GALLERIES HAVE BEEN SENT A LINK TO VOTE ON THE 2024 AMERICAN ART AWARDS
Each year, the AMERICAN ART AWARDS board chooses the 20 best galleries or museums in USA. Selections are based on years established, industry reputation, online buzz, location, size, socially relevant exhibits, motivational and educational programs, represented artists as well as artist, client and visitor references.
American Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2024, in alphabetical order:
BEST IN ARIZONA: Rising like a gigantic mystical temple in Sedona, this 20,000 sq ft showplace displays the finest of every style from classical to contemporary. Serving private or commercial needs,Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Artoffers small maquettes to monumental bronze and stone sculptures, original oil and acrylic otherworldly paintings, fine art jewelry, enchanting glass art… ARTICLE
BEST IN COLORADO: Both the booming Denver gallery,Mirada Fine Art, and owner/curator Steve Sonnen continue to be prominently featured in national and international art publications as well as appearing on numerous ‘Best Of’ lists. Lively spirited art, insightful exhibits, a Colorado vortex. ARTICLE
BEST IN CONNECTICUT: The Fairfield University Art Museum (FUAM)inspires curiosity, creativity, reflection, and dialogue through its exhibitions, programs, and the collections in its care. As an essential component of the scholarly community at Fairfield University, FUAM advances knowledge for students from all disciplines, and offers communities of learners across Connecticut and beyond the opportunity to connect to art and ideas. ARTICLE.
BEST IN FLORIDA: Four locations equaling 20,000 sq ft gives MAC ART GALLERIES the largest exhibition space in South Florida, and with close proximity to Art Basel & Art Miami, they are a vital part of today’s art culture. Maintains an in-house Multimedia Department complete with digital photography studio, state-of-the-art Gicleé printing facility – with computer-graphic/prepress. For over 20 years, owner Mary Ann Cohen has represented many of the world’s most accomplished and commercial artists: selling internationally to upscale hotels, restaurants, corporations, luxury cruise ships and museums. ARTICLE
BEST IN IDAHO: Capitol Contemporary Gallery strives to provide artists, collectors, and the city of Boise with an exciting and always evolving space to exhibit, sell and purchase high quality, original artwork from the very best artists in the community. They represent the original artwork of 24 Idaho artists, featuring paintings, sculptures & photography as well as unique, custom jewelry and furniture. ARTICLE
BEST IN ILLINOIS: The Jackson Junge Galleryis a remarkable contribution to the flourishing arts community of Wicker Park / Bucktown in Chicago. Co-owned by the talented Chicago artist Laura Lee Junge and her husband / partner Chris Jackson, this gallery serves as an exclusive local venue for Junge’s captivating paintings and other exquisite works of art. The gallery also showcases a diverse selection of works by other contemporary artists from Chicago and beyond. From the avid art collector to the casual admirer, visitors delight in the comfortable ambiance and welcoming atmosphere found within its walls. ARTICLE
BEST IN INDIANA: Kuaba Gallery offers distinctive, authentic, and original contemporary African and Art of the Diaspora… painting, sculpting, and other art forms… new ideas about the struggle to deal with difficult and rapidly changing African environment during the modern time… created in stone, metal, wood, ceramic, textile, basketry, and canvas. ARTICLE
BEST IN KANSAS: The beautiful venue2010 Gallery offers contemporary, traditional, figurative and representational art by the world’s leading artists. ARTICLE
BEST IN LOUISIANA: Dedicated to contemporary art, GRYDER represents well-established, outsider, and emerging artists working in new dimensions that approach artistic expression most purely and who break out of the mold. Their unique programming generates meaningful content that correlates with the higher art historical nexus and broader contemporary art practices from a global and philosophical perspective, asking difficult questions about our culture and society. ARTICLE
BEST IN MINNESOTA: Exhibiting contemporary, abstract artwork by Minnesota artists in diverse media, Kolman & Reeb Gallery is a unique collaboration between Anita Sue Kolman, arts patron, and Jodi Reeb, artist and curator. An integral part of the Twin Cities’ visual arts community, the gallery holds exhibitions, mentors emerging artists whose work demonstrates prowess and promise, and hosts open forums to advance the most singular artistic voices working in Minnesota today. ARTICLE
BEST IN MISSOURI: The Museum of Art and Archaeology has incomparable collections across a wide range of cultures: Greek, Roman, Near Eastern art works, ancient Egypt, Byzantium, Asian, African, Ancient Americas, and Oceanic cultures. Important collections in European and American art from the fifteenth century to the present. ARTICLE COMING.
