A Bit More Detail

 The art and artists we champion

Long-Sharp Gallery (LSG) specializes in works on paper, multiples and drawings by modern and contemporary masters including Picasso, Miró, Francis, Frankenthaler, Gilliam, Warhol, Haring, Indiana, and Lichtenstein.

In addition, LSG is dedicated to a contemporary program that incorporates paintings, photography, and sculpture, as well as conceptual and multimedia art by a growing roster of regional, national, and international artists. The gallery exclusively represents in the U.S. or beyond an impressive roster of artists including the Estate of David Spiller, Cha Jong Rye, Julia Ibbini, Miriam Londoño, Lavett Ballard, Nicole Pietrantoni, Dale Enochs, Jason Myers, Sabina Klein, Spiller + Cameron, Amy Kirchner, Tamar Kander, and Patrick Hurst, among others.

Where we exhibit

Long-Sharp Gallery features a rigorous program that features international contemporary artists in solo and thematic exhibitions. These exhibits take place in our physical spaces in Indianapolis (Downtown, 1 N. Illinois Street, Suite A) and until December 2020 in New York (Midtown, 24 W. 57th Street, Suite 606) and in our dual-exhibition virtual space (Long-Sharp Gallery – Virtual). We also curate an innovative and award-winning art program (“Art Stays Here”) at Conrad Indianapolis; we invite you to learn more about this program and its rotating exhibition spaces devoted to artists creating in Indiana. The gallery also enjoys increased participation in top-level art fairs in the U.S. and Europe, affording the gallery's worldwide clients even greater access to the gallery’s growing inventory of important and innovative works. These art fairs include Masterpiece London, EXPO Chicago, and Art Miami.

Organizations to which we belong

We are honored to be a member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA).  We are a certified Woman's Business Enterprise (WBE), and a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).  Other organizations to which the gallery belongs may be found on our contact page.

Rhonda Long-Sharp, Owner, Ensuring Best Practices

After a successful 20+ year legal career defending prisoners on death row, art enthusiast and collector Rhonda Long-Sharp decided to formally pursue her passion for the arts.  As both a collector and gallerist, Long-Sharp specialized in post-war and contemporary multiples and works on paper.  Having fallen prey to some of the pitfalls in the world of secondary market fine art as a collector, Long-Sharp set out to champion ethical and transparent practices in a business which she views as collector-centric.  Long-Sharp Gallery warrants each work sold with extensive warranties as to condition and authenticity.  To that end, Long-Sharp Gallery subscribes to the "Best Practices" promoted by respected art organizations and advisory boards including the ADAA, the IFPDA, and Art Basel.

Clients and Staff

We are honored to count among our clients small and large museums, small businesses and large ones, experienced collectors and new art enthusiasts.

LSG is delighted to have as its small but mighty staff stand-up people with uncompromising ethics who love art.

A Lot More Detail: Gallery History

ModernMasters to Long-Sharp Gallery | Gallery timeline

With its origins in modern fine art prints, Long-Sharp Gallery began as a sole proprietorship doing business in Indiana in 2005 under the moniker ModernMasters Fine Art & Brokerage (MMFAB).  It incorporated as an LLC under that name in 2006 and operated exclusively in the virtual realm with a password-protected website until 2009.  MMFAB offered limited edition fine art prints by modern masters such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Marc Chagall, among others. The gallery used “e-catalogues” to display works for its private clients.

Between 2008 and 2011, Rhonda Long-Sharp opened and nurtured Indy Contemporary (IC).  Two requirements existed for an established artist to be considered for the IC roster: 1) the artist must have had an active practice in Indiana; and 2) the artist had to have studied with a master or have works in museum collections.  These requirements served to further the goal of IC –  to showcase the world-class nature of art being created in Indiana.  It was during this period that MMFAB/IC joined forces with Conrad Indianapolis to create its fine art program, featuring Indiana-based artists alongside blue chip artists such as Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.

In 2012, Rhonda Long-Sharp opened her first solo physical space in downtown Indianapolis; MMFAB and IC merged to become Long-Sharp Gallery.  Not surprisingly, a gallery space location adjacent to Conrad Indianapolis was selected.  The gallery publicly added blue chip contemporary names to its roster (such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein) while expanding its contemporary artists to those beyond Indiana’s borders.  Art fairs were added to the gallery’s program in 2011 (since then it has participated in over 50 fine art fairs in the U.S. and abroad) and by 2014 Long-Sharp Gallery was named one of the Top 500 Galleries in the World by Modern Painters Magazine.

LSG took on a five-year pop-up project space in New York City in December 2015 to expose its program and its artists to the New York art scene.  Operating in Midtown Manhattan, the “Long-Sharp Gallery New York Project Space” put on 25 exhibits in its first 5 years. With the end of its lease in December 2020, LSG elected to suspend exhibitions in New York in light of the pandemic and its impact on business there.

In 2017 LSG became a member of LAPADA (a London based organization for fine art and antique dealers). LSG’s first virtual exhibition room opened in 2018.  Six exhibits have taken place in cyberspace since that time.  In 2019, LSG debuted “SCULPT”, its large-scale sculpture program.  And, in 2020, Long-Sharp Gallery was honored to become a member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) and opened Long-Sharp Gallery-Virtual.

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