Understated Beauty

After a four-year hiatus, the American Tonalisty Society returns to New York's Salmagundi Club with their second biennial exhibition and sale, Shades of Gray II

In 2019, the American Tonalist Society iconic Salmagundi Club, dubbed "one of the grandest exhibitions that have graced these walls," by Tim Newton, former president of the club. The show, typically meant to take place every two years, was then canceled in 2021 due to the pandemic. And now, four years later, the long-awaited Shades of Gray II exhibition and sale is finally back. Opening Friday, April 28, the event showcases more than 60 works of art from 33 esteemed artists. Capturing a sense of atmosphere, nature and raw emotion, these artists represent some of the very best examples of American tonalism today across mediums like oil, pastel and watercolor.