Tuesday, September 15 | 12–1 pm
In Sarasota, where the pleasures of looking are often inseparable from the pleasures of conversation, a thoughtful exhibition can become a kind of gathering place.
By Edit Sarasota Staff
In Sarasota, where the pleasures of looking are often inseparable from the pleasures of conversation, a thoughtful exhibition can become a kind of gathering place. Something Borrowed, Something New invites that exchange on Tuesday, September 15, when seasoned collectors Richard and Ellen Sandor will lead an intimate walking tour and discussion through the exhibition.
The format is deliberately personal. Rather than presenting art as a finished argument, the Sandors’ tour promises a closer look at the choices, connections, and surprises that emerge when works are considered side by side. Their perspective as collectors adds a useful dimension: collectors live with art over time, returning to it in changing light and circumstance, and often noticing relationships that reveal themselves only gradually.
That sensibility feels especially at home in Sarasota. The city’s cultural life has long been shaped not only by museums and major institutions, but also by the curiosity and generosity of individuals who collect, preserve, discuss, and share art. In a community where a gallery visit can lead to a dinner-table debate—or an unexpected discovery for a first-time viewer—an exhibition tour becomes more than a guided passage through a room. It becomes a chance to consider how taste develops, how artists borrow from history and one another, and how new work enters an ongoing cultural conversation.
The title Something Borrowed, Something New suggests a productive tension: the familiar reframed, the unexpected made legible, tradition meeting experiment. With the Sandors as guides, attendees can expect an hour shaped by close observation and open-ended discussion rather than a formal lecture. Questions are not an interruption here; they are part of the experience, offering visitors an opportunity to hear how experienced collectors look while developing their own ways of seeing.
The walking tour and discussion will take place from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at the venue hosting Something Borrowed, Something New. It is a compact midday encounter with the exhibition—and with the ideas, histories, and human attention that give art its life in Sarasota.