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Brick by Brick Seattle art world veteran Judith Rinehart, who’s worked in some of the city’s toniest galleries, steps out of the white box to open a space of her own. By RACHEL GALLAHER Portrait by NATE WATTERS
“I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BRICK-ANDMORTAR SPACE TO SHOW ART,” says gallerist Judith Rinehart over coffee in Seattle on a cloudy June morning. Dressed all in black and wearing a metallic gold lambskin necklace by area jewelry designer Rachel Ravitch, the redheaded Rinehart looks straight out of Manhattan, and she has the confidence and drive to match. “Even in today’s tech-and-social-media-driven world, people want to experience art firsthand. It’s important to me to create a more inclusive setting for young collectors, and help build up the local art community along the way.”
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Rinehart is talking about her forthcoming venture: the eponymous J. Rinehart Gallery, slated to open in October just north of the city’s art-centric Pioneer Square. Drawing on 12 years of experience (she formerly worked as gallery manager at the bicoastal Winston Wächter Fine Art and at Foster/White Gallery), Rinehart hopes to create a welcoming space where regional contemporary art will mix with relaxed hospitality—a gallery encouraging the art-curious millennial set to mix with seasoned patrons while offering work at accessible price points to kickstart early collectors. “I want to have a wall where everything is $1,000 or under,” she says, »
