Forum Gallery

Forum Gallery was founded by Bella Fishko in 1961, and represents more than thirty American and European artists and estates. Forum Gallery was founded in New York City in 1961 as a gallery of American figurative art.
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Forum Gallery was founded in New York City in 1961 by Bella Fishko, as a gallery of American figurative art. Among the first artists represented were Raphael Soyer, Chaim Gross, David Levine and Gregory Gillespie. The gallery is a founding member of the Art Dealers Association of America. From inception, Forum Gallery’s contemporary exhibition program has been augmented by mounting curated, thematic exhibitions of historic importance, in keeping with the gallery’s focus on humanism. Forum Gallery’s program expanded internationally in the 1980’s, and the gallery soon represented the American artists William Beckman and Robert Cottingham as well as the Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum. Today, Forum Gallery represents more than thirty American and European artists and estates, including Chilean born masters Claudio Bravo and Guillermo Muñoz Vera, Spanish realist Cesar Galicia, and Austrian artist Xenia Hausner. American artists whose work is now represented by Forum Gallery include Steven Assael, Linden Frederick, Alan Magee, Alyssa Monks, Clio Newton, Brian Rutenberg and Tula Telfair. Forum Gallery regularly exhibits at art fairs throughout the United States. The gallery exhibited at the inaugural edition of The Art Show (ADAA – Park Avenue Armory) and has since participated twenty times. An early exhibitor at the Chicago International Art Exposition at Navy Pier, Forum now exhibits at ExpoChicago annually. In 2000, Forum Gallery mounted an Odd Nerdrum exhibition at the FIAC in Paris, and today the gallery exhibits regularly at fairs in San Francisco, New York, Miami, Houston, Seattle and Chicago. A service business focused on customer satisfaction, Forum Gallery looks forward to every opportunity to assist collectors, experienced and new.

Operating as usual

01/23/2021

CLAUDIO BRAVO

Forum Gallery presents its first exhibition of works by Claudio Bravo (1936-2011), whose estate the Gallery now represents. On view from January 14 – March 20, 2021, The exhibition of paintings, pastels and drawings includes works exhibited publicly for the first time in the United States.

In his catalogue essay, Art in America contributing editor David Ebony writes, “Gifted with technical virtuosity, Bravo commands a seemingly effortless sleight-of-hand to enthrall viewers in unexpected ways. Like a modern-day alchemist, he manages to transform everyday objects and ordinary subjects into something inimitable, rarified and extraordinary. Even his most austere and nearly abstract compositions can inspire awe in their transcendental allure”.

View the exhibition on our website: https://bit.ly/3ovTP70
A full-color catalogue is available from the gallery. View the digital catalogue: https://bit.ly/3i9X41H
Read the catalogue essay, by David Ebony: https://bit.ly/39iU8LU

#ClaudioBravo #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #ADAAgalleries

01/20/2021

CLAUDIO BRAVO
Now On View
Forum Gallery presents its first exhibition of works by Claudio Bravo (1936-2011), whose estate the Gallery now represents. On view from January 14 – March 20, 2021, The exhibition of paintings, pastels and drawings includes works exhibited publicly for the first time in the United States.
In his catalogue essay, Art in America contributing editor David Ebony writes, “Gifted with technical virtuosity, Bravo commands a seemingly effortless sleight-of-hand to enthrall viewers in unexpected ways. Like a modern-day alchemist, he manages to transform everyday objects and ordinary subjects into something inimitable, rarified and extraordinary. Even his most austere and nearly abstract compositions can inspire awe in their transcendental allure”.
View the exhibition on our website: https://bit.ly/3ovTP70
A full-color catalogue is available from the gallery. View the digital catalogue: https://bit.ly/3i9X41H
Read the catalogue essay, by David Ebony: https://bit.ly/39iU8LU
#ClaudioBravo #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #ADAAgalleries

01/13/2021

CLAUDIO BRAVO at FORUM GALLERY
January 14 – March 20, 2021

Opening tomorrow Thursday, January 14, Forum Gallery presents its first exhibition of works by Claudio Bravo (1936 – 2011), whose estate the Gallery now represents. The exhibition of paintings, pastels and drawings includes works exhibited publicly for the first time in the United States.

