Top collectors and tastemakers are backing artist Andrew LaMar Hopkins's first solo show, which opens Oct. 7. Works could range between $6,500 and $30,000. 'He paints the world through a rose-colored glass, but I like his power of positive thinking.'
Two decades ago, Andrew LaMar Hopkins was working as an antiques dealer in New Orleans, selling cabriole-leg tables and gilt mantel clocks from a Garden District shop he ran with his then-boyfriend. On the side, Mr. Hopkins painted small, folksy scenes of 19th century Creole life, which he sold for $300 apiece.
Today, Mr. Hopkins’s side gig is attracting mainstream attention spurred by the art-world heavyweights behind his first New York solo show opening for in-person visitors Oct. 7 at Venus Over Manhattan.
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