Incollect Magazine - Issue 4

Issue 4 90 www.incollect.com York Design Center at 200 Lexington Avenue. “A gallery in New York allows us to serve existing New York clients, but to also engage with new clients,” he says. “We knew it was important to have a New York presence. We picked the location because Jim Druckman is such an amazing landlord. It was a no-brainer to be there after meeting with him — he is so enthusiastic about design.” Since its inception, the gallery has presented work by both designers and artists and, co-owner Sherri Apter Wexler says, has never drawn a hard, fast distinction between the two — in this regard, the gallery was way ahead of its time. “The gallery program always mixed art and design and today the lines between the two fields have never been less defined. This year we exhibited vintage tapestries by Belgian artist Jan Yoors, and modern African design by Jomo Tariku, both new artists for the gallery.” Lewis and Sherri began their careers working in galleries and later auction houses. “The best art and design,” Sherri believes, “challenges labels and coexists in different disciples” and for that reason the gallery has always had a commitment not only to mixing art and design but supporting the most ambitious contemporary creativity — what can be described as the emerging talent of today. “The magic for us as dealers,” she says “is discovering new talent and sharing it with our collectors, asking them to consider how the work can be perceived as art, design or both at once.” The New York Gallery, run by Cate Andrews, continues to challenge and defy labels with a constant and changing mix of art and design items. “I can’t concentrate on one thing,” Lewis says, “it lacks the excitement of doing multiple things at one time. We have always played with design and fine art and are active in the secondary market for art and in the auction world.” He even took a year and half off, a few years back, to concentrate more on private high end dealing of contemporary art. Lewis and Sherri have also been experimenting in the New York gallery with inviting contempo- rary interior designers to curate exhibitions and to exhibit their own work. “We had a show Rodney Lawrence curated and it was really successful and Botanica: Inspired by Nature, May-August 2022, Wexler Gallery New York. New Works / New Space, January-April 2022, Wexler Gallery New York.

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