FEBRUARY February 3-March 5: Metamorphosis: The Spirit and Soul of Daniela Werneck; RJD Gallery, Romeo, MI February: Art Wynwood Miami, art fair participation; 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL February 13-March 13: Jane Jones Solo Show; Bonner David Galleries, New York, NY MARCH March 2-April 3:19th Annual Best of Plein Air Showcase; LPAPA Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA March 9-27: Peregrine Heathcote; Bonner David Galleries March 17-31: Brilliant Landscape, Plein Air Artists Josh Clare, Karl Thomas, Richard Murray; Southam Gallery, Cottonwood Heights, UT March 30-April 18:…

AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST Through September: Investigating Griffith Park February 11-March 26: Masters of the American West Exhibition and Sale May-June: Imagined Wests December 9-February 9, 2025: Reclaiming the Camino July 22, 2023-June 2024: Sherman Boarding School BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM March 24-25: Night of Artists; Opening Weekend Events: Celebration and Live Auction March 26-May 7: Night of Artists; Public Exhibition and Sale May 26-September 4: Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and Legacy of Elaine Horwitch; Opening Reception: May 25 September 28-January 22, 2024, Anouk Masson Krantz: “American Cowboys”; Opening Reception: September 27 BROOKGREEN GARDENS MUSEUM Long Term: Sculpture from the Brookgreen Collection; Portico Gallery Long Term: Waccamaw Neck Memories; Holmes Gallery January 29-April 23: Rodin: Contemplation and Dreams — Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections May 13-July 23: American Women Artists Exhibition; The Rosen Galleries August 5-October 29: The…

Every young child draws, without prompting or hesitation, so how sad is it that draftsmanship ebbs away from most of us during adolescence? In adulthood, drawing can help us not only to dream, experiment, and plan, but also to see our world more clearly and deeply, to take something complex and break it apart into something manageable. When we slow down to study something long enough to draw it, we begin to understand it, and ultimately to control its impact on us. These are all powerful, self-affirming reasons to draw, and so we salute the artists represented here for doing so in such fresh and memorable ways. They have created their works primarily with graphite (pencil), and also with charcoal, sanguine, ink, gouache, acrylic, pastel, and even gold leaf. Drawing…

Last September, the eager citizens of Antwerp, Belgium, saw the doors of their largest art museum swing open for the first time in 11 years. Pause to consider that some of this great port city’s adolescent residents are now exploring one of its cultural landmarks for the first time in their lives. In fact, the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA, or Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp) will feel new even to those who once knew it well. Dikkie Scipio of the firm KAAN Architecten led the $105 million renovation of the 1890 structure, which included converting its historic courtyards into indoor galleries, a strategy that has added 40 percent more exhibition space. That growth is especially critical because, with 8,400 pieces, KMSKA holds the largest art collection…

Santa Fe sorrelsky.com February Sorrel Sky Gallery is exhibiting recent works by two New Mexico artists, plein air landscape painter Peggy Immel and sculptor Star Liana York. Immel believes “the ‘why’ of a painting matters more than the ‘what.’The most exciting pieces have both a visual and philosophical foundation.” York is best known for her bronzes of Native people of the Southwest. “When a character emerges from a work I am sculpting,” she explains, “I feel touched at a deeply intimate, subconscious level.”…

New Haven britishart.yale.edu through January 22 The Yale Center for British Art is presenting six large works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Born in Nigeria, Crosby came to the U.S. in 1999 to study. Now she is based in Los Angeles, where this show will appear next at the Huntington Library, Art Museum & Botanical Gardens (February 15-June 12). This is the third and final exhibition in a series curated by author Hilton Als in collaboration with the Center; earlier editions highlighted Lynette YiadomBoakye (2019) and Celia Paul (2018). Toledo toledomuseum.org through February 5 The Toledo Museum of Art is offering a rare glimpse of artworks largely off public view for the last several decades. The paintings, sculpture, metalwork, textiles, and works on paper in the exhibition State of the Art:…

ONGOING FROM 2022 Through February 6: From Glass to Paper: The Harvey Littleton Printmaking Legacy; Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI Through May 14: Dreams & Memories; Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT Through September: Investigating Griffith Park; Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA Through March 19: The Rise of Print: Rembrandt & Company: Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI Through March 12: Norwood Viviano: Re-Cast Cities; Muskegon Museum of Art Long Term: Sculpture from the Brookgreen Collection; Portico Gallery, Brookgreen Gardens Museum, Murrells Inlet, SC Long Term: Waccamaw Neck Memories; Holmes Gallery, Brookgreen Gardens Museum, Murrells Inlet, SC JANUARY January 3-April 22: Hidden Histories: Ancient Art from the Permanent Collections; Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR January 7-February 25: Broad Spectrum: Contemporary Quilts; traveling, with MAGDA…

Editor’s Note: In celebration of Fine Art Connoisseur’s 20th anniversary, we invited our esteemed colleague Milȩne J. Fernández to consider, in her own words, the state of contemporary realist art today. It is a bit daunting to survey the lay of the land of America’s realist art world, and of course I can offer only a glimpse based on my own observations. Having said that, I am delighted to highlight here some of the trends, people, and venues holding my attention at this time. I hope this summary will give you some impetus to seek out the artworks that resonate most with you. BEAUTY IS IN THE AIR Before I started writing this, I called my friend Victoria Herrera. She’s known for her gigantic paintings of luminous hibiscus flowers, as…

DRAWN TO EXCELLENCE NINETEENTH CENTURY FRENCH DRAWINGS Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland clevelandart.org, gilesltd.com January 20—June 11 Since its opening in 1916, one of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s key collections has been its trove of French drawings from the 19th century. Made by almost 50 different artists, they range from preparatory graphite sketches to pastels finished for public display. On view this season is a temporary exhibition of highlights, new research on which has just been published in a 200-page catalogue produced by D Giles Limited, London. In 19th-century France, drawing evolved from a means of artistic training into an independent medium with rich potential for exploration and experimentation. A variety of materials became available to artists — such as commercially fabricated chalks, pastels, and specialty papers — encouraging…

This past September, Gallery Antonia (Chatham, Massachusetts) organized an auction to benefit the Animal Rescue League of Boston & Cape Cod. Several gallery artists generously donated their works, including William R. Davis, Ann Hart, Ginny Nickerson, and Kim Roderiques. In October, the Delaware Art Museum opened the touring exhibition A Marriage of Arts & Crafts’. Evelyn & William De Morgan. On hand to celebrate were its guest co-curator Sarah Hardy of England’s De Morgan Museum (left) and New York artist Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso,who has painted an imagined portrait of Evelyn De Morgan. In November, members and friends of New York City’s Salmagundi Club gathered to salute its former Chairman Tim Newton, for his outstanding service over many years. During the President’s Dinner, he received the club’s medal of honor, given…