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This week is one of the most important of the year for local longtime Galerie Maximillian owner Albert Sanford. After installing the gallery’s first exhibition of original works by internationally renowned photographer and artist Miles Aldridge, he’s gearing up for art’s biggest week in Aspen.
The week, which has unofficially been dubbed “Art Week in Aspen,” is especially busy for local galleries as Aspen becomes somewhat of a hub of the international contemporary art scene revolving around ArtCrush at the Aspen Art Museum.
One of the events in which Sanford will be participating is the Intersect Aspen art fair. In its third year, Intersect Aspen returns to the Aspen Ice Garden Tuesday-Sunday with 31 galleries and a slew of new events, talks and cultural offerings.
“The importance of having an art fair in Aspen during ArtCrush week ties into the fact that Aspen in the summer has become a global contemporary art event hosting important artists, collectors, curators, critics, dealers, advisers and contemporary art enthusiasts,” said Sanford.
Sanford’s Galerie Maximillian, which has been a staple in the Aspen art scene for 25 years, will return to participate with Casterline|Goodman and Hexton Gallery.
“It was only natural that an art fair would follow, including some of the best galleries in Aspen showing contemporary art alongside a carefully curated group of galleries from around the country showing a broad range of mediums from painting to sculpture, design, mixed media, photography and works on paper,” Sanford said.
New local collaborations include Skye Weinglass, who will curate a pop-up of her Skye Gallery in the Intersect lounge, as well as an interactive installation “Micro Mansion,” by local artist Chris Erickson, created for the Kairos Futura activations in Aspen this summer, which will be positioned at the fair entrance.
To complement Aspen Art Museum’s offerings this week, a notable change is the shift in dates to allow those coming to town for the museum’s annual fundraising gala, ArtCrush, to attend the art fair as well create more opportunities for art professionals and art lovers to connect.
“In our third year, we’re really seeing the community respond in a big way,” said Becca Hoffman, managing director of Intersect Aspen. “We’re seeing more collectors involved more institutions involved and more engagement already. I think as the art world becomes more and more about big business, Intersect is really an alternative for a more personal experience on the whole.”
Hoffman described the week as a “boutique curated experience,” which includes partnerships with community organizations such as Aspen Film, Anderson Ranch, Aspen Chamber and Resort Association and The Red Brick Center of the Arts for offsite events, as well as a crossover offering with Aspen Art Museum.
“The goal here is to be a part of the community and to benefit the community both from the collector perspective of discovering new work, to the nonprofit perspective of working with people like Aspen Film, Red Brick and others,” said Hoffman. “The thing that’s nice for us is that it’s a community that respects and engages with the arts and culture overall and wants to participate.”
To help fuel that engagement, Intersect has organized a plethora of events and talks at the Ice Garden and locations around town. Some are open and free to the public, many are available to Intersect Aspen ticket holders, and others are limited to only VIP pass holders.
Highlights include the third installment of the popular VIP “Collectors at Home” series, as well as activations with local non-profits; an afternoon tea at Anderson Ranch Arts Center; a VIP tour of the Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies; a film screening with Aspen Film and The Artist Profile Archive at the Aspen Film Isis Theatre; and a “Midsummer Celebration” at the Red Brick Center for the Arts in partnership with the Aspen Chamber Resort Association with live music, theatre, film, art, and more.
Intersect Aspen will also feature a panel discussion with art world insider Josh Baer, whose newsletter, The Baer Faxt, has been the industry’s go-to source for art market news since 1994.
“Becca Hoffman, the director of the fair, has done an excellent job of making Intersect a complementary part of Art Week and weaving the event into the community by offering provocative and informing house tours with important contemporary collections, dialogues with artists, critics and advisors, a new wine event with celebrated local sommeliers, support of local arts organizations and other events, said Sanford. “As one of Aspen’s most important and longest running galleries, we think it’s important for us to support the organization as well as be represented at the fair.”
This week Sanford said Galerie Maximillian will be presenting a new collection of work very different than what is being presented in the gallery now, with the goal of making the booth feel fresh and give fairgoers a reason to consider pieces they have not seen before in the gallery.
“I’m especially excited to be presenting the entire suite of 4 Palm Canyon Tree mixed media works by Charles Gaines, a new collection of screen prints by LA-based artist Joel Mesler, an exciting new edition by urban artist phenom Rafa Macarrón, a rare work on paper by Shara Hughes and a new project by Yinka Shonibare, the globally renowned British/Nigerian artist who was the national artist honoree at Anderson Ranch and recently named the artist representing the UK in next year’s Venice Biennale,” he said.
Intersect Aspen will take place Tuesday-Friday at the Aspen Ice Garden. Passes start at $25 (single day); the cost of an all-access pass is $100. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit intersectaspen.com.
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