ABOUT

Since 1980, Robert and Cynthia Cage McClain have focused on the exhibition and the acquisition of museum quality modern and contemporary art.

McClain Gallery’s program represents important twentieth-century figures while continuing to commit to younger generations of artists, which includes the primary representation of many Texas-based artists. The gallery has mounted monographic exhibitions, as well as published scholarly catalogs for Peter Halley, Donald Baechler, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Rosa Loy, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Julian Schnabel, Bo Joseph, and Pablo Picasso. Our exhibition program is augmented by surveys and group shows that investigate current themes in contemporary art within historic contexts.

In addition to promoting the work of our stable of artists, our strength is guiding and educating both the new, as well as the seasoned, collector. We actively advise and help private individuals and institutions in the acquisition and sale of artworks to organize a comprehensive program of collecting. With over three decades of proven expertise, McClain Gallery has a strong reputation as a secondary market specialist who offers, research, and source artworks of exceptionally high quality with discretion. We regularly attend art fairs, bid at auctions, and draw on our existing strong relationships with dealers, museum professionals, and collectors around the globe to provide our clients with thorough, insightful, and market savvy advice.

McClain Gallery is an ADAA member.

STAFF

ROBERT McCLAIN Founder

robert@mcclaingallery.com

SHARON GRAHAM Co-Director

sharon@mcclaingallery.com

HÉLÈNE SCHLUMBERGER Co-Director

helene@mcclaingallery.com

CHARLOTTA HILL Sales and Marketing Associate

charlotta@mcclaingallery.com

WILL MARSDEN Gallery Assistant

will@mcclaingallery.com

Advisory - McClain Gallery
Installation view of Strangeness, Tone, Translucency at McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas

Installation view of Strangeness, Tone, Translucency at McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas

ADVISORY –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

McClain Gallery is one of Houston's leading international contemporary art galleries. As art advisors, we are able to offer relevant and fresh insight into the continuously changing art market. Because we are also dealers in fine art, our advisory comes to you through real experience in pursing attainable primary and secondary market material.

As liasons to living artists, managers of estates, and advisors to active collectors, we regularly source and place works of art in both private and public collections. Our placements of primary and secondary market works have been installed across institutions and public spaces, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Menil Collection, the Houston Airports Public Arts Program, and the Rice University Public Art Initiative.

Through our vast network of galleries, private dealers, auctions houses and collectors, we are happy to help clients find artwork on their wishlist and to provide advice regarding quality, condition and conservation of artworks. Whether building a collection or sourcing a specific work, our advisory services are tailored to our client's needs.