What is American Art? Inside Sotheby’s “American Views” with The Baer Faxt & Sotheby’s Nick Deimel

July 22, 2026

We weren’t the only ones thinking about America’s artistic and cultural legacy ahead of the 250th, so we headed to the Breuer Building to take a look at how Sotheby’s selling exhibition, “American Views: People & Places,” showcases the multiplicity of voices and perspectives that have shaped American visual and material culture. The show unfolds across five chapters, with over 120 artworks and objects—from an 1823 facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, through the landscapes and figures that shaped the nation’s social fabric, and all the way to pop. Join The Baer Faxt’s Josh Baer and Sotheby’s Head of Private Sales, Modern Art in New York, Nick Deimel, as the two trade views on the question at the heart of this issue: What really is American art and culture, and how has this changed over 250 years? On view at 945 Madison through August 16, 2026.

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