we open the doors to the homes and offices of our collectors—spaces where art lives, works, and tells a story.
We showcase carefully curated works sold by Chelsea Art Group, revealing how our clients’ taste and lifestyle transform everyday environments into personal art sanctuaries.
This week, we’re excited to share the story of a long-time collector who took a fresh look at their collecting journey in 2025 when they teamed up with Chelsea Art Group. Here’s a glimpse into their home, showcasing Contemporary Masters alongside a career abstract expressionist, and even a contemporary artist who’s playfully experimenting with traditional French craftsmanship to recreate his unique style!
Alex Katz, an American painter born in 1927 in Brooklyn, is renowned for his simplified portraits and landscapes. Emerging after Abstract Expressionism, he intentionally moved away from its emotional intensity, opting instead for a flat and controlled style. This choice has significantly shaped his career.
The Straw Hat is a recurring theme and showcases Katz’s ability to capture a person’s essence through visual simplicity without sacrificing their presence. It expores how minimal detail can still convey a sense of liveliness in a portrait.
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Kiki Smith (b. 1954, Nuremberg, Germany; lives and works in New York) is a multidisciplinary artist celebrated for her exploration of the human body, mythology, and spirituality. Working across sculpture, drawing, printmaking, and textiles, Smith’s art delves into themes of mortality, feminism, and ecological interconnectedness.
Smith’s works have been exhibited at MoMA (New York), the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Centre Pompidou (Paris). She represented the United States at the Venice Biennale (2017) and her art is held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Tate Modern.
Carl Holty (1900–1973) was an American painter best known for his role in the development of West Coast abstraction and Abstract Expressionism. Born in Freiburg, Germany, he emigrated to the United States as a child and later studied at the Arts Students League in New York. Early in his career, Holty worked within Cubism and Post-Impressionism, but by the 1940s he turned decisively toward abstraction.
His mature work is characterized by luminous color, biomorphic forms
Xavier Veilhan (b. 1963, Lyon) is a Paris-based French contemporary artist whose work spans sculpture, installation, painting, photography, and film. Blending classical form with digital processes, he explores perception, space, and the staging of the contemporary world. Xavier Vielhans’ recent embrace of marquetry is more than just decoration; it’s a fundamental change in how his art is created and perceived.
Traditionally, marquetry relates to furniture and fine craftsmanship. Vielhans intentionally engages with this concept, then transforms it. He views marquetry not just as decorative patterns but as a visual language—where wood serves as both the image and structure.
The Kiki Smith work and the Xavier Veilhan were featured last fall in the “Aspire Magazine “Art of the Showhouse”
The flower painting pictured above was completed shortly before the untimely passing of Donald Baechler. Baechler garnered fame during the Neo-Expressionist movement of the 1980s, celebrated for his distinctive style characterized by collaged backgrounds and bold brushwork.
The flower painting pictured above was completed shortly before the untimely passing of Donald Baechler. Baechler garnered fame during the Neo-Expressionist movement of the 1980s, celebrated for his distinctive style characterized by collaged backgrounds and bold brushwork.
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