BEST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Now in its twelve year of operation, the Candita Clayton Gallery has become an influential presence on both Rhode Island and New Hampshire art scenes. Located in New London NH, gallerist Candita Clayton is dedicated to discovering and promoting both emerging and mid-to-late-career artists from Rhode Island and beyond and to showcasing fine art in all mediums. The gallery has strong affiliations with local and national designers in creating interior spaces which feature fine art as a prominent design element. ARTICLE
BEST IN NEW JERSEY:Evalyn Dunn Gallery.For 66 years, a family legacy serving the community with expert, innovative and personable staff. Features the finest 20th Century American and European art. ARTICLE.
BEST IN NEW MEXICO: With 23 years of experience in the world of fine art, Thornwood Gallery has earned a reputation for placing high-quality work by international and national artists for residences, corporate offices, and hotels. Their stunning locations in Houston’s iconic Gallery Row and Santa Fe’s famous historic Canyon Road focus on 60 of the finest artists and their work, ranging from abstract to impressionism to realism to photography to sculpture. ARTICLE
BEST IN NORTH CAROLINA: Ambleside Gallery was founded in Manchester, England (1982 – 1994), moved to Grosse Pointe, MI (1994 – 2003) and settled in Greensboro, NC (2004 – present). The gallery is privileged to be known for its high quality of artistic offerings. Painters and sculptors from throughout North America, Europe and Asia are regularly featured. In addition to rotating exhibitions the gallery presents First Friday Receptions, Monthly Musical Recitals and frequently hosts community events. ARTICLE
BEST IN PENNSYLVANIA:Morton Contemporary Art Galleryis the culmination of 15 years of passion for fine contemporary art. They specialize in representing and promoting innovative emerging and established artists from around the world. With ethical and aesthetic vision, they commit to equity and inclusion in tune with worldwide social movements to elevate the work of traditionally underrepresented artists such as women and artists of color from around the globe. ARTICLE
BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA: For almost 40 years, Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art has cultivated meaningful and long-term relationships with residents, tourists, artists, clients, designers, architects and trade professionals from her sophisticated landmark gallery in downtown Charleston (named the number one tourist destination in America). Both Mary Martin Gallery I and Mary Martin Gallery II represent a wide array of regional, national and international artists providing museum quality bronze and stone sculptures and innovative oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings – appealing to collectors in every country. ARTICLE
BEST IN UTAH: Modern West is a gallery created in 2014 by Diane Stewart to support established and emerging modern and contemporary artists who, in compelling and varied ways, reframe our understanding of the West. They represent and curate work based on artistic merit, expression, and excellence in execution and support freedom of expression. ARTICLE
BEST IN VERMONT: Located in Stowe, Vermont,The Currentwas established in 1981 to enhance the human experience through the visual arts. They provide year-round visual art exhibitions, annual outdoor sculpture shows, public lectures, panels, film screenings, progressive and innovative arts education programs available to all including disadvantaged rural communities. ARTICLE
