High Art Meets High Fashion at Art Miami
In its 9th year at Art Miami, Long-Sharp Gallery will present works by Andy Warhol that focus on fashion and his relationships with fashion icons of the time. This “Focus on Fashion” will expand beyond Warhol’s drawings and photographs; mother and daughter-owned Long-Sharp Gallery is delighted to collaborate with fashion houses located in South Florida, founded by top women designers. Look for new fashion by JBQ the Label (Miami-based mother and daughter Maria and Sydney Strauss) and The House of Perna (eponymous brand founded by Amanda Perna, featured on Project Runway, VOGUE, Harper’s Bazaar). Designers from both houses will be onsite at the Art Miami opening in Booth AM526.
David Spiller at Treasure House
Long-Sharp Gallery will return to the Treasure House fair on the South Grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea this summer; don't miss fresh-to-the-market works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Mel Bochner and - this year only - David Spiller.
Ten Inspiring Arts Writers + Scholars
This month, we asked members of our team to share a few of their favorite arts writers, curators, and movers-and-shakers in the art business. Below are the results of that query - an amalgamation of resources, personalities, and insights from our team about their selections. We hope you enjoy browsing this list as much as we enjoyed creating it.
IFPDA Print Fair Review: Jumping Off the Page
Long-Sharp Gallery is privileged to be exhibiting at the IFPDA's 30th annual fair. What an honor it is to exhibit alongside many of the great champions of printmaking, and thanks to Brian Kelly at the Wall Street Journal for his in-depth coverage of this fair.
“sculptHER” at the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden
sculptHER, an exhibition celebrating four women sculptors from four different countries at American female sculptor Ann Norton's eponymous sculpture garden. Sculptures featured in the exhibit will consist of one of two mediums, paper or wood, each created by the esteemed Cha Jong Rye (South Korea), Miriam Londoño (Colombia), Nicole Pietrantoni (USA/Prague), and Julia Ibbini (Jordan/UK).
Aspire - Contemporary art exhibition by artist Wayne Warren The Commandery, Worcester
Butterflies and angels are taking over The Commandery in an exhibition filled with hope and aspiration. Aspire opens at The Commandery on Saturday 1 April and runs until Sunday 3 September 2023.
The artworks have been created by contemporary artist Wayne Warren in response to the beautiful Commandery building and it’s amazing one-thousand-year history. The artworks represent aspirations, dreams, and ambitions. Visitors can follow the trail of artworks around The Commandery, and take a selfie in front of huge angel wings in the historic Great Hall.
Lavett Ballard's Work Featured on TIME Magazine for a Second Time
Artwork by Lavett Ballard has been chosen for the cover of TIME Magazine, now for the second time. According to Victor Williams, TIME Magazine's Art Director: "For a corresponding visual narrative to accompany a new piece by Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, TIME turned to artist Lavett Ballard, to create a cover that would—like Wilkerson’s work—present a challenge to the reader and to America: How did we arrive at this moment, a moment when the barriers to equality in America are so clear? And what is the way forward?”
Arts Publications – IYDKYS [if you don’t know, you should]
In honor of this year’s exhibit focused on paper, Front Page, we have rounded up some of our favorite reads — especially those with a love for paper as a medium. Check them out and get an extra to share with a friend.
Patrick Hurst Included in Incollect's 14 Outstanding Artworks from Art Miami 2022
Following Art Miami 2022, Incollect released their 14 Outstanding Artworks to Embellish Any Interior, and Patrick Hurst’s We Are Water was included in the lineup.
Gainbridge Fieldouse gifts sculpture by Dale Enochs to musician Andrea Bocelli
In celebration of Andrea Bocelli’s first-ever performance in Indiana, Pacers Sports Entertainment worked with Hoosier artist Dale Enochs to create a gift to present to the globally-renowned Italian tenor.
