Art at Noon | Christopher Jones
At noon, when Sarasota’s galleries are often at their most contemplative, a work of art can become less an object on a wall than an invitation to look again.
By Edit Sarasota Staff
At noon, when Sarasota’s galleries are often at their most contemplative, a work of art can become less an object on a wall than an invitation to look again. That is the premise of Art at Noon | Christopher Jones, an intimate walking tour and conversation built around Something Borrowed, Something New.
Led by seasoned collectors Richard and Ellen Sandor, the gathering offers a chance to spend time with the exhibition in the company of people who have made looking closely a lifelong practice. Their perspective is likely to be less about delivering definitive answers than opening up the questions that give an exhibition its life: What does an artist take from the past? How does a familiar image or idea change when it is reimagined? And what, exactly, makes a work feel new?
Those questions resonate in Sarasota, where art is woven into the city’s public identity as well as its private routines. Museum visits, gallery openings, studio conversations and collecting are not isolated cultural pursuits here; they are part of the community’s ongoing exchange of ideas. A walking tour such as this one slows that exchange down. It gives participants room to notice relationships among works, to hear how other viewers respond, and to consider the pleasure—and responsibility—of living with art.
The Sandors’ role as collectors adds a particularly personal dimension. Collecting is often discussed in terms of acquisition, but its deeper rewards are cumulative: the stories attached to a work, the changing ways it meets us over time, and the conversations it inspires around a dinner table or in a gallery. Their discussion promises to bring that lived experience into the exhibition, making the tour feel more like a shared looking session than a formal lecture.
Art at Noon | Christopher Jones takes place Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at the venue presenting Something Borrowed, Something New. The program is designed for an intimate audience, making midday a fitting hour to step out of Sarasota’s bustle and into a slower, more attentive encounter with contemporary art.