A bird’s eye view of the 2023 Reno Tahoe International Art Show. Photo by Jared Emerson.

Reno Tahoe International Art Show
The second edition of the Reno Tahoe International Art Show (RTIA Show), held September 14 to 17, concluded a year of tremendous growth for the young fair. With double the footprint of the inaugural event, as well as new and expanded features including one of the largest sculptural presentations in the country, Art City Invitationals and unique community engagement, the RTIA Show exceeded expectations. Exhibitor applications are now open for the show's third edition, returning to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center September 12 to 15, 2024. The show will occupy a much larger 121,000-square-foot hall and feature an 18,000-square-foot Sculpture Walk, two museum exhibitions and unique design vignettes featuring collectible cars, bespoke furniture, sculpture and select 2D artworks, all available for purchase. The grand prize winner of the Reno Creative Movement Award for the 2023 show went to Julia Schwadron Marianelli, a local Tahoe painter.

Sonya Clark, The Hair Craft Project: Hairstyles on Canvas, 2013, silk threads, beads, shells and yarn on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection, Frederick Brown Fund, Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, and Helen and Alice Colburn Fund.

Sonya Clark at High Museum
The traveling exhibition Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other is currently on view at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, through February 18. The museum notes, “For 30 years, multidisciplinary artist Sonya Clark has focused her work on the African diaspora in the United States to confront, elucidate and reframe its history.” Within her mixed media practice, the artist often uses common fiber materials like yarn, flags and found fabric, as well as items like beads and shells. The museum continues, “In her work, craft and community are intertwined; her participatory projects promote new collective encounters across racial, gender, and socioeconomic divisions.”

A view of MACK 939 at Webber in Los Angeles, California. Courtesy MACK and Webber at 939.

Art gallery reading room
MACK 939 is a new reading room opening within contemporary art gallery Webber at its Los Angeles location on 939 S. Santa Fe Avenue. The reading room is a collaboration with London-based book publisher MACK, with the goal of cultivating “a lively [program] of events and exhibitions [that] contributes to the burgeoning culture and community of downtown Los Angeles.” The reading room was designed by renowned British/Dutch architect, Alex de Rijke, and is now open to the public.

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State in Pennsylvania.

Palmer Museum receives Art Bridges grant
The national non-profit Art Bridges Foundation has awarded Pennsylvania-based Palmer Museum of Art $168,000 from the Art Bridges Foundation through its new Access for All grant initiative. The funding will help cover the expense of offering extended evening hours one night per week when the new Palmer Museum of Art reopens in spring 2024. A three-year funding initiative,  Access for All strives to increase access at museums across the country as well as foster closer engagement with the local community.

Del-Bourree Bach, Green Acres, acrylic, 7 x 9” Estimate: $1,1/1,800 SOLD: $1,800

Fall Auctions at Salmagundi Club
The prestigious Salmagundi Club held two auctions this fall. The first session took place on Thursday, October 19, and the other the following week on Thursday, October 26. Highlights from the October 19 session include Del-Bourree Bach’s acrylic Green Acres, which sold for $1,800, hitting its high estimate. Another top lot was Joseph P. Grieco’s Flurries on Fifth Ave. (Pierre Hotel), which bested its $1,200 high estimate when it achieved $1,500. Among the highlights in the October 26 session are an oil by Deborah Leber titled Monet’s table that reached $3,200 against a presale estimate of $1,500 to $2,500, as well as Carole Teller’s Jefferson Market courthouse that broke past its $1,000 high estimate when it sold for $1,500. —