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By Sheryl Turner, Local News Pasadena
June 3, 2026
60 artists, 70 Works. Pasadena deserves its place in art history.
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A gallery show opening this month offers a quiet corrective to the art world’s obsession with the new – and rediscovers the California city that helped start it all.
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Pasadena Now
April 7, 2026
The major Irish painter, once artist-in-residence at PCC, returns to South Lake Avenue gallery that has represented him for nearly four decades
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By Andy Brumer, Visual Art Source
February 21, 2026
Although Ireland has produced some of the world’s best late-19th and 20th century writers and poets, its roster of well-known visual artists during this same period is sparse in comparison.
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By: Victoria Thomas, Local News Pasadena
February 17, 2026
A rare opportunity unfolds in Pasadena, and we’re not talking about another new bubble-tea shop. This unfolding is the art exhibition Patrick Graham: Notes from Ireland now on view at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts through April 18th.
Jack Rutberg’s gallery is easy to miss. Don’t.
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Graham’s work returns to Pasadena for “Patrick Graham: Notes from Ireland,” which opened on February 1, 2026 and is now on view at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts—a gallery that has represented him internationally since his dramatic American debut in 1987.
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Thank you to the enthusiastic crowd that attended our opening reception of Patrick Graham: Notes from Ireland this past Sunday, February 1, 2026. We were delighted to welcome new and familiar collectors, artists, scholars, community members, as well as Consul General of Ireland, Caitlín Higgins Ní Chinnéide and Ella Taylor, Cultural Attaché for the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs & Culture Ireland.
Virtually all attendees expressed that this is an exhibition worthy of multiple visits and we look forward to sharing this powerfully intimate exhibition with returning visitors, and those who were unable to attend the opening reception. Patrick Graham: Notes from Ireland, extends through April 18, 2026 at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Pasadena.
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October 22, 2025
By David Cross, Pasadena Now
When Jack Rutberg stepped back to view his current exhibition after installation, the art dealer experienced something he hadn’t anticipated in over five decades of working with art: surprise at his own life’s work.
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August 7, 2025
By Bridgette M. Redman
At first glance masters will share the space with a sweeping range of 19th to 21th century artists including Max Klinger, Alison Saar and Ed Ruscha. Patrons can get an up-close look at the sculptures of more than 30 artists created over a 125-year period and collected by Jack Rutberg, the gallery founder and owner.
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By David Cross, Pasadena Now
July 25, 2025
As most of our attention these days is dominated by digital screens and virtual experiences, Jack Rutberg has assembled something increasingly rare: a collection that compels physical presence. His current exhibition, “SCULPTORS: From Degas to Ruscha,” spanning 120 years of sculptural history, offers visitors what he calls “intimate engagement” with works that have shaped modern and contemporary art.
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17 July 2025
By Bridgette M. Redman, Pasadena Weekly Contributor
At first glance masters will share the space with a sweeping range of 19th to 21th century artists including Max Klinger, Alison Saar and Ed Ruscha. Patrons can get an up-close look at the sculptures of more than 30 artists created over a 125-year period and collected by Jack Rutberg, the gallery founder and owner.
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22 May 2025
By Jeff Favre, Pasadena Weekly Contributor
Rutberg Gallery showcases collaboration of George Nama and George Romero
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April 17, 2025
By David Cross, Pasadena Now
In Pasadena, a fine arts dealer presents the work of a New York artist whose vision defies easy categorization while bridging visual art with poetry and music
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Published on April 10, 2025
Pasadena Now
Showing traverses New York artist’s six-decade journey through form and collaboration
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Published March 26, 2025
By Garrett Rowlan, Colorado Boulevard Newspaper
Seeing George Nama: Sixty Years of Selected Works, currently at the Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Pasadena, gave me an obscure feeling of hope—hope in the way Nama’s simple yet tensile forms carried an implicit energy.
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Published on Feb. 14, 2025
Pasadena Now
In Pasadena, a fine arts dealer extends his exhibition as a haven for a community grappling with loss, proving once again that art can be a powerful healer in times of crisis
In the aftermath of devastating wildfires that swept through Southern California this January, Jack Rutberg is doing what he knows best: keeping the doors of his Pasadena fine arts gallery open as a haven of beauty and contemplation for a wounded community.
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Published on Jan. 4, 2025
By David Cross, Pasadena Now
As old and new worlds collide, art galleries are increasingly embracing digital engagement and multimedia, and Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Pasadena has found an unexpected but welcome multi-use: their virtual content is enhancing, rather than replacing, the in-person art experience.
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Published October 26, 2024
By David Cross, Pasadena Now
In an intimate art gallery setting in Pasadena, Jack Rutberg surveys his latest exhibition with the practiced eye of someone who has spent half a century dealing art. The art exhibition at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts , “Hispanic Legacy,” follows the celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, and is drawn entirely from Rutberg’s own extensive inventory.
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Published on September 6, 2024
By David Cross, The Pasadena Now Weekendr
Throughout history, from the brushstrokes of the Impressionists to the bold expressions of contemporary creators, women artists have navigated a labyrinth of societal constraints, steadily carving out their rightful place in the art world and claiming the recognition that has long eluded them.
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Published on August 1, 2024
By Peter Latham, Pasadena Now
Kollwitz’s exceptional ability conveys human dignity in the face of adversity
In a bold curatorial move that bridges historical gravitas with contemporary resonance, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts is presenting “ART A to Z” with a rare color lithograph by Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) at its conceptual epicenter. This showcase not only reaffirms Kollwitz’s enduring influence but also sparks dialogue on the role of socially-engaged art in the current political climate. The centerpiece of the exhibition, Kollwitz’s “Work-Woman, with Blue Shawl” (1903), stands as a testament to the artist’s exceptional ability to convey human dignity in the face of adversity.
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By Sheryl Turner, Local News Pasadena
June 3, 2026