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There is a magic in the hour of beginnings
a uiet enchantment concealed in that first moment when the doors open when a ga e
first falls upon an image when one steps across a threshold where stillness hangs hea y
with promise between art and its beholder to drink in and celebrate.
n the world of art this moment is called the Vernissage.
After nights upon nights of devotion
with hundreds and thousands of touches until the artist s spirit is at rest the final skin
of arnish is laid sealing the beauty as if reser ing it for a final eternity. This act is
called Vernissage.
n earlier times artists would share this pri ileged inter al with collectors and close
friends on the day before the e hibition opened allowing them to see works not
yet stamped with public meaning only those who could pierce more deeply were
permitted to feel the work s first breath. t was a time of e change a con ersation
in the language of paint a language you may not know how to read yet can somehow
sing.
Because light and darkness stand at the origin of the ery mechanisms of wonder
we honor this threshold where art first emerges from shadow.
The Art Auction Center in ites your isceral lo e to walt into Vernissage an
e hibition in which you become a primary witness to
works gathered from the
treasured memory of time.
Perhaps before humanity once more persuades itself that the far field is always
fairer than the ground beneath its feet you will find something worthy of keeping
until the day the sunset gate is shut.
Shall we watch the flowers grow for a while
and rest our minds in this warm delight of now
