American Art Collector magazine has changed the way artists, galleries and collectors connect. It has closed the gap that previously existed in the traditional art market. Spectacular and instant SOLD! stories keep rolling in. Check out some of the highlights of the sales and connections achieved from the pages of our magazine and throughout the market.

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Highlights of the sales and connections achieved from the pages of American Art Collector

Prominently Displayed
Arcadia Contemporary in Pasadena, California, recently shared that the large-scale painting The Ex, by Patrick Kramer, found its new home in Texas. Kramer is recognized for his works that spin some of art history’s greatest paintings on their axis—many times they’re being scraped away or destroyed by other means. In this work, based around Grant Wood’s American Gothic, the woman next to the farmer is removed from the picture—hence the title. The Ex, which was featured in American Art Collector previously, was given a prominent display at its new location. The 6-inch wide frame only added to the grandeur of the 60-by-48-inch painting.

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Virtual Connection
Last year we launched our Online Exhibition Spaces where advertisers in the printed magazine can post additional works for sale for collectors to browse and acquire on our website. When Gallery Antonia in Chatham, Massachusetts, placed their ad in the July issue, they took advantage of this opportunity and shared paintings available in the gallery. One of the visitors to our website viewed the gallery’s space and ended up adding a new work to their collection.

Gallery owner Domonic Boreffi elaborates, “A watercolor by Bill Lane, titled Rain, Cirencester, England, sold...The client had seen it on the [Online Exhibition Space] on the American Art Collector website.”

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Straight from the Pages
In each issue of American Art Collector we preview a selection of upcoming gallery exhibitions, which allows collectors to find new works before shows open. The July issue included a preview for George Billis Gallery’s summer group exhibition in New York City that included artwork by Alex Roulette, Christopher Stott, Stephen Magsig and Peggie Blizard, to name a few.

One of the works featured in the article on the show was Blizard’s large-scale oil on canvas Winter Bouquets in Jars, measuring 30 by 40 inches. It caught the eye of one of our readers from Virginia who phoned the gallery to inquire about the work. After speaking with the gallery, the collector added the painting to their collection.

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Setting the Stage
With an unprecedented year due to the global health crisis, many galleries took to hosting online or hybrid exhibitions, such was the case for Vanessa Rothe Fine Art in Laguna Beach, California, when it hosted its Summer 2020 exhibition. The show, available online and in person on select days of the week or by appointment from August 1 through September 1, included paintings that evoked the qualities of beauty, light and color. Freshly imported Russian realism and impressionist works were also available to purchase, including The Ballerina by Andrei Pyonkovskii. This painting, which was included in American Art Collector’s August issue as part of a preview on the show, was recently purchased at the gallery.

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A Trio of Sales
The June issue of American Art Collector included a preview article for a new exhibition from husband-and-wife artists Aydemir Saidov and Marina Marina. The exhibition, which took place at Lotton Gallery in Chicago, included four paintings—two from each artist—and three of them found new buyers straightaway.

A collector from Philadelphia bought Marina’s Euphoria, image C, which was pictured in the magazine, as well as a second piece in the show, Saidov’s Reverie, image B. Christina Franzoso, Lotton Gallery director, says, “He wanted to buy a piece from the husband and a piece from the wife.”

Also drawn to Marina’s artwork was a new customer to the gallery, this time from Pittsburgh. The collector first spotted in-progress photos of Allure, image A, on the artist’s social media page and reached out to the gallery about the painting. Franzoso explains that the collector, “knowing it was going to be in the magazine and it would be gone, they ended up purchasing it.” The painting was Marina’s largest work released to the U.S. market. —

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