BEST IN WASHINGTON: Founded in 1995, ArtX Contemporary began when Gallery Director, Cora Edmonds, dreamed of creating a space in the Seattle gallery community dedicated to international art and cultural exchange. The 2000+ square foot gallery in Pioneer Square offers rotating exhibitions as well as creative events including artist talks. ARTICLE
AMERICAN ART AWARDS – PREVIOUS WINNING GALLERIES
ALABAMA Alabama Contemporary Art Center Monty Stabler Galleries
ALASKA Annie Kaill’s Premier Fine Art Gallery
ARIZONA Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art Bentley Gallery Exposed Gallery The Paulina Miller Gallery
ARKANSAS Fort Smith Regional Art Museum Stephano’s Fine Art Gallery The Cantrell Gallery
CALIFORNIA Exclusive Collections Galleries Revolver Gallery CODA Gallery The Mcloughlin Gallery David Streets Gallery Sparks Gallery
COLORADO Mirada Fine Art Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Clyfford Still Museum Colorado Fine Arts Center At Colorado College
CONNECTICUT Bruce Museum Westside River Gallery Cavalier Galleries The Fairfield University Art Museum (FUAM)
DELAWARE The Delaware Contemporary
FLORIDA MAC Art Galleries LIK Fine Art Miami LIK Fine Art Key West Art Fusion Galleries City Loft Art Wolfgang Roth & Partners Fine Art Gallery
GEORGIA Westobou Gallery Hathaway Contemporary Gallery Tew Galleries Black Art In America™ (BAIA)
HAWAII Sunshine Arts LIK Fine Art Lahaina LIK Fine Art Maui
IDAHO Prichard Art Gallery Painter’s Chair Fine Art Gallery
ILLINOIS Trickster Art Gallery Komechak Art Gallery The Leigh Gallery Jackson Junge Gallery
INDIANA Haan Mansion Museum Of Indiana Art Lubeznik Center For The Arts Grunwald Gallery Of Art CCA Gallery Kuaba Gallery Gallery Forty-Two
IOWA Moberg Gallery
KANSAS Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery Eva Reynolds Fine Arts The Rice Gallery Of Fine Art 2010 Gallery CityArts
KENTUCKY KMAC Contemporary Art Museum E&S Gallery Fine Art Firm Ann Tower Gallery
LOUISIANA Arthur Roger Gallery Newcomb Art Museum Octavia Gallery Gryder Gallery Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
MAINE Portland Museum Of Art Farnsworth Art Museum Mast Cove Gallery June Fitzpatrick Gallery Clarke Gallery
MARYLAND Annapolis Marine Art Gallery Divergence Fine Art
MASSACHUSETTS Boston Sculptors Gallery Quidley & Company Michelson Gallery Diana Levine Fine Art
MICHIGAN Lafontsee Galleries Art Leaders Gallery Park West Gallery
MINNESOTA Modern Artifact Doubletake Gallery
MISSISSIPPI The Ohr-O’keefe Museum Of Art Brown’s Fine Art Negrotto’s Gallery & Custom Framing Southern Breeze Gallery
MISSOURI University Of Missouri Museum Of Art And Archeology Hilliard Gallery Kemper Museum Of Contemporary Art
MONTANA Dana Gallery Depot Gallery Cawdrey Gallery
NEBRASKA Kiechel Fine Art The Burkholder Project Lewis Art Gallery
NEVADA The Metropolitan Gallery Of Las Vegas Art Museum Sin City Gallery Richardson Gallery Of Fine Art Nevada Museum Of Art Elena Bulatova Fine Art
NEW HAMPSHIRE Rochester Museum Of Fine Arts Mill Brook Gallery Candita Clayton Gallery
NEW JERSEY Evalyn Dunn Gallery Jkk Fine Arts And Gallery Of Modern Symbolism
NEW MEXICO Anderson Museum Of Contemporary Art Blue Rain Gallery Pippin Contemporary Wilder Nightingale Gallery Downey Gallery Thornwood Gallery
NEW YORK Center For Exploratory & Perceptual Arts Arcadia Contemporary Spanierman Gallery Walter Wickiser Gallery LIK Fine Art New York Gallery 23 NY
NORTH CAROLINA Mccoll Fine Art Ambleside Gallery
OHIO Lee Hayden Gallery Dayton Art Solutions
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Joseph Gierek Fine Art Avondale Galleries 50 Penn Place Gallery
OREGON Jordan Schnitzer Museum Of Art Bronze Coast Gallery Roger Yost Bay Street Gallery
PENNSYLVANIA James A. Michener Art Museum Philamoca
RHODE ISLAND RISD Museum The Gallery At 17 Peck
SOUTH CAROLINA Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art
SOUTH DAKOTA South Dakota Art Museum Prairie Edge Fine Art Gallery