In his catalogue essay, Art in America contributing editor David Ebony writes, “Gifted with technical virtuosity, Bravo commands a seemingly effortless sleight-of-hand to enthrall viewers in unexpected ways. Like a modern-day alchemist, he manages to transform everyday objects and ordinary subjects into something inimitable, rarified and extraordinary. Even his most austere and nearly abstract compositions can inspire awe in their transcendental allure”.

Claudio Bravo was a painter of color and light. It was the extraordinary light of Morocco that drew Bravo to the country where he lived from 1972 until his passing in 2011. He used this light to propel his art, rendering, in his still life paintings, objects from his own collections and his everyday life that he carefully arranged in the light to focus on their enigmatic meaning. His gift for economy and nuance served his interest in evoking an emotional response rather than creating a mere depiction. Inspired by the paintings of Mark Rothko and Antoni Tàpies, Claudio Bravo began painting the palpable textures and subtle colors of paper and fabric in the early 1960’s, and these subjects became the best-known of his works, remaining popular throughout the world during his lifetime and beyond.

View the exhibition on our website: https://bit.ly/3ovTP70

A full-color catalogue is available from the gallery. View the digital catalogue: https://bit.ly/3i9X41H

Read the catalogue essay, by David Ebony: https://bit.ly/39iU8LU

Images:
Stretchers, 2008, oil on canvas, 44 7/8 x 57 5/8 inches
Blue Marjana, 2008, oil on canvas, 51 x 63 3/4 inches
Opening The Door, 1991, pastel on paper, 29 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches
Lamb Skin, 2003, pastel on paper, 29 1/8 x 42 7/8 inches

#ClaudioBravo #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #ADAAgalleries

01/09/2021

CLAUDIO BRAVO at FORUM GALLERY
January 14 – March 20, 2021

Opening Thursday, January 14, Forum Gallery presents its first exhibition of works by Claudio Bravo (1936 – 2011), whose estate the Gallery now represents. The exhibition of paintings, pastels and drawings includes works exhibited publicly for the first time in the United States.

In his catalogue essay, Art in America contributing editor David Ebony writes, “Gifted with technical virtuosity, Bravo commands a seemingly effortless sleight-of-hand to enthrall viewers in unexpected ways. Like a modern-day alchemist, he manages to transform everyday objects and ordinary subjects into something inimitable, rarified and extraordinary. Even his most austere and nearly abstract compositions can inspire awe in their transcendental allure”.

Claudio Bravo was a painter of color and light. It was the extraordinary light of Morocco that drew Bravo to the country where he lived from 1972 until his passing in 2011. He used this light to propel his art, rendering, in his still life paintings, objects from his own collections and his everyday life that he carefully arranged in the light to focus on their enigmatic meaning. His gift for economy and nuance served his interest in evoking an emotional response rather than creating a mere depiction. Inspired by the paintings of Mark Rothko and Antoni Tàpies, Claudio Bravo began painting the palpable textures and subtle colors of paper and fabric in the early 1960’s, and these subjects became the best-known of his works, remaining popular throughout the world during his lifetime and beyond.

View the exhibition on our website here: https://bit.ly/3ovTP70

A full-color catalogue is available from the gallery. View the digital catalogue here: https://bit.ly/3i9X41H

Read the catalogue essay, by David Ebony here: https://bit.ly/39iU8LU

Images:
Camel and Lamb Skins, 2004, oil on canvas, 35 x 57 1/8 inches
Three Aluminum Papers, 2010, oil on canvas, 63 3/4 x 51 1/8 inches
Nude Male Leaning on Column, 1979, oil on canvas, 38 x 34 1/8 inches
Green Sofa, 1991, pastel on paper, 31 1/4 x 45 7/8 inches

#ClaudioBravo #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #ADAAgalleries

01/07/2021

So wonderful to have @davidebony in the gallery to shoot a segment for an upcoming video! #DavidEbony #ClaudioBravo #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #ADAAGalleries

01/06/2021

We hope you will find time to stop by to view our current exhibition, “In Person: William Beckman Alan Magee Alyssa Monks”. On view until Saturday, January 9th, 2021, the exhibition presents a combined 19 paintings and monotypes by Beckman, Magee and Monks.

