Joy at Multiple Modernities
Joy from the first day of our 28th Annual American Art Conference, Multiple Modernities!
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
American Fine Art Magazine Feature on IAC’s Multiple Modernities
A preview of IAC’s upcoming American Art Conference, Multiple Modernities, May 9 – 11, 2024, appeared in American Fine Art Magazine’s May/June 2024 Issue. Commenting on the program, Lisa Koenigsberg, founder and president of IAC, observed: “It’s an extraordinary gathering of people coming together with all different perspectives and points of view and various approaches to that pesky word ‘modern'.” Also discussed is the cross-disciplinary
Remembering Faith Ringgold
“If one can, anyone can, all you gotta do is try.” Initiatives in Arts and Culture is deeply saddened by the passing of Faith Ringgold, a superb American multi-media artist perhaps best known for her narrative quilts. Today, during Passover, we honor her profound commitment to social change and communicating her convictions, messages made manifest in her artistic, educational, and activist work. We were honored
“Line and Shadow”: Nancy Koenigsberg’s Work on View at Nancy Hoffman Gallery
A warm congratulations to Lisa’s mother, Nancy Koenigsberg, for her successful exhibition at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery (February 1 – March 16, 2024). Known for her tactile woven, knotted, crocheted, or otherwise manipulated sculptural works using various weights and colors of copper, steel, and aluminum wire, Koenigsberg was made a fellow of the American Craft Council in 2022. To view more of Nancy’s work, visit
Looking Back on the American Art Conference
As we count down the days to IAC's 28th Annual American Art Conference, we have been looking back at previous American Art Conferences where scholarship, joy, community, and discovery coalesced: wonderful memories and lasting connections made! We hope you will join us for our upcoming American Art Conference. Multiple Modernities, Thurs. - Sat., May 9– 11, 2024. Clockwise from upper left: Fred Hill, partner, CollisArt and
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
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
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 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
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.
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.
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.
Multiple Modernities: The Modern, Modernity, and Modernism in American Art
See IAC President and Founder Lisa Koenigsberg’s recent article, "Multiple Modernities," in American Fine Art Magazine. To read the full article, visit: https://www.americanfineartmagazine.com/issues/69
International Sculpture Day
The last Saturday of the month, April 29th, is International Sculpture Day (ISDAY)! In honor of this day, IAC highlights three American women sculptors: Ruth Asawa, Simone Leigh, and Rose B. Simpson.
