A trusted advisor to the nation’s preeminent museums and private collectors, Andrew Schoelkopf is well known in the art world as a leading expert in the field of American art. His namesake Tribeca gallery specializes in American paintings, drawings, and sculpture of the nineteenth-, and early twentieth centuries with significant focus on the work of the American modernists.
Schoelkopf comes by his knowledge of American modernism thanks to more than just experience at esteemed names like Christie’s, he grew up immersed in the world thanks to his father’s namesake Madison Avenue gallery and today brings that passion to his own clients. “I really love the relationship and community building that we do at Schoelkopf Gallery,” he says. “We have a broad and international following now and can nurture collections of significant impact over time.” In fact, the gallery’s move to Tribeca in the fall of 2023 was partly to allow for more of that community building — the larger space caters to events, speakers and educational opportunities. “We needed a space that would allow us to knit together frequent physical experiences in the gallery with our magazine and lots of other scholarship and communication,” he says. “The purpose-built space in Tribeca gives us the flexibility to present as many as five intimate experiences each month so we can present the dynamic nature of our program and inventory.”
Though recent gallery exhibitions have focused on names such as Arthur Dove and John Marin and the current exhibition (through June 28) spotlights Andrew Wyeth, Schoelkopf is also keen to bring lesser-known artists to the forefront thanks to a resurgence of interest in the American modernist period. “It is a time of intense change in many ways,” he recently told “Antiques & The Arts” of American modernism. “Of primary importance is how ‘American’ and ‘Modernism’ are being redefined by our culture and bigger community. That has brought so much joy and opportunity to the gallery, and we can introduce and support many great artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Felrath Hines and other artists who were always American and always modern but didn’t get enough credit.”
This month, Schoelkopf joins The Aurelian for a talk on May 9th at 5:30 pm, bringing his wealth of knowledge to our members.
