American Art Collector

Previewing upcoming art exhibitions from coast to coast, American Art Collector is a unique monthly magazine specially designed to bring living representational artists, galleries and active art collectors together in one place.

Cruising Toward Spring

American Art Collector • APRIL 2026 / MONTHLY

Connecting the Dots

Coast-to-Coast Coverage

April 2026 • OUR GUIDE TO SPECIAL EVENTS, SALES & AUCTIONS FROM COAST TO COAST

ART NEWS • The latest in contemporary American realism.

History and Humanity: Laurel Stern Boeck

Virtuoso • Enigmatic painter Vincent Desiderio parses skill and technique, finding liberation—and salvation—in the latter.

TRUE to FORM • Janet Rickus imbues her collections of simple, beautiful objects with subtle nuances of human connection.

The Quest for Truth • Katherine Stanek and Valerio D’Ospina forgo the comfort of familiarity to explore the unreliability of perception.

Show Previews • OUR EDITORS TALK TO ARTISTS ABOUT THE WORK IN THEIR LATEST SHOWS

Beyond Observation

Looking Up

The Tender Vigil

Unapologetically Raw

Ancient and Alive

A Quiet Beauty

Meet Me in the Multiverse

Snapshots of America • National Portrait Gallery exhibits winning artworks of the 2025 Outwin Portraiture Competition.

Strengthening a Market • Scottsdale Art Auction offers major works from Richard Schmid during an April sale in Arizona.

Bright Energy • The Bay Area’s longestrunning art fair returns to the waterfront this spring.

Forward Thinking • Redwood Art Group’s Artexpo New York is the premier global art fair.

Global Presence • Dallas Art Fair attracts major contemporary art galleries for its 18 th annual event.

Visionary Experience • American Artists Professional League hosts its inaugural Visions show at the historic Carriage Barn Arts Center.

Dynamic and Versatile • The American Watercolor Society celebrates art created in water media with its 159th Annual International Exhibition.

Artful Conversations • The Olmsted Plein Air Invitational brings impressive plein air works and programming to Atlanta.

A Shared Passion • Portrait Society of America unveils finalists of the International Portrait Competition at its annual conference.

Next Level • New leadership ushers in a more deliberately curated EXPO CHICAGO experience.

Emotional ATTRACTION

THE ART LOVER’S GUIDE TO COLLECTING FINE ART IN TEXAS

A Life of Art • Baldassini was the Grand Prize Winner in International Artist magazine’s Challenge No. 150 Florals & Gardens.

Debbie Mueller

Frank M. Costantino

art SOLD! • American Art Collector magazine has changed the way artists, galleries and collectors connect. It has closed the gap that previously existed in the traditional art market. Spectacular and instant SOLD! stories keep rolling in. Check out some of the highlights of the sales and connections achieved from the pages of our magazine and throughout the market.