151. TULA Arts Center
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 351-3551
Address: 75 Bennett St. NW
Description: TULA is at the end of the Bennett Street antiques shopping district (left off Peachtree Road just north of Piedmont Hospital). A privately developed, multiuse arts center, it houses several galleries and over 30 artists’ studios, and arts-related businesses. TULA is home to IMAGE Film/Video Center, (404) 352-4225, which promotes the cinematic arts and exhibits lots of offbeat and experimental movies. Galleries at TULA include Kiang Gallery, (404) 351-5477, and Opus One Gallery, (404) 352-9727. Hours for the galleries in the complex vary, but are generally 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
152. Alan Avery Art Company
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 237-0370
Address: 315 East Paces Ferry Rd.
Description: In business since 1981, this two-story, 7,500-square-foot gallery features artists who push the envelope when it comes to contemporary painting, sculpture, and photography. The company represents over 70 artists, both established and up and coming. It is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
153. City Gallery East
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 817-7956
Address: 675 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE
Description: Operated by the city’s Bureau of Cultural Affairs, the 6,000-square-foot City Gallery East is on the first floor of the City Hall East government building. Built by Sears, Roebuck & Co., the massive redbrick structure opened in 1926 and was the retailer’s Southeast catalog order center for decades. Directly across the street, the Atlanta Crackers baseball team used to play in a now-demolished stadium. (This was back in the days before major-league ball came to town.) The gallery presents five major exhibitions each year spotlighting contemporary visual art. Atlanta artists are a special focus, but the gallery does not exclude the works of other U.S. and international artists.
154. Connell Gallery
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 261-1712
Address: 333 Buckhead Ave.
Description: Specializing in contemporary crafts, the Connell Gallery showcases art incorporating fiber, wood, jewelry, furniture, and ceramics. The gallery features well-known contemporary craft artists from all over the country. It is open by appointment only.
155. Fay Gold Gallery
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 233-3843
Address: 764 Miami Circle
Description: Fay Gold taught art privately prior to opening her gallery in 1980. She changed the gallery scene in Atlanta almost singlehandedly by bringing in New York artists and others who could command top dollar for their goods. Now located in a 7,000-square-foot space designed by her architect son in the heart of Buckhead, she continues to house solo exhibitions and group shows of some of the biggest names in the art world—Dale Chihuly, Tony Hernandez, John Okulick, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Horst P. Horst, to name just a few. Periodically, the work of local artists is also exhibited. It is open by appointment only.
156. Gallerie Timothy Tew
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 869-0511
Address: 425 Peachtree Hills #24
Description: One of Atlanta’s leading contemporary fine art galleries, TEW is housed in a three-story town house that only scratches the surface of exhibiting the artists they represent. Timothy Tew also now features a jewelry collection, which includes both vintage and TEW designs. Artists represented include Haidee Becker, Sarah Wolfe, and Charles Kreiger.
157. Jackson Fine Art
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 233-3739
Address: 3115 East Shadowlawn Ave.
Description: Specializing in 20th-century and contemporary photography, Jackson’s client list includes the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, and the Woodruff Foundation. The gallery’s inventory includes works by Ansel Adams, Walker Evens, Edward Steichen, and Eudora Welty.
158. Krause Gallery
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 522-6205
Address: 291 Peters St. SW
Description: Located in the Castleberry Hill arts district, Krause Gallery is a forum for fresh contemporary local and regional artists.
159. Lagerquist Gallery
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 261-8273
Address: 3235 Paces Ferry Place NW
Description: Kind of hidden in a lovely, quiet pocket of exclusive shops, Lagerquist Gallery was established in 1970 and it is Atlanta’s oldest gallery dealing in original fine art. Artists featured here include Henry Barnes, Albert Handell, Karen Jacobs, and Teena Stern, among others.
160. Lowe Gallery
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 352-8114
Address: 1555 Peachtree St. N
Description: The Bill Lowe Gallery showcases artists who play a key role in today’s international art marketplace and whose works honor classical traditions while reinterpreting them. These include Andrew Saftel, Kathleen Morris, Steven Seinberg, and Undo Nöger.
161. Marcia Wood Gallery
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 827-0030
Address: 263 Walker St.
Description: Marcia Wood Gallery in the Castleberry Hill arts district showcases contemporary art, especially painting, though it also shows other media using narrative imagery. It represents Ann Faber, Timothy McDowell, and William Steiger, among many others.
162. Mason Murer
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 879-1500
Address: 199 Armour Dr.
Description: Specializing in folk art, contemporary art, outsider art, and self-taught artists, Mason Murer’s Armour Drive location includes 24,000 square feet, making it the largest gallery in all of Atlanta. A bit off the beaten path, it is worth the journey. Mason Murer represents such artists as Dennis Campay, Arlis Day, Richard Mayhew, and Susan Loeb.
163. Sandler Hudson Gallery
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 817-3300
Address: 1009 Marietta St. NW
Description: Sandler Hudson Gallery exhibits provocative imagery in a variety of media including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and jewelry. Its primary focus is established contemporary artists from the Southeast.
164. The Signature Shop & Gallery
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 237-4426
Address: 3267 Roswell Rd.
Description: The Signature Shop & Gallery was the creation of Blanche Reeves, who was the first in Atlanta to give fine crafts (weavings, pottery, furniture, and jewelry) a showcase. Because the Signature Shop educated patrons to the art of glass, galleries such as the Vespermann were more accepted into the local art scene. Many local artists got their starts in this modest space more than 35 years ago.
165. Solomon Projects
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 875-7100
Address: 1037 Monroe Dr. NE
Description: Nancy Solomon’s gallery focuses on international contemporary art. Solomon, an art history graduate of Barnard College, grew up in France and Switzerland and has worked in galleries in London, Paris, and New York. The gallery emphasizes conceptual painting, sculpture, video installation, and experimental art.