Collecting: Art and Wine

As with many finer things available to us today, fine art collecting should be an enjoyable process that broadens your sensibility about the world and your place in it. Art enriches your living or work environments. While everyone needs a place to live and should have room for art, fine art is something to cherish much like a fine bottle of wine. In fact, a great wine resource that we have found is Kyle O’Donnell with Riverside Wine Merchants located in Edgewater, New Jersey.

When asked about the similarities of fine art and wine collecting, O’Donnell stated: “If at a cocktail party, both collectors (READ FULL ARTICLE)

Kathy Sullivan featured by Kentucky distiller

GALLERY M fine artist Kathy Sullivan is increasingly known for her works related to thoroughbred racing. TheWoodford reserve Derby Bottle recognizes the enthusiasm for racing, art and small batch bourbons by featuring 3 of Sullivan's works on the commemorative bottle.

Mutual Funds for Art as an investment

Investing in fine art is taboo at GALLERY M. Yet it is possible for high net worth individuals to put their money to work in a recent breed of sector funds referred to as Fine Art Mutual Funds. For a good overview, consider reading why ABN-AMRO in 2005 dropped out of this particular sector. Art Funds Struggling - Forbes.com

Is art more popular than oil?

At least in one spot in the world, art surpasses drugs, health, oil and even food. This is according to the 30 day running totals compiled by the "grey lady" of news, The New York Times. While many journals, magazines and papers cover fine art, the obvious reason is that New York continues to remain a premier destination for the arts. Sure liberal readership has typically turned to the NYT for direction. What would happen if the search result would actually be converted offline; demand for art exceeded other necessities?

Andrew Wyeth First TV interview

Andrew Wyeth had a wonderful interview this morning on TV. It was reported to be the first interview ever that Wyeth has given to TV. He is now 88 or 89 and has been married over 60 years. He still recoils at the critics calling his work too sentimental, etc.

Even today, the critics are calling his father, N.C., only an illustrator. He said that he often will sneak into a museum holding a retrospective of his work to look at the walls. He said that afterall these are part of his very being. He says that he never lets anyone in his studio nor will he show his work until it is done. He said that his father was a huge critic of his work, sometimes making him cry from the criticism. When his father died, he said, his wife took over the role of critic. For this reason, he said, he did the Helga series in secret for 15 years. He didn't want any criticism and just wanted to paint the way he felt without interference.

His retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art is, I think, open to the public now. I hope to see this soon, because Alfred Eisenstaedt took a fabulous photograph of Andrew Wyeth's Bed in 1965 in Cushing, ME. Only a few were printed and signed during Eisenstaedt's life. Only a few remain for collecting, but GALLERY M has them available.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir to be featured at GALLERY M

On May 5-7, GALLERY M will bring a unique group of impressionist fine art to Denver including works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Unlike other collections of impressionists works that remain available, the fine art by Renoir, Cassat, Manet, Pissaro, Cezanne, Gauguin and other Master Impressionists featured during this special show have been carefully validated and authenticated through our connections with each artists family and/or estates. One member, Alexandre Renoir, will be present to discuss with collectors the impact of impressionism and show how his own body of works has absorbed his great grandfather's influences. GALLERY M's director felt it was important to make these works available to collectors, especially with the focus on Denver's anticipated opening of the Extension to the Denver Art Museum created by Daniel Libeskind. For details on the show, hop over to gallerym.com.