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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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