Recent News
This summer The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY acquired one of Brian's rare tree drawings for its permanent collection. Also University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences commissioned Brian to create a new painting for its building in Little Rock, AR. Other museums whom have recently acquired Rutenberg paintings include The Peabody-Essex Museum of Art, The Naples Museum of Art, Hickory Museum of Art, Arkansas Art Center, Springfield Museum of Art, Ogden Museum of Art, and the Morris Museum of Art.
The recently released monograph on Brian´s work published by Radius Books is selling well in North America and now in Europe and Asia. www.radiusbooks.org
At age 43 Brian has already had two retrospective exhibitions: a Ten Year Survey at the Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio in 2001 and a major eighty eight piece retrospective at the State Museum of South Carolina in Columbia in 2006. In fall of 2009 Brian will open his seventh solo museum show at the Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston.
Brian was profiled for Artopia a web based program with the S.C. Arts Commission. To view the films please go to www.knowitall.org.
Brian's recent public slide lectures include Seven Bridges Foundation, Farmingdale University, Gibbes Museum of Art, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Hunter College, Edinboro University, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Hickory Museum of Art, School of Visual Arts, the University of South Carolina, and Katonah Museum of Art.
Brian was a Visiting Artist at the University of South Carolina where he created a series of prints in the Atelier Program. To view the prints go to the USC Website
In 2008 the Bloomfield Birmingham Art Center in Michigan invited Brian to curate its prestigious Statewide Annual Juried Exhibition.
Brian´s work will be presented in numerous Art Fairs across America including The Armory Show, NY, Art Chicago, Art Palm Beach, Dallas Art Fair, and Works on Paper, NY. Call Forum Gallery (212.355.4545) or Jerald Melberg Gallery at 704.365.3000 for dates.
An interview with Brian on the subject of Glenn Gould aired nationwide in Canada on CBC radio. Brian was also the subject of Talk About, a radio program on South Carolina Public Radio.
PBS, in association with S.C. Public Television, featured Brian in State of the Arts which continues to play to a wide audience.
Three of Brian's paintings were recently purchased for the staterooms of the Mirabella V, the largest luxury sailing ship in the world.
Gamblin Artist Colors featured one of Brian's new paintings in its national ad campaign in Art News Magazine.
Brian will be featured in a new book "Aerial Perspectives" produced by the Cavan Arts Council in Ireland. Brian was inspired to paint in Cavan County while a Fulbright Scholar in Ireland.
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Recent and Upcoming Solo Exhibitions
| New York City | Fall 2010 |
| Forum Gallery | |
| 745 Fifth Avenue | |
| New York, New York 10151 | |
| (212) 355-4545 | |
| Contact the Gallery | |
| Gallery Website | |
| Charleston | October 23, 2009 - January 10, 2010 |
| Gibbes Museum Of Art | |
| 135 Meeting Street | |
| Charleston, South Carolina 29401 | |
| (843) 722-2706 | |
| Contact the Museum | |
| Museum Website | |
| Atlanta | October 2009 |
| Tew Galleries | |
| 425 Peachtree Hills Avenue, #24 | |
| Atlanta, Georgia 30305 | |
| (404) 869-0511 | |
| Contact the Gallery | |
| Gallery Website | |
| San Francisco | November 2009 |
| Toomey-Tourell in association with BAR Architects | |
| Opening Reception: Thursday, November 5th, 5:30 - 8:00pm | |
| RSVP by October 22nd to BAR Architects | |
| 49 Geary Street | |
| San Francisco, California 94108 | |
| (415) 989-6444 | |
| Contact the Gallery | |
| Gallery Website | |
| Charlotte | March - May 2009 |
| Jerald Melberg Gallery | |
| 625 South Sharon Amity Road | |
| Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 | |
| (704) 365-3000 | |
| Contact the Gallery | |
| Gallery Website |
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Lectures and Book Signings
| Charlotte, SC | February 7, 2009 |
| Art with Heart | |
| Charity Event Featured Artist | |
| Contact Information | |
| Columbia, SC | February 28, 2009 10:30am |
| South Carolina Book Festival | |
| Lecture and Signing | |
| Columbia Metro Convention Center | |
| Lexington Meeting Room A | |
| Contact Information | |
| Charlotte, SC | March 13, 2009 6:00 - 8:00pm |
| Jerald Melberg Gallery | |
| Artist Reception and Signing | |
| Contact Information | |
| Charleston, SC | March 20, 2009 7:00pm |
| Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art | |
| Lecture and Signing | |
| College of Charleston | |
| Room 309 Lecture Hall | |
| Contact Information | |
| Greenwich, CT | June 11, 2009 1:00 - 3:00pm |
| Seven Bridges Foundation | |
| Lecture and Signing | |
| Contact Forum Gallery for Info | |
| Pawleys Island, SC | June 26, 2009 2:00pm |
| Litchfield Books | |
| Lecture, Slide Show, and Signing | |
| Call (843) 237-8138 for reservations | |
| Contact Information | |
| Katonah, NY | October 29, 2009 |
| Katonah Museum of Art | |
| Lecture, Slide Show, and Signing | |
| Contact Information | |
| San Francisco, CA | November 5, 2009 |
| Toomey-Tourell in association with BAR Architects | |
| Artist Reception and Signing | |
| Contact Information | |
| Myrtle Beach, SC | March 12, 2011 10:30am |
| Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum | |
| Lecture and Signing | |
| Contact Information | |
| Myrtle Beach | October 13, 2011 - January 10, 2012 |
| Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum | |
| 3100 South Ocean Boulevard | |
| Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577 | |
| (843) 238-2510 | |
| Contact the Museum | |
| Museum Website |
