October 16, 2009


Dear Friends,

Thank you for the many congratulatory notes on the recent transition of Holsten Galleries from a brick and mortar gallery in Stockbridge to a virtual (internet only) gallery at www.holstengalleries.com! We are busy revising and expanding the website and I anticipate that this process will be ongoing for several weeks.

Please visit the site to see what we have accomplished to date:

Dale Chihuly: Examples of all of Dale's major series: Chandeliers, Persians, Seaforms, Baskets, Macchias, Cylinders, Venetian and Wall Installations. Also 2009 Studio Editions and prints.

Jon Kuhn: Examples of most of Jon's major series. Soon to be added: large scale works and installations.

Lino Tagliapietra: Lino's traveling museum exhibition, "Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect." All available works from this show which originated at the Tacoma Museum of Glass and is currently at the Palm Springs Museum of Art is now available on our website. Soon to be added: works to be shown at SOFA-Chicago in November and other available works.

William Morris: We are pleased to represent all available inventory of the works of William Morris and will soon have access to newly released historical pieces from his archives.

I also want to clarify a few points which some of you have had questions about:

• I am now living full-time in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with my wife Christine Warren, where I am a private art dealer and consultant and operate my virtual gallery.
   
• Holsten Galleries at this point exists solely as a virtual, on line gallery. I do not have a physical gallery in Santa Fe and at the moment I do not intend to open one. Most of the inventory on my website is housed at the artists' studios and will be shipped directly to the buyer (always on approval).
   
• Because my gallery no longer has the limitations of a physical space, I am able to expand the number of artists that I represent. Over time, my intention is to add other glass artists whom I have not had the opportunity to represent in the past.
   
• The Lino Tagliapietra exhibition at SOFA-Chicago, November 4-8, will be co-presented by Holsten Galleries and Schantz Galleries. However, Holsten and Schantz now exist as independent businesses since Jim Schantz and his wife Kim Saul purchased the Stockbridge business on October 2, 2009.