High Art in the Low Countries Tour 2006 In his capacity as Artistic Director of the Gage Academy of Art, Faigin leads exclusive art tours to cultural destinations across the United States and Europe.


With equal doses of history, biography and artistic technique, Faigin brings the context of Western art alive to small groups of art lovers who relish taking educational vacations while visiting museums, galleries and artists’ studios. Since 1995, Faigin has led American & European Art Tours.

Academy Art Tours are designed by Faigin in collaboration with Gage Executive Director, Pamela Belyea. Tour participants stay in charming, centrally-located 4- and 5-star hotels and enjoy comfort and camaraderie with a dynamic group of like-minded connoisseurs.

Faigin is currently scheduled to lead the following tours:

2007 June Paris Family Art Tour:  Lives of the Kings  & Artists of France (for 9 to 11 year olds and guardians)
2008 May   Vienna, Budapest & Prague: The Hapsburg Legacy

 

The tour exceeded my hopes in bringing to life Renaissance art and European history. The “working artist” visits were also helpful, including the  mosaic artist in Ravenna and our tour of the Florence Academy of Art. Gary was an exceptional guide; only now do I realize that he’s an ascended reincarnation of Renaissance Man, thinly disguised as a 21st century art teacher!”  

Bob Corwin

Venice & Beyond Art Tour, 2003