Preview the exhibition: "In Person: William Beckman | Alan Magee | Alyssa Monks" https://bit.ly/3q6xq19

View the online viewing rooms for William Beckman, Alan Magee and Alyssa Monks on our website by following the links below:
"William Beckman: New Works by an American Master" https://bit.ly/2HGpsKK

"Alan Magee: Witness" https://bit.ly/3nVhb58

"Alyssa Monks: Plant Life" https://bit.ly/3fO4432

View the digital catalogue online here: https://bit.ly/3798xcy

#InPerson #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #WilliamBeckman #AlanMagee #AlyssaMonks #ADAAGalleries Alyssa Monks

01/02/2021

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Forum Gallery is open today from 10-5:30pm. We hope you will find time during your holiday weekend to stop by to view our current exhibition, In Person: William Beckman | Alan Magee | Alyssa Monks. On view through Saturday, January 9th, 2021, the exhibition presents a combined 19 paintings and monotypes by Beckman, Magee and Monks.

Preview the exhibition: "In Person: William Beckman | Alan Magee | Alyssa Monks" https://bit.ly/3q6xq19

View the online viewing rooms for William Beckman, Alan Magee and Alyssa Monks on our website by following the links below:

"William Beckman: New Works by an American Master" https://bit.ly/2HGpsKK

"Alan Magee: Witness" https://bit.ly/3nVhb58

"Alyssa Monks: Plant Life" https://bit.ly/3fO4432

View the digital catalogue online here: https://bit.ly/3798xcy

#InPerson #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #WilliamBeckman #AlanMagee #AlyssaMonks #ADAAGalleries

12/30/2020

DONT MISS: ART FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

All works are priced at $5,000. or less. The Forum Gallery sale runs through this Friday, January 1, 2021. All inquiries received by that date will be honored and can receive the reduced price offerings.

In the Contemporary selection you will find offered original works on paper and small paintings by Forum Gallery artists Steven Assael, Robert Bauer, Paul Fenniak, Linden Frederick, Anthony Mitri, Alyssa Monks, Mark Podwal, Brian Rutenberg and Wade Schuman. There are also prints by Davis Cone and Alan Magee, and a hand-painted lithograph by Xenia Hausner.

A selection of Historical works of art is available, including a watercolor by David Levine, an ink drawing by Abraham Walkowitz, and pencil drawings by Oscar Bluemner, Charles Burchfield, Jules Kirschenbaum, Joseph Stella and Charles White. Also included are lithographs and etchings by Raphael Soyer, and Gregory Gillespie, a gouache work on paper by Walter Murch, a monotype by Max Weber and a bronze by Chaim Gross.

Link to Art for the Holidays! here https://bit.ly/3r6HY0R

Feel free to use the “Inquire” button next to each work to send us an email about your interest. You may also call the gallery at 212-355-4545 or email [email protected]. Works are sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

Forum Gallery wishes everyone happy holidays and best wishes for the new year!

Image: Xenia Hausner, “Red White Red”, 2005, hand painted lithograph, 37 3/4 x 46 7/8 inches

#ForumGallery #ArtfortheHolidays #ADAAGalleries #ForumArtists #XeniaHausner

12/23/2020

ART FOR THE HOLIDAYS CONTINUES!

All works are priced at $5,000. or less. Sold works will be replaced with new offerings, so be sure to check back daily!

In the Contemporary selection you will find offered original works on paper and small paintings by Forum Gallery artists Steven Assael, Robert Bauer, Paul Fenniak, Linden Frederick, Anthony Mitri, Alyssa Monks, Mark Podwal, Brian Rutenberg and Wade Schuman. There are also prints by Davis Cone and Alan Magee, and a hand-painted lithograph by Xenia Hausner.

