Fall 2025

Westbrook Modern’s gallery is a client-focused, thoughtfully curated space located in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea on Dolores Street between Ocean and Seventh. W th over 35 years of experience in the art world, Brian Westbrook and his wife Christine founded Westbrook Modern with a simple but powerful mission: to offer art- work that will stand the test of time. “We don’t want to sell purely decorative pieces, we want to represent worO with lasting signi½cance,² says Westbrook. “When we opened Westbrook Modern, we sat down and listed things we didn’t like about the gallery business. Then we did the opposite ² The result is a client-focused, thoughtful- ly curated space on Dolores Street, show- casing artists whose work can be found in major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim and Smithsonian. Westbrook proudly represents renowned glass artist Christopher Ries, whose sublime sculp- tures are carved from solid pieces of ultra-pure, scienti½c optic glass, the same material used in the Hubble Space Telescope. The gallery also exclusively showcas- es the work of painter and sculptor René 6omero 7chuler ±6enq now lives in 'armel,² Westbrook says. “Her beautiful paintings and wire sculptures have helped us bring a more feminine viFe to the gallery ² 7chuler´s worO is the suFNect of ±7oNourn,² an upcoming solo exhibition at Westbrook Modern on view September 5-12. For more information, visit www.westbrookmod- ern.com or call 831/625-2288. Westbrook Modern Galler y: A Fresh Approach to the Ar t Wor ld B Y M I CHA E L CHAT F I E LD SHORT CUTS ART 74 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • F A L L 2 0 2 5 Photo: Rick Pharaoh