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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT⁠🔎 ⁠ This work was a favorite amon

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT⁠🔎
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This work was a favorite among my friends and my client, who quickly snapped it up... we love the way Nick McPhail's landscape paintings use architecture and perspective to propel the viewer into a vaguely familiar, quotidian world, while inviting reflection. ⁠
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The artist weaves everyday moments we might otherwise take for granted — such as turning a random corner and catching a glimpse of the neighbor's backyard — into depictions of rich, enigmatic moments, not unlike Cézanne's streets. The artist mentally catalogues his daily walks around his home in Los Angeles, and this is the magnificent result. ⁠
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McPhail graduated with a BFA in Painting and Ceramics from #MichiganStateUniversity. He has been selected for numerous artist residencies, including Untitled in Geneva, Switzerland, the #HolidayForeverResidency in Jackson, WY, #OchiGallery in Ketchum, ID, 100 West Corsicana in Corsicana, TX, and the #VermontStudioCenter in VT, and was⁠ chosen as a #HopperPrizeFinalist for 2023.⁠
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Courtesy of Massey Klein Gallery⁠
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#HLKArtAcquisition #artreflections #liveartfully #artistspotlight⁠

🎯 Why One Masterpiece Beats Three Maybes True col

🎯 Why One Masterpiece Beats Three Maybes

True collecting begins with connoisseurship with a trained “eye" to discern subtle details of style, technique, and quality.

Great collectors know to look for that singular work where everything aligns: composition, confidence, spirit... Those are the pieces that reflect not only an artist’s practice but the integrity of an entire collection.

The finest collections are built with restraint and vision, not volume. If chosen with discernment, art will always outlast a handful of “almosts.”

✨ Buy with discernment, not impulse.

DYK❓
The term connoisseur originates from the Latin verb cognoscere, meaning "to get to know," which traveled through Old French conoisseor ("an expert")

✨Stay artwise with HLK 📚
If you’re ready to strengthen your eye and build a collection guided by true connoisseurship, HLK Art Group can help you collect with clarity, discernment, and purpose.

🌅 Long Beach, Sag Harbor

#collectingandconnoisseurship
#ArtAdvisory #ArtCollector #CollectingTips #HLKArtGroup #Connoisseurship #Artwise

✨MARKED MEMORIES✨👣 A look back to The Watermill C

✨MARKED MEMORIES✨👣

A look back to The Watermill Center’s historic Clementine Hunter House, where artists Pipi Deer, Sylvia Hommert, Stephanie Joyce and I presented Pilgrimage — a ceremonial journey to the self and our ancestors.

Visitors walked along a path paved by a 200’ long painting we created with our own feet. 👣👣👣

At the house, visitors were invited to make charcoal “marked memories” on the façade and leave offerings at the Gazing Mirror. The artists’ works were installed in and around the single-room house, the first structure acquired for the center. Rooted in Robert Wilson’s vision of art as transformation, Pilgrimage became an experience of healing, remembrance, and community.

This collaboration was more than curating—it was community building in its purest form: creating space for others to be seen, to create, to remember. A reminder that the truest art happens not in isolation, but in connection.✨

I’m deeply grateful for the incredible artists and for the watermill center. ✨🙏

#tbt #artandcommunity #liveartfully #watermillcenter #clementinehunter #healingarts

AUTUMN SURRENDER 🍂🤎🍂 ✨Artist spotlight on NY-base

AUTUMN SURRENDER 🍂🤎🍂

✨Artist spotlight on NY-based artist Debbi Kenote 🧡

This beautiful work harkens autumn leaves falling, long breezy hikes and cool lavender sunsets. 🍁🍂🍁
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Kenote is redefining what a painting can be. Rather than settling for the traditional rectangle, she builds her own shaped stretchers—like assembling a puzzle—to create canvases that bend, curve, and reimagine space.⁠

Her influences run deep: childhood memories, American craft traditions, and a research practice rooted in quilts, weaving, and architecture. The result? Works that are both tactile and cerebral—at once rooted in history and entirely forward-looking.⁠
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🧡I’m thrilled to have placed this work into an outstanding collection with a focus on emerging artists. Supporting artists isn’t just about acquiring a piece-it’s about investing in future generations of artists.⁠🤎
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🙏⁠ Huge thanks to @CristinTierneyGallery and much gratitude to the incredible art team who shared my curatorial vision

✨ For those building collections that embrace innovation and legacy in equal measure, DM me to discuss placement opportunities.⁠

#DebbiKenote #HLKArtGroup #ArtistSpotlight⁠

🎯 The #1 thing serious collectors do first? ✨Star

🎯 The #1 thing serious collectors do first?