A selection of Historical works of art is available, including a watercolor by David Levine, an ink drawing by Abraham Walkowitz, and pencil drawings by Oscar Bluemner, Charles Burchfield, Jules Kirschenbaum, Joseph Stella and Charles White. Also included are lithographs and etchings by Raphael Soyer, and Gregory Gillespie, a gouache work on paper by Walter Murch, a monotype by Max Weber and a bronze by Chaim Gross.

Link to Art for the Holidays! here https://bit.ly/3r6HY0R

Feel free to use the “Inquire” button next to each work to send us an email about your interest. You may also call the gallery at 212-355-4545 or email [email protected]. Works are sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

Forum Gallery wishes everyone happy holidays and best wishes for the new year!

Image: Charles Burchfield, “Old House and Apple Tree”, 1932, pencil on buff paper, 11 x 15 1/2 inches

#ForumGallery #ArtfortheHolidays #ADAAGalleries #ForumArtists #CharlesBurchfield

12/19/2020

ART FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
All works are priced at $5,000. or less. Sold works will be replaced with new offerings, so be sure to check back daily!

In the Contemporary selection you will find offered original works on paper and small paintings by Forum Gallery artists Steven Assael, Robert Bauer, Paul Fenniak, Linden Frederick, Anthony Mitri, Alyssa Monks, Mark Podwal, Brian Rutenberg and Wade Schuman. There are also prints by Davis Cone and Alan Magee, and a hand-painted lithograph by Xenia Hausner.

A selection of Historical works of art is available, including a watercolor by David Levine, an ink drawing by Abraham Walkowitz, and pencil drawings by Oscar Bluemner, Charles Burchfield, Jules Kirschenbaum, Joseph Stella and Charles White. Also included are lithographs and etchings by Raphael Soyer, and Gregory Gillespie, a gouache work on paper by Walter Murch, a monotype by Max Weber and a bronze by Chaim Gross.

Link to Art for the Holidays! here https://bit.ly/3r6HY0R

Feel free to use the “Inquire” button next to each work to send us an email about your interest. You may also call the gallery at 212-355-4545 or email [email protected]. Works are sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

Forum Gallery wishes everyone happy holidays and best wishes for the new year!

Image: Alan Magee, “Ceremony of Innocence, 1984, nine-color handmade lithograph, 22 x 30 inches

#ForumGallery #ArtfortheHolidays #ADAAGalleries #ForumArtists #AlanMagee

12/18/2020

Today at 5:30pm! Join us on Instagram Live for a Q&A with Alyssa Monks. Our current exhibition, In Person: William Beckman Alan Magee Alyssa Monks, features seven new paintings created by Monks entirely during the Covid-19 quarantine in New York City. The Artist will be in the gallery to discuss this distinctive body of work and to answer your questions – live!

Submit your questions in the comments, or email them to us at [email protected]. The deadline to submit questions is 4pm. Don’t forget to turn on post notifications and follow our story to keep up to date.

Preview the exhibition: "In Person: William Beckman | Alan Magee | Alyssa Monks" https://bit.ly/3q6xq19

View the online viewing rooms for "Alyssa Monks: Plant Life"
https://bit.ly/3fO4432

Image: Alyssa Monks, "Stay Open", 2020, oil on panel, 18 x 12 inches

#InPerson #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #AlyssaMonks #ADAAGalleries @alyssamonks

12/17/2020

Forum Gallery is pleased to offer you Art for the Holidays! All works included are priced at $5,000. or less. Sold works will be replaced with new offerings, so be sure to check back daily!

In the Contemporary selection you will find offered original works on paper and small paintings by Forum Gallery artists Steven Assael, Robert Bauer, William Beckman, Paul Fenniak, Linden Frederick, Alan Magee, Anthony Mitri, Alyssa Monks, Mark Podwal, Brian Rutenberg and Wade Schuman. There is also a print by Davis Cone and a hand-painted lithograph by Xenia Hausner.

A selection of Historical works of art is also available, including ink drawings by Isabel Bishop and Abraham Walkowitz, and pencil drawings by Oscar Bluemner, Charles Burchfield, Jules Kirschenbaum, Joseph Stella and Charles White. Also included are lithographs and etchings by Raphael Soyer, and Gregory Gillespie, a gouache work on paper by Walter Murch, a monotype by Max Weber and a bronze by Chaim Gross.

