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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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Raheleh Filsoofi: Our Current Artist in Residence at Robert Lange Studios

We are honored to host Raheleh Filsoofi as our current Artist in Residence at Robert Lange Studios. Her time here in Charleston—working, researching, creating—coincides with...

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The Strange Beauty of Matthew Bober

There’s something wonderfully unsettling about the world Matt Bober creates. His paintings turn weird, creepy objects, things you might glance past or even shy away...

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Facing the Ethical Questions of AI in Art

Artificial intelligence has quickly become part of the artist’s toolbox. Whether we invited it or not. It can generate references in seconds, help visualize compositions,...

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MiniFair: Where Small Works Make a Big Impression

We’re delighted to announce MiniFair, a whimsical new exhibition of small-scale paintings and sculptures by twenty of our gallery artists. Opening Friday, December 5, from...

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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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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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