✨Start with a sense of focus rooted in genuine passion. Be it a movement, medium, geography, or artist, think of it as a compass, not a rule. It sharpens your eye over time while leaving space for discovery and delight.

A vision or guiding framework, while allowing room for discovery and even detours, can help guide and refine your collecting journey.

✔️ Example: take collectors Edythe and Eli Broad — their collection ultimately centered around post-war and contemporary art, spanning multiple movements and media, and it helped shape their museum, The Broad in Los Angeles as a lasting institutional legacy.
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👉 Collecting isn’t just about what you buy—it’s about what you believe in. What vision drives your collection?

POOF 💨✨⁠ What happens when Looney Tunes fight clou

POOF 💨✨⁠
What happens when Looney Tunes fight clouds meet contemporary abstraction? 👀⁠
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NY-based artist Kate McQuillen turns slapstick chaos into pure visual energy through her process that employs squeegees, silkscreens, and layered imperfections. ⁠
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Think: fists + TNT blasts ➡ transformed into vibrating brush marks, and Lichtenstein-like brushstrokes blurred at the edges.⁠
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I’m beyond thrilled to have placed this work in a NY collection where it now joins an impressive list of blue-chip contemporary artists...⁠
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because who doesn’t want a little cartoon magic reimagined for the 21st century? 💥⁠
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For collectors seeking thoughtful placement opportunities with rising contemporary voices, my DM is open. ✨⁠
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📍 #newyorkartcollection⁠
#KateMcQuillen #emergingartists #HLKArtGroup #MasseyKleinGallery #artistspotlight⁠
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🎨IN THE STUDIO 🖌️ One of the greatest privileges

🎨IN THE STUDIO 🖌️

One of the greatest privileges of my work is stepping into artists’ studios. These visits can’t be captured in just one reel, but the gratitude I feel is endless.

The East End has long been a retreat for artists—not for glitz, but for the light, air, open space and sea that continue to inspire. From Pollock and de Kooning to Mary Heilmann and so many living artists today, this place has given space for voices to emerge and visions to grow.

Opening their studios—sharing works in progress, struggles, and dreams—is an act of bravery. They remind us that art isn’t just to be collected, but to heal, reflect, and connect us as humans.

Each open studio feels like a gift, and I’m fortunate to live in proximity to so much hidden brilliance here on the East End.

Here’s to artists: past, present, and future. Thank you for showing us why art matters—always. 💫

Special thanks to
@rossbleckner
@joelmesler
@appah_gideon
@robertnava7
@jll.moser
@saintsquid
@pipideer
@seawave54_markwebber
@francine_fleischer
@jackie.works
@chelseamariabizub
@rozolution
@elizabethkarsch
@jendeklaver
@patrickmeagherstudio
@leilapintonyc
@suzannah_wainhouse
@amyzerner
@annaclejan
#ArtistSpotlight #EastEndArtists #HamptonsArt #InTheStudio #SupportLivingArtists #theartistsstudio #artmatters #artlegacies

ART COLLECTING TIP OF THE DAY⁠ ⁠ This time of year

ART COLLECTING TIP OF THE DAY⁠
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This time of year is when museums announce programs, galleries open their seasons, and collectors tune in ahead of the November auction sales (Sotheby's just announced Lauder's Gustav Klimt's painting is expected to fetch over a shocking $150m!) ⁠
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Let's brush up on art with HLK and stay artwise!⁠
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4 Green Lights To Consider When Buying An Artwork👉 ⁠
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⁠The artist has...⁠
✅ A steady, authentic practice ⁠
✅ Critical writing and meaningful dialogue⁠ around them⁠
✅ Support and advocacy ⁠from peers and colleagues⁠
✅ Exposure of their work and showings, if possible⁠
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But also has:⁠
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🌱 Community impact— nurture and engage with their art communities⁠
🌍 Cross-disciplinary reach—collaborations in design, film, music, unique personal interests, or activism⁠
📣 Organic buzz—peers, curators, or collectors talking about the work in real ways⁠
💡 Resonance—when the work sparks conversation, reflection, or emotional connection⁠
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Reminder: These are market indicators, not value judgments. Every artist’s path is different, and significance can’t always be measured by a few factors alone.⁠
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#artcollectingtips #artadvisory #artwise #liveartfully⁠

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