An Exclusive Viewing of a Remarkable Discovery: Agnes Pelton’s “Purple Star Icon”

Participants in IAC’s upcoming American Art Conference will enjoy an exclusive viewing of Heritage Auctions’ upcoming American Art sale featuring an exceptionally important work by Agnes Pelton, “Purple Star Icon,” an extraordinary example of Pelton’s transcendental abstractions. Conceived in 1936 and completed ca. 1939 – 1940, “Purple Star Icon” was known only through archival records until now and is one of only four such transcendental

An Exclusive Viewing of a Remarkable Discovery: Agnes Pelton’s “Purple Star Icon”2024-05-06T15:36:13-04:00

Speakers at Multiple Modernities, IAC’s 28th American Art Conference

At Multiple Modernities (May 9 – 11 in NYC), an impressive gathering of speakers will explore the synchronicity of modern expressions and movements in American art. This multiplicity—which can be traced to changes in perception of what constituted art, the forms it could take and how and by whom it might be created—is the focus of IAC’s 28th annual American Art Conference.  To register, and

Speakers at Multiple Modernities, IAC’s 28th American Art Conference2024-04-26T15:27:59-04:00

IAC Featured in American Fine Art Magazine!

IAC’s forthcoming 28th annual American Art Conference Multiple Modernities will explore manifestations and meanings of the modern in American art from the late 19th through the mid-20th century through talks, panels, conversations, and private events. We are grateful to American Fine Art Magazine for featuring a preview about our upcoming event taking place May 9-11 in New York City at Heritage Auctions. IAC is delighted

IAC Featured in American Fine Art Magazine!2024-03-13T16:41:53-04:00

Congratulating Nancy Koenigsberg

Congratulations to IAC president, Lisa Koenigsberg's mother, Nancy Koenigsberg, whose exhibition at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery will open on February 1. Nancy is an accomplished mixed media artist, most known for her tactile woven, knotted, and crocheted wire sculptures. The show will run through March, 16 2024. We hope to see you there! To view more of Nancy’s work, visit https://www.nancykoenigsberg.com/

Congratulating Nancy Koenigsberg2024-03-12T13:56:38-04:00

Congratulating Shiqing Deng and Ruth Dealy!

We congratulate Shiqing Deng,  winner of the third Bennett Prize and Ruth Dealy, winner of the inaugural Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt Prize for Achievement in Figurative Realism presented at the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Michigan. And we salute Steven Alan Bennett and Elaine Melotti Schmidt for their commitment to promoting women figurative painters and their work. Themselves collectors of figurative paintings of women

Congratulating Shiqing Deng and Ruth Dealy!2024-03-12T13:58:07-04:00

Save the Date for Multiple Modernities! IAC’s 28th Annual American Art Conference, May 9 – 11, 2024, New York City

Initiatives in Art and Culture’s 28th Annual American Art Conference, Multiple Modernities, will take place at Heritage Auctions at 56th and Park Avenue in New York City, May 9 – 11. Conference participants will be guests of The American Art Fair's invitation-only Gala Preview.  

Save the Date for Multiple Modernities! IAC’s 28th Annual American Art Conference, May 9 – 11, 2024, New York City2024-03-12T14:03:12-04:00

Honoring Labor Day

John Neagle. Pat Lyon at the Forge, 1829. Oil on canvas, unframed: 94½ x 68½ in. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of the Lyon Family, 1842.1. Declared by Congress in 1894, the first Monday in September honors the nation’s workers and their contributions to the wellbeing of the country. Its roots are seen to date to the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.

Honoring Labor Day2023-11-21T18:22:06-05:00

Heritage Auctions Welcomes IAC’s 13th International Gold + Diamond Conference

Grateful to Heritage Auctions for a spectacular kickoff reception which featured welcoming remarks from Roberta Kramer (Vice President - Strategy and Business Development at Heritage Auctions). Key to the evening was lively conversation with friends and colleagues reuniting, and new relationships being formed.

Heritage Auctions Welcomes IAC’s 13th International Gold + Diamond Conference2023-11-21T18:23:57-05:00

Nancy Koenigsberg’s Works on View: Space Galleries, Denver, CO — March 16 – April 15, 2023

Supporting Lisa's Koenigsberg's extraordinary mother whose work will be shown along with that of five other artists at a group show at Space Galleries in Denver, CO. Seven pieces of Koenigsberg's work will be on exhibit, March 16 - April 15, 2023. Nancy Koenigsberg is a full time artist and maintains a studio in NYC. Her work uses a variety of textile techniques – weaving,

Nancy Koenigsberg’s Works on View: Space Galleries, Denver, CO — March 16 – April 15, 20232023-04-14T13:30:50-04:00

Fresh off the Presses: “Cut, Cast, Carved and Coupled” Published in American Fine Arts Magazine

IAC's founder and president, Lisa Koenigsberg, has published an article in American Fine Arts Magazine derived from the proceedings of the 2022 American Art Conference, Cut, Cast, Carved and Coupled: Perspectives on Women in American Art. To read the full article, visit: https://www.americanfineartmagazine.com/issues To watch individual sessions from our 27th Annual American Art Conference visit: https://artinitiatives.com/cut-cast-carved-and-coupled-iacs-27th-annual-american-art-conference/ Mark your calendars for IAC’s 28th Annual American Art

Fresh off the Presses: “Cut, Cast, Carved and Coupled” Published in American Fine Arts Magazine2023-04-14T10:11:21-04:00

In Celebration of Women’s History Month: Florine Stettheimer

Florine Stettheimer (1871 – 1944) is an American artist best known for her four monumental and symbolic works featuring what she considered New York City's "Cathedrals": Broadway, Wall Street, Fifth Avenue, and the Metropolitan Museum. An American modernist, Stettheimer was a feminist, theatrical designer, poet, and salonnière. Her fanciful theatrical painting style was characterized by a striking palette and often included depictions of her friends

In Celebration of Women’s History Month: Florine Stettheimer2024-03-13T16:13:20-04:00

Portraits of Power: The Work of Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald

Portraiture has often been used to visually convey a subject's power using stylistic devices and references to wealth, rank, status, and to the tradition of works that precede them. Portraits have for millennia underscored the rank, privilege, and office of their subjects in political, ecclesiastical, mercantile, and cultural life. Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley have distinct approaches to portraiture while simultaneously addressing core themes of

Portraits of Power: The Work of Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald2023-04-17T15:57:50-04:00
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