Celebrating Artists of the Year, Lita Albuquerque, and Arts Patron of the Year, Donna McMillan, an estimated 2,600 collectors, curators and veritable who’s who gathered at the Palm Springs Convention Center for the opening night of Art Palm Springs (art-palmsprings.com). 

Attendees included Palm Springs International Film Festival chair Harold Matzner, photographer Michael Childers, Arlene Schnitzer, Jordan Schnitzer, Sherri Applebaum, Steven Biller, Arthur & Patty Newman, Jamye and Ken Jesser, Helene Galen, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Architects Jeff Jurasky and Lance O’Donnell, City of Palm Springs Mayor Robert Moon and City Council member J.R. Roberts, Pat Scully from Representative Chad Mayes office, Palm Springs Art Museum JoAnn McGrath Executive Director Elizabeth Armstrong, The Donna and Cargill MacMillan Jr., Director of Art Daniell Cornell, and Chief Curator Katherine Hough.
 
“We couldn’t be more excited about the reception to the show,” says Donna Davies, Vice President of Art Group for Urban Expositions, “The feedback on this year’s fair has been phenomenal. We congratulate our gallery partners for the quality of work they brought to the show.” 

A number of galleries had artists highlighted in the SELECTS program, two of which sold during the opening night. Imago Galleries received Best Booth Award, selected by Palm Springs Art Museum. 

Brisk sales opening night included Bruce Evans and Jae Yong Kim (Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts); Dennis Sarazhim (Arcadia Contemporary); Justin Lyons (Bruce Lurie Gallery); Ylva Ceder (C. Grimaldis Gallery); Hwang Seon Tae (CMay Gallery); Sean Newport (Cordesa Fine Art); Andy Burgess and Klari Reis (The Cynthia Corbett Gallery); KARTEL andMichel Mikesell (DECORAZONgallery); P.T. Tiersky (Gallery K.A.G.); Laurent Craste, Greg Gorman and Julian Voss-Andreae (HOHMANN); Tim Tate (J. Willott Gallery); SELECTS artist Bonnie Star (Jean Albano Gallery); Ariel Vargassal (Jorge Mendez Gallery); SELECTS artists Carol Chave and Lucia Torres (Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery); Christopher Schultz (Myers Kovich); Kirsten Stingle (Okay Spark); Artist of the Year Lita Albuquerque (Peter Blake Gallery); Tom Waldron (Richard Levy Gallery); David Hockney(Scott White Contemporary Art); De La Torre Brothers (Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance); Elizabett Gudmann and Kirk H. Slaughter (ten|Contemporary); David Hockney (Timothy Yarger Fine Art); and, Rosenberg (Tom Ross Gallery).
 
Art Palm Springs continues February 17-19, 2017.
General AdmissionFriday, February 17 - Sunday, February 19.Tickets $25 online in advance; $25 at the door for single-day admission for one.
Friday, February 17: 11 am-7 pm 
Saturday, February 18: 11 am-7 pm 
Sunday, February 19: 11 am-6 pm 
Tickets available at Art-PalmSprings.com