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Charleston Art Gallery Receives Top Global Recognition from TripAdvisor
Here's some good news to share today. Thank you to our local press for sharing this: A beloved Charleston gallery has once again been recognized on the world stage. After...
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Has the Art World Finally Turned on Gimmick?
The recent headlines around Dan Colen’s canvas Holy Shit—a work that saw a "jaw-dropping 96% drop in value" at auction according to ArtNews—feel like more...
Art Gallery owners 2025 Gift Guide
It feels early but the Amazon catalogue just came so here's this year's list. In a season full of compelling marketing and mass-market choices, it’s...
Digital Balance
I’ve written before about the tension between making art and sharing it, but it keeps coming up because it feels like one of the great...
Hurricane Prep for an Art Gallery
With each hurricane season, there’s always a mix of gratitude and vigilance here at the gallery. We’ve been closely watching the recent storm—thankfully, it curved...
Seeing Color: Why No Two People View Art the Same Way
When you walk into the gallery, you might assume that the “blue” on a canvas is the same blue for everyone standing around you. But...
Balancing Kids, a Gallery, and the Easel
An artist friend recently asked us the question we probably get more than any other: How do you juggle kids, running a gallery, and still find...
What Is Postmodern Art?
What Is Postmodern Art? I get this question a lot in the gallery. Here’s the short answer: postmodern art is basically everything happening right now....
Brad Kunkle Wins Beautiful Bizarre Painting Prize 2025
We’re thrilled to share the news that painter Brad Kunkle has won the 2025 Beautiful Bizarre Painting Prize—and with it, a seven-night residency with us here...
Creative Chemistry: The Power of Artist Couples
When two artists come together in love and life, something extraordinary often happens. Their individual talents don’t just coexist — they collide, fuse, and evolve...