When they opened their first store, no cars swooshed by their display windows. Women’s skirts swept the sidewalks and their jewels glittered under gaslights at the Opera House, just down East 4th Street from the first store. John D. Rockefeller had just started his vertical integration into wealth, Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams had recently introduced a line of marine […]
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More than half of all small businesses fail after five years, but the Bonfoey Gallery has persevered and kept serving the Cleveland community for more than a century. Here is a quick look back at our roots. Bonfoey Gallery was established in 1893 by Asher D. Bonfoey. He was a violinist who arrived in Cleveland to play in the Euclid […]
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We’ve been on a rollercoaster since our lives were turned upside down in 2020 by COVID-19. As an art gallery, our goal has been to pivot and adapt; instead of seeing the pandemic as an obstacle in our path, we can use and have used it for growth. Our largest goal, during and after the pandemic, was to keep our […]
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Over the last three years, Amber Kempthorn has drawn, written, directed, and produced four animations that visually translate British composer Benjamin Britten’s Four Sea Interludes into familiar scenes from the Northeast Ohio region. Created in collaboration with the Akron production studio Red Point Digital, Ordinary Magic: A Sunday in the Cuyahoga Valley is supported in part by a grant from […]
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For years Laurence Channing was director of publications at the Cleveland Museum of Art, but would rise every morning hours before dawn to put in a few hours of drawing before he went to work. As this suggests, while his effects are delicate, there’s a stubborn intensity to his vision. He seems indifferent to the usual artistic tricks for calling […]
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Bonfoey Gallery opened FOCUS on May 1; it will run through June 30 in conjunction with the 2021 Cleveland Photo Fest. The exhibition features the work of six photographers: Donald Black, Abe Frajndlich, Amanda King, Jeannette Palsa, Christopher Pekoc, and Garie Waltzer. FOCUS presents a carefully curated collection of photographs, each with its own individual focus, that together bring attention to the […]
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With a year as trying as 2020 under our belt, we’ve been taking some time to reflect on our accomplishments—all of which wouldn’t have been possible without our team of professionals working behind the scenes. Richard Moore, president and owner of the Bonfoey Gallery, has been in the leadership role for over fifty years. His experience extends across the fields […]
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At Bonfoey’s, we are learning to adapt to the new circumstances we find ourselves in. The shift in the art world has shaken us, but we are prepared to take the necessary measures to ensure our doors remain open to in-person visitors. As such, we continue to ask ourselves: how can we present art in a safe and accessible way? […]
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Over the years, we have represented the works of artists from many ethnicities and orientations. Our goal is to present fine quality work regardless of an artist’s background or professional training. We review the work of many artists throughout the year looking to maintain this quality level. However, this benchmark does present an encumbrance to our ability to always maintain […]
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CAN Journal has asked us to provide an overview of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Bonfoey Gallery. At this point, March 30, 2020, it has stopped us dead in our tracks. For those unfamiliar, Bonfoey is an art gallery providing representation of the works of over seventy-five regional artists, along with custom framing, gilding, carving, art installation, […]
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