Móyòsórè “Moyo” Martins featured in New York Magazine’s Curbed “Great Rooms”
In her November "Great Rooms" feature (a visual diary series), Wendy Goodman takes a tour of Móyòsórè “Moyo” Martins's studio.
“Front Page”: Read All About It!
Front Page made headlines this month. From local Indianapolis news to national publications, Front Page has been the talk of town, no matter where you are. Check out the ways our artists have been highlighted and celebrated.
Designers + Projects We Love
Designers help create space for the works we love sharing with our patrons. Most recently, we’ve come across several projects we can’t stop admiring. We hope you enjoy browsing this list as much as we enjoyed creating it.
Podcasts We Love
Check out a few our of favorite podcasts and episodes from each of them. Read about them.
Patrick Hurst at Masterpiece London
Patrick Hurst’s “We Are Water” debuts at Masterpiece London 2022; click to learn more about his work and interview with the fair (courtesy of The Royal Bank of Canada) .
Lavett Ballard's Solo Exhibition Featured on WTHR
Thanks to Jalea Brooks of WTHR for coming out to check out Lavett Ballard's solo exhibition - check out the interview here! Ballard's exhibit will remain in the gallery until March 26.
Patrick Hurst's Sculpture in the Permanent Collection of Sugar Beach, St. Lucia
Patrick Hurst's This is Water has made its permanent home in St. Lucia, reflecting the breathtaking landscape of Sugar Beach (A Viceroy Resort). Congratulations to the amazing team at Sugar Beach for their acquisition, and thank you for sharing the photos with us!
Patrick Hurst and Dale Enochs included in artnet's curated UN50 Penthouse
New York’s '“United Nations Plaza” architecture and design foci are almost so pristine as to appear unreal. Artnet took this stunning backdrop and added their curatorial eye, choosing works that were intended to reflect the simplicity, elegance, and grandeur of the space. Read more here, and inquire with us for additional works by Patrick Hurst and Dale Enochs, whose amazing sculptures so perfectly complement these views.
Long-Sharp Gallery featured at Eye of the Collector
Thanks to Gareth Harris of The Art Newspaper and Naomi Rea of artnet for their coverage of London's inaugural fair, Eye of the Collector. Congratulations to Spiller + Cameron for a sell-out show!
Long-Sharp Gallery Adds Warhol Photography
While Long-Sharp Gallery has long been a champion of works by Andy Warhol, we’ve just added a new Warhol “section” to his artist page. This section involves Warhol’s photography.
Andy Warhol was always intent on recording the world around him. In the 1950s, this record consisted of sketches from the sketchbook Warhol was rarely seen without. As early as the 1960s (as well as the 70s and 80s), he began using cameras as a means of capturing his surroundings – first a polaroid camera, and then a treasured 35mm compact Minox.
He called his camera “his date”; it is thought that the camera acted as a tool – it allowed Warhol to engage with the world from behind a barrier, behind a lens.
In addition to capturing Warhol’s daily life (everything from friends to foods, from fashion trends to piles of city trash), the polaroids were used as a part of Warhol’s artistic process. Most often when creating his famed celebrity portraits, Warhol would first take several polaroid photos of the subject before making the move to canvas.
Explore our new Warhol Photography section and return often to see what we’ve added from our photography inventory.
Highlights from LSG’s Andy Warhol Exhibit
Our exhibition of Andy Warhol drawings from the 1950s "Andy Warhol: A Survey of Portrait and Figurative Drawings from the 1950's", is on in Long-Sharp Gallery [Indianapolis] through September. If you can’t join us in the gallery, feel free to check out the Indy Star article by Lilly St. Angelo, Abby Gardner’s article for Indy Maven, and additional reasons to love the exhibit from artnet!
Sylvestre Gauvrit Debuts Commissioned Sculpture in Bermuda
Sylvestre Gauvrit's "Princesse des Airs" commission was unveiled this week at Hamilton Princess & Beach Club* in Bermuda. "Princesse de Airs" was installed at nearly 10 feet tall and weighing in at 661 pounds. View photos and catch up on the excitement…Read more.
