It’s a Wrap

Editor’s letter

It’s hard to believe this is the last issue of 2025 and it’s nearly the end of the year. Where did the time go? A lot of it went into the pages of this magazine, as we focused on each and every month’s content, while simultaneously zooming out to plan future issues, assess where small tweaks of improvement could be made, and what more significant changes would support our ongoing goal of keeping American Fine Art Magazine the number one publication for appreciators of historic American art.

This has been an exciting trip around the sun for American Fine Art Magazine. We’ve expanded our reach—and often the size of the magazine. We’ve formed new partnerships with galleries, art dealers, museums, and art show organizers and exhibitors. You will find many of them, and highlights of their collections, inside these pages. Some might be new to you, and we are happy to make the introduction.

As our connections and relationships expand and strengthen, it is so gratifying to see it so clearly reflected back in the magazine. A magazine I can actually hold in my hands and pages I can flip through. I’ve always preferred the tangible—I suppose I’m in the right business—and if you are holding a hard copy, I imagine you do too.

Over the last couple of years, one leap we’ve made is introducing issues organized around a particular theme or genre. There have been so many movements and micro-movements over the time frame we cover, and it has been a wonderful way to go deep into an area of historic art and explore it so thoroughly. It is always a collaborative effort. We involve the galleries that specialize in the genre. I seek out scholars to contribute essays and insight that far exceeds my knowledge, and curate illuminating, educational and occasionally entertaining (especially Jim Balestrieri’s brilliantly irreverent writing), to support the theme.

This past year, we’ve dedicated issues to the auction house sector, decorative arts and antiques, museums and exhibitions, modernism, landscapes and, in this issue, historic women artists, a demographic that is getting long-overdue attention across the board. Better late than never.

While remaining true to our focus on historic American art, 2026 promises more exciting new additions to our repertoire that we are sure are going please our readers, and help further our efforts to connect collectors with the finest artwork on the market. Stay tuned!

Sarah Gianelli
Managing Editor
sgianelli@americanartcollector.com