Some of the art world’s most celebrated artists are featured in a new selling exhibition that debuted Thursday at Wynn Fine Art in Palm Beach.
Ten works from renowned artists such as Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, and Sherrie Levine are on display through April 14 at the gallery, which is collaborating with the Brussels, Belgium-based Charles Riva Collection to present “Sans Titre.”
“We are thrilled to announce our first collaboration with Charles Riva Collection, and are excited to present these exquisite works from around the world to the Palm Beach community,” said Nick Hissom, the gallery’s director.
“Sans Titre” marries top-tier American artists with a European perspective, Hissom said.
Charles Riva Collection is one of Europe’s edgiest and most tasteful collections, he added, while Wynn Fine Art, at 150 Worth Ave. inside The Esplanade retail center, spotlights contemporary emerging artists along with museum-quality works.
For “Sans Titre,” Wynn Fine Art contributed works by pop artists Warhol and Keith Haring, while Charles Riva Collection provided pieces by abstract expressionist Robert Motherwell, contemporary artist George Condo, and New York-based artist and photographer Richard Prince.
“We came together for this collaboration to offer the best blue-chip works by a variety of artists,” Hissom told the Daily News. “It’s sort of a marriage of our two distinctive tastes, which is exciting. At Wynn Fine Art, we pride ourselves in having museum-quality works by the most famous and celebrated artists in the world, many of whom have been dead for many years, like Picasso, Monet and Van Gogh.
“Charles Riva Collection is very focused on blue-chip contemporary art, like George Condo, Sherrie Levine and Richard Prince. This is sort of the next generation, so to speak — the leaders of the art world from the 1980s and ’70s all the way to today. We’re sort of bringing that together.”
The 10 works showcased as part of “Sans Titre” are valued between $100,000 and $4 million, Hissom said.
They are: “Untitled” (Mask with Long Mouth) 1987, enamel on aluminum, by Keith Haring; “False God” 2007, cast bronze by Sherrie Levine; “Eyes Wide Open” 2022, acrylic and oil stick on linen, by George Condo; “Flowers” 1965, acrylic and silkscreen on linen, by Andy Warhol; “Texas” 1962, oil and printed paper collage on paper, by Ed Ruscha; “The Altar Boy” 2005, bronze with old patina, by George Condo; “Red Shoes” 1980, screenprint on Arches Paper, by Andy Warhol; “Automatic Oracle” 1989, acrylic on canvas, by Robert Motherwell; “Untitled” 1993, acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, by Richard Prince; and “Two Pants Suit” 1989, acrylic on silkscreen on canvas, by Richard Prince.
The exhibition, which is the gallery’s flagship show of the season, narrates a dialogue spanning decades, Hissom said, beginning with pop art and abstract expressionism to contemporary philosophies on image recreation, figuration, and the ownership of art and culture.
“We try to use the museum-quality collection at Wynn Fine Art to paint an historical narrative that ties into today’s art industry and today’s artists, whether they’re contemporary or blue-chip, and show the development of art over time,” Hissom said. “It’s always nice to look back and see where things came from. The reason why art has become so valuable is because once art reaches a certain age, it really becomes an artifact as opposed to just art. They’re really representative of a whole time in humanity, culture, aesthetics and in life.”
A seasonal gallery now in its fifth year on the island, Wynn Fine Art is working to establish itself internationally, Hissom said. The gallery was founded by real estate developer and art collector Steve Wynn, a town resident, who is known for his involvement in developing the Wynn, Bellagio, Encore and Mirage hotels in Las Vegas.
Hissom and his business partner, Kameron Ramirez, have expanded the gallery’s presence more globally through art fairs, but ultimately they hope to add more locations and more collaborations with high-end galleries and collections like Charles Riva.
“We’ve forged business relationships, and we’ve done a lot of work privately,” Hissom said. “But now that it’s year five, it’s time to be vocal and public about that.”
Esplanade hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
For information on Wynn Fine Art, visit wynnfineart.com/locations/palm-beach/ or call 561-356-6818.
Jodie Wagner is a journalist at the Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at jwagner@pbdailynews.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today