Link to Art for the Holidays! here https://bit.ly/3r6HY0R

Feel free to use the “Inquire” button next to each work to send us an email about your interest. You may also call the gallery at 212-355-4545 or email [email protected]. Works are sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

Forum Gallery wishes everyone happy holidays and best wishes for the new year!

Image: Mark Podwal, "Flurry", 1997, gouache on paper, 14 x 11 inches

#ForumGallery #ArtfortheHolidays #ADAAGalleries #ForumArtists #MarkPodwal

12/16/2020

This Friday, December 18, 2020 at 5:30pm join Forum Gallery on Instagram Live for a Q&A with Alyssa Monks on. Our current exhibition, In Person: William Beckman | Alan Magee | Alyssa Monks, features seven new paintings created by Monks entirely during the Covid-19 quarantine in New York City. The Artist will be in the gallery to discuss this distinctive body of work and to answer your questions – live!

Submit your questions in the comments, or email them to us at [email protected]. The deadline to submit questions is 4pm this Friday. Don’t forget to turn on post notifications and follow our Instagram Stories to keep up to date.

Preview the exhibition: "In Person: William Beckman | Alan Magee | Alyssa Monks" https://bit.ly/3q6xq19

View the online viewing rooms for "Alyssa Monks: Plant Life" https://bit.ly/3fO4432

#InPerson #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #AlyssaMonks #ADAAGalleries Alyssa Monks

12/15/2020

Join Forum Gallery on Instagram Live for a Q&A with Alyssa Monks on Friday, December 18, 2020 at 5:30pm. Our current exhibition, In Person: William Beckman | Alan Magee | Alyssa Monks, features seven new paintings created by Monks entirely during the Covid-19 quarantine in New York City. The Artist will be in the gallery to discuss this distinctive body of work and to answer your questions – live!

Submit your questions in the comments, or email them to us at [email protected]. The deadline to submit questions is 4pm this Friday. Don’t forget to turn on post notifications and follow our Instagram Stories to keep up to date.

Preview the exhibition: "In Person: William Beckman | Alan Magee | Alyssa Monks" https://bit.ly/3q6xq19

View the online viewing rooms for "Alyssa Monks: Plant Life" https://bit.ly/3fO4432

#InPerson #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #AlyssaMonks #ADAAGalleries Alyssa Monks

Address

475 Park Ave
New York, NY
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Opening Hours

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Tuesday	10:00 - 17:30
Wednesday	10:00 - 17:30
Thursday	10:00 - 17:30
Friday	10:00 - 17:30
Saturday	10:00 - 17:30

Telephone

(212) 355-4545

Website

forumgallery.com

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Videos

“William Beckman: New Works by an American Master” A Forum Gallery online viewing room, featuring fifteen paintings and drawings and an interview with the artist in his studio. Full video here https://bit.ly/32Nd1oF #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #WilliamBeckman #ADAAGalleries

"William Beckman: New Works by an American Master" Our newest Forum Gallery online viewing room, featuring fifteen paintings and drawings and an interview with the artist in his studio . https://bit.ly/2CXkIOn #WilliamBeckman #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #ADAAGalleries

"Brian Rutenberg: The Pond" exhibition walk through

"Brian Rutenberg: The Pond" Extended Through May 31st @ForumGallery View our exhibition walk through video in HD here (no sound): https://bit.ly/2vJdhae Order the Brian Rutenberg 2020 publication "A Little Long Time" here: https://bit.ly/2Un05kR As always, you may reach us by telephone on 212-355-4545 or by email at [email protected]. We will continue to respond to your inquiries as quickly as possible. #BrianRutenberg #ForumGallery #ForumArtists #ADAAgalleries

