Leah Harmuth: December 2012

Contemporary Fine Art of Tauba Auerbach

For the American artist Tauba Auerbach, shifting forms from the expected seems to be a major focus of her work. Although a few years old by now, for her Whitney Biennial 2010 exhibition, Tauba produced a series of large scale paintings that were a meditation on what is real and what is painting. She started with pieces of raw canvas and folded them into several configurations, then took the resulting ragged canvases laid them flat, and applied paint to the surface with an air gun. The result is a mixture of trompe l’oeil of the folds and the real manipulated canvas.

2012 Highlight: Gerhard Richter Painting The Film

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Leah Harmuth at MoMA/PS1 Delano Beach Club Benefit For Victims Of Hurricane Sandy

Leah Harmuth at MoMA/PS1 Delano Beach Club Benefit For Victims Of Hurricane Sandy
(L-R) Abbey Maglaris, Mandy Rabinowitz, Leah Harmuth and Jenna Moss attend Delano Beach Club Hosts A MoMA And MoMA PS1 Benefit For Victims Of Hurricane Sandy at Delano Hotel on December 7, 2012 in Miami, Florida.
(December 6, 2012 – Source: Donald Bowers/Getty Images North America)

Leah Elizabeth Harmuth

Elizabeth Elizabeth Harmuth is a contemporary fine art consultant focusing on emerging artists, established contemporary artists, and timeless design.

Leah's interests range from contemporary masters such as paintings and prints by Richard Diebenkorn, Gerhard Richter, to new artists such as the fine art photographer Ryan McGinley, the painter Tauba Auerbach, Gregory Hayes' sculptures, and Milo Baughman objets d’art.

Leah Harmuth visits New York City Chelsea galleries and museums, as well as major art fairs including the recently held Art Basel Miami Beach, TEFAF in Maastricht and Frieze New York.

Leah Harmuth’s art business background includes receiving a Master’s Degree in 2013 from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art, as well as receiving a business development fellowship at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

She is also an active member of MoMA’s Junior Associates, and also is a founding memeber of the Steering Committee of NYFA’s Young Patron’s society.

Graduating from the University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude Leah Harmuth received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.