In a recent conversation with a handful of American artists, Artnet News asked which galleries they felt genuinely worked to build artists’ careers. Clearing, all agreed, was one such gallery.

For some artists, Abstract Expressionism is a tool for bodily release; for Japan-born, Los Angeles-based Naotaka Hiro, it is first and foremost a vehicle of bodily awareness. Highly gestural and ...

Longtime gallery owner Douglas Flanders loved giving unknown artists a chance. He hosted the “State Fair Rejects” show for those who didn’t get into the Minnesota State Fair’s Fine Arts Competition.