Spotlight On: "Rain and More Rain" by Brian Rutenberg

Spotlight On: "Rain and More Rain" “Whenever I walk in the woods, I carry a stick with which to poke and point (a practice gleaned from reading about Walt Whitman). I pretend that my eyes are on the tip of the stick as it tracks across bumpy surfaces, creating a material correspondence between the thing and its relation to me. A tree doesn’t follow the laws of perspective but is a complex bundle of overlapping and converging lines that make sense from every viewpoint. Our eyes don’t view a tree in a single snapshot but in hierarchies of information; we notice one thing, then another, and another. I compose my landscape paintings with these hierarchies in mind; one thing may appear more important than another but, like a tree, the image must work as a cohesive whole, no matter where you focus.” - Brian Rutenberg, "A Little Long Time", (New York: Forum Gallery, 2020), p.73 View Spotlight Video of "Rain and More Rain" in HD here: https://bit.ly/3dy0U1z Order the Brian Rutenberg publication here: https://bit.ly/2Un05kR #BrianRutenberg #ForumGallery #ADAAGalleries #ForumArtists

Spotlight On: "My Blanket of Shadows" by Brian Rutenberg

Spotlight On: "My Blanket of Shadows" “Creativity is what gives life meaning, period. Artists are dreamers, and there is no civilization without dreamers. Our job is to glow in the dark. The world needs more people who glow.” - Brian Rutenberg, "A Little Long Time", (New York: Forum Gallery, 2020), p.15 View Spotlight Video of "My Blanket of Shadows" in HD here: https://bit.ly/2wvyAfT Order the Brian Rutenberg publication here: https://bit.ly/2Un05kR #BrianRutenberg #ForumGallery #ADAAGalleries #ForumArtists

Spotlight On: "Point of Pond" by Brian Rutenberg

Spotlight On: "Point of Pond" “Long before I knew what an artist was, I’d scoop up fistfuls of marsh mud, splat them on the dock under the savage Carolina sun, and carefully arrange torn bits of colored paper across the muck, followed by another handful of mud. The frond-lipped tip of an oyster shell was an ideal tool for skimming the translucent slime to reveal jeweled flashes of color of varying intensity. I did it again and again. Everything I needed was under my feet. Oil paint is just luminous mud.” - Brian Rutenberg, "A Little Long Time", (New York: Forum Gallery, 2020), p.136 View Spotlight Video of "Point of Pond" in HD here: https://bit.ly/33Rg0ei Order the Brian Rutenberg publication here: https://bit.ly/2Un05kR #BrianRutenberg #ForumGallery #ADAAGalleries #ForumArtists

Spotlight on "Clamdigger" by Brian Rutenberg

Spotlight on: "Clamdigger" “Violet is blue plus rose; it’s both and neither. Add a little titanium white and you’ve made the color of Paul Cezanne’s air. Nobody painted nothing better than he did – the vapor between things, scurrying across boulders and hurling into walls.” - Brian Rutenberg, "A Little Long Time", (New York: Forum Gallery, 2020), p.107 View Spotlight Video of "Clamdigger" in HD here: https://bit.ly/33Rwpzp Order the Brian Rutenberg publication here: https://bit.ly/2Un05kR #BrianRutenberg #ForumGallery #ADAAGalleries #ForumArtists

Good things are emerging for our fall season #ClioNewton #ForumGallery

Alyssa Monks Artist Talk - Part 1

Alyssa Monks Artist Talk - Part 1 Brooklyn-based artist Alyssa Monks discusses her most recent body of work, currently on view at Forum Gallery. "Alyssa Monks: Breaking Point" closes Saturday, November 3rd. Visit our website to view the exhibition, press release and online catalogue.

Alyssa Monks Artist Talk - Part 2 Brooklyn-based artist Alyssa Monks discusses her most recent body of work, currently on view at Forum Gallery. "Alyssa Monks: Breaking Point" closes Saturday, November 3rd. Visit our website to view the exhibition, press release and online catalogue.

Alyssa Monks Artist Talk at Forum Gallery Brooklyn-based artist Alyssa Monks discusses her most recent body of work, currently on view at Forum Gallery. "Alyssa Monks: Breaking Point" closes Saturday, November 3rd. Visit our website to view the exhibition, press release and online catalogue.