Jo SHODA, Monogatari (Story), original painting, 1969 I grew up in a home where art was the main part of everyday life. My parents were museum goers, gallery visitors, and avid print collectors long before they became dealers and, in many ways, The Tolman Collection grew out of that way of living. My parents acquired things because they loved them, or because they couldn’t imagine not living with a particular piece of art. They became friends with the artists and bought more to support them....

I am so proud of all the many artists with whom the Tolman Collection is lucky enough to partner. Every year however I look back and realize that some specific artists have particularly resonated with the zeitgeist of the moment and appealed to collectors by capturing and connecting with the current general mood.   Here are five artists who defined this year for me at The Tolman Collection of New York. Their prints in particular shaped my 2025 conversations, inspired collectors, or simply...

When I was a teen, my family lived in a beautiful old Japanese house, the location of the first Tolman Collection gallery. One of the wonderful things about having artists embedded so deeply in one’s personal life is that sometimes art replaces family photographs - r enowned artist Clifton Karhu (1927 - 2007)  was so taken with the house that he recreated it in the print below. Clifton KARHU,  House In Takaido, woodblock, 1976, ed. 25. 31.2" x 33" With my family, in front of the Takaido...