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Wise Words: Interview Magazine Owner Peter Brant on the New “Renaissance” in American Art
May 14th, 2014
Courtesy of Artnet, today we are enjoying a new interview with Peter Brant, who owns several art magazines and millions in his artwork collection. The interview center’s around Mr. Brant’s foundation, as well as his relationship with Andy Warhol.
25 Art World Women at the Top
April 23rd, 2014
Courtesy of ArtNet. For centuries, the art world and art market were dominated by men—just look at Giorgio Vasari’s The Lives of the Artists, or, more recently, Jonathan Jones’s all-male list of the greatest artworks ever—but that’s beginning to change. Women now occupy top positions in every sector of the art world, and though they […]
Spring Has Sprung — New Works by N. Mather
April 20th, 2014
The lively, vibrantly colored paintings of Nathaniel Mather are a welcome delivery to Gallery MAR this week. We have been fortunate to work with this painter and collage artist for nearly two years now, and truly enjoy sharing his uplifting works.
Park City Olympic Parade, 2014
April 6th, 2014
Yes, the Olympics concluded a month and a half ago. But, when you consider that many of the athletes had media tours, World Cup seasons to finish, video shoots to do in Austria, trips to Bosnia, a visit with President Obama at the White House and various other post-Olympic activities to attend, getting all the hometown Olympians in one place on the same day is a small miracle.
Updates are BIG at the Kimball Art Center
March 9th, 2014
Written by Bridgette Meinhold, For Inhabitat.com The Kimball Art Center has been a fixture on Main Street in Park City since 1976 and has long provided space for art exhibitions, education and events, especially the Sundance Film Festival held every January. However, the historic building does not provide enough space to meet the non-profits goals […]
New Paintings by Fred Calleri
February 16th, 2014
We met Fred Calleri over five years ago, and have been exhibiting his paintings ever since. From the first few small cowboys and skiers to the large-scale commissions that he paints for us today, we have enjoyed an incredible breadth of work from this talented artist.
In the Spirit of the Games…
February 14th, 2014
We’re cheering for all the Park City and U.S. Olympians competing right now in Sochi with the arrival of this wonderful new painting from Vermont artist Rebecca Kinkead. “Flight” arrives just in time to capture the spirit of the Games. You’ll notice that the ski jumper depicted here is a female, which only compounds the […]
Did You See that Bit about the “Racist Chair”?
January 30th, 2014
According to Jonathan Jones, blogger for The Guardian, Bjarne Melgaard’s black woman in the shape of a chair – as seen in the now-notorious photoshoot of Roman Abramovich’s girlfriend Dasha Zhukova – has been totally misunderstood. Did you see the photo? It made the Internet rounds on January 20th, which happens to be Martin Luther […]
New Series From Jylian Gustlin
January 23rd, 2014
MAGICUS QUADRATUS by Jylian Gustlin at Gallery MAR In her Magicus Quadratus series, Jylian Gustlin uses visual lines as a metaphor. The tens place is represented by thicker lines and the thinner lines are representing the ones place. In a “magic square,” every direction of each column and row adds up to the same number. In […]
Film and the Fine Arts
January 12th, 2014
With the Sundance Film Festival fast approaching, film is on our minds. There has always been an interesting dialogue between the cinema and the fine arts, with the boundary between the two categories often blurred and traversed. In recent years, director Steve McQueen embodies this ambiguity perhaps best of all.