Enochs sculpting large piece for art museum grounds
Corey McMaken reports for The Journal Gazette: Dale Enochs is commissioning a sculpture for the Fort Wayne Museum of Art's 100th anniversary. The 17-foot tall sculpture will include a 3,600-pound base made of Indiana limestone and an aluminum sculpture weighing about 2,000 pounds. It will be installed on Main Street on museum grounds. Read more.
RCBC Alum Created TIME Magazine Cover Reimagining Rosa Parks
In January 2020, Lavett Ballard was approached by D.W. Pine (creative director of TIME Magazine), who was selecting covers for TIME's 100 Women of the Year. Each cover featured a representative woman/group from the last 100 years, and Pine hoped to utilize Ballard's depiction of Rosa Parks. The artist shared: "I used Rosa as the centerpiece because she was the one who was able to bring the movement to fruition. I also used images of the buses, of people standing outside waiting, of people walking, and yellow roses to represent freedom.”
Lavett Ballard in Artnet
Designer, activist, and artist Malene Barnett shared some insight with artnet this week, including some of her favorite artworks - one of which was created by Lavett Ballard. Read more about why she chose Ballard's work and how Barnett's "design work is transforming the art world at large".
Image: Hey Black Child © Lavett Ballard
Lavett Ballard in Daily Art Magazine
Maïa Heguiaphal at Daily Art Magazine recently covered Lavett Ballard and her stunning artwork. According to the author, “[t]he choice of a fence as a canvas is quite significant. Usually, we use fences to keep people from each other or to lock them up. Here, [Lavett Ballard] exploits those common meanings and exceeds them to use the fences as expressive supports."
Be sure to read the full article, and check out Lavett’s solo exhibit in Long-Sharp Gallery | Virtual.
David Spiller Landscapes Exhibit on Artnet
Artnet most recently highlighted current exhibits in Long-Sharp Gallery | Virtual: David Spiller | There are Places I Remember and Christmas Land. Both exhibits feature works by the late artist that have not been exhibited in over a decade.
The article shares that, "David Spiller is best known for his graphic, saturated cartoon-like tableaux, each with his signature color 'dots' floating across the surface." Along with the virtual exhibit, audio tours, video components, e-Catalogues and printed catalogues are available on request.
Long-Sharp Gallery and Galerie Myrtis announce joint representation of Lavett Ballard
Two woman-owned, established galleries join forces to promote artist Lavett Ballard, the emerging artist whose portrait of Rosa Parks made the cover of TIME Magazine in March 2020.
As of October 2020, Lavett Ballard appears on the lists of represented artists at both Long-Sharp Gallery (Indianapolis | New York) and Galerie Myrtis (Baltimore).
Visit the artist's page on our website (containing a few select works, a bio, and CV) and stay tuned for her solo exhibition opening in Long-Sharp Gallery Virtual later this month.
Image: Who’s Your Mama? © Lavett Ballard
Sculpture of Scale on Artnet News
Sculpture of Scale opened in our Indianapolis gallery in September of 2020 - the exhibit features indoor and outdoor sculpture by 12 contemporary artists from across the globe. Read more via Artnet News, and email info@longsharpgallery.com for an e-catalogue of works featured in the exhibit.
At the FWMoA — "Static Energy: Sculpture by Dale Enochs"
Static Energy: Sculpture by Dale Enochs opened at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in September of 2020. This solo exhibition of Enoch's works spans his decades-long career, and includes maquettes as well as larger-than-life sculptures. The artist will host a discussion from the museum's Facebook page on October 15th (7:00pm EST), also accessible via Facebook Live.
This exhibition is curated by Elizabeth Kilmer (Exhibition Content Coordinator) and Amanda Shepard (Vice President & COO) at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art and is supported by a grant from the Edna Foundation Fund.