Are we a little Miami-ed out? Honestly, I’m not trying to cop out of doing a recap of Untitled and ABMB, which were stellar this year, but, full disclosure, I really want you to read my newsletter and I doubt anyone wants to read more about Miami. If you want to hear more about Miami, let’s have coffee or a Zoom to catch up. However, I imagine if you are reading this newsletter, you also follow a myriad other art news sources and have probably heard and seen all you care to about either of these fairs. Of course, I will drop my faves into The Collection for posterity and for you to peruse at your leisure, and I have to say I am particularly enthused about the 10 works I rounded up for today’s drop. The geographical breadth, the age range, the diversity of media–it is a dynamic bunch and I hope you will spend some time getting to know the artists that resonate with you.

But today I’d like to address a far more urgent topic. And that topic is what you are giving everybody on your gift list. We are mere days away from needing to wrap it up, folks, literally and figuratively. Let me give your gift-giving juices a boost with an aggregated list of art-related gift guides and online shops where you can find gift-worthy pieces of art and art objects at gift-giving pricepoints.  

I will make the one caveat here: a dear client reached out to me before Miami and said he wants to buy his wife a piece of art for Christmas. I was on the hunt especially for her in Miami and just finished putting together a pretty little dossier for him to present to her on Christmas morning. They’ll pow wow and we will convene after the New Year to discuss which artists most resonate. Then we’ll move forward with discovering what is available and what is coming down the pipeline with exhibitions and putting together the strategy for acquisition. With some notice, this is a service I love to provide. Buying art for an SO is a great way to show them how well you know them and how much you’d like to get to know them more deeply.

Obviously, a subscription to Art I Saw & Liked makes the perfect gift for the art lover, the art curious, the artist, the traveller, the culture-lover, the person who has it all, the person who wants to spend less time on social media and more time learning, or even the person who has absolutely no idea that they love and need art. I was chatting with a lawyer a few days ago and telling her about Art I Saw & Liked. She said, “That is so cool. I have absolutely no idea what I like but I would love to see different stuff and be able to save it and watch how my taste changes over time!” AMEN SISTER!!!!!!!

Use code AISAL50 for the perfect gift under $50 and you don’t even have to leave your house! If you less into experiences and more into actual things, here are some great gifty, arty resources for you:

Massey Klein’s Give The Gift of Art Shop

JDJ’s Group Shop to Benefit Artists & Mothers and City Harvest

Chozick Family Art Gallery also benefiting Artists & Mothers and City Harvest

Deanna Evans Projects also benefiting Artists & Mothers and City Harvest

Ochi Shop’s Holiday Market

Ochi Shop’s Flat Files

Romer Young’s Holiday Art Gallery

Katy Hessel’s Reading List: It would be fun to put together a book of the month club for the reader and art lover in your life.

Billy Ritter Ceramics

More art objects but there is always something fun and funky at the MoMA Design Store

Andrea Myers, a Columbus-based artist I love, designed this beautiful postcard set inspired by the Japanese concept of micro seasons.

A Golsa Golchini print (less expensive) or original (more expensive). I find her work to be cheeky and fun and whimsical.

Hopefully this round up sparks an idea for the perfect gift for all the loved ones on your list! Now get to it! Clock’s a tickin’!

Much love and holiday cheer,

C