October 2025

The Art Lover’s Guide to Collecting Fine Art in Charleston, SC, & Vicinity

The October 2025 issue marks American Art Collector’s 20h annual Art Lover’s Guide to Collecting Fine Art in Charleston, SC, & Vicinity! Our guide will take you on a tour of one of the nation’s most picturesque art destinations: Charleston, South Carolina. It is no surprise that an abundance of galleries and established artists call Charleston home. Galleries abound throughout the charming, richly historic city and represent local, regional and national artists working across the spectrum of genres. In this prolific Southern art center you will find landscapes, Lowcountry, realism, contemporary, abstract art, sculpture and much more. If you are an artist living in or around Charleston, or a gallery owner, get yourself on the map in our Art Lover’s Guide to Collecting Fine Art in Charleston, SC, & Vicinity.

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Collector’s Focus: Works on Paper

For the October 2025 issue, American Art Collector is taking a step back from the canvas and shifting our focus to the many mediums that find their expression on paper. The debut special section Collector’s Focus: Works on Paper highlights mediums like graphite, charcoal, soft pastel, oil pastel, pen and ink, dry monochromes, colored pencil, watercolor, gouache and more. Given the unique characteristics of each medium, the endless varieties of paper and limitless subject matter, works in this category appeal to collectors of every kind. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this expansive feature showcasing the best works on paper and the artists and galleries behind them. Artwork by Traci Wright Martin.

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Collector’s Focus: Museums & Exhibitions

With the growing number of museums showcasing artists at the forefront of contemporary realism, American Art Collector is excited to introduce the second annual Collector’s Focus: Museums and Exhibitions in the October issue! This special section provides the opportunity for museums nationwide to share their current and upcoming exhibitions with our readers who are passionate about a broad range of representational art. From exhibitions featuring works that are available for purchase, to recent acquisitions newly on display and traveling exhibitions making a stop at your institution, there is no better opportunity to ensure your exhibitions are a success and to connect with patrons to support your future endeavors. Don’t miss this once a year chance to have our subscribers mark their calendars with any exhibitions of contemporary realism on view now and far into the future! Image courtesy The Met.

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Additional Distribution

• Omstead Plein Air Georgia Colors Competition
• Boston International Fine Art Show
• Historic Canyon Road Paint & Sculpt Out, Santa Fe, NM
• Laguna Plein Air Painters’ Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA
• Scottsdale Gallery Association’s Gold Palette ArtWalk, Scottsdale AZ
• Charleston Gallery Association First Friday ArtWalk, Charleston, SC
• Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, Baltimore, MD
• Oil Painters of America’s Western Regional Exhibition
• Texas Contemporary, Houston, TX
• Catalina Island Conservancy’s Wild Side Art Show and Sale, Newport Beach, CA