First off..let me say I'd give this venue 0 stars if I could but I am forced to give it a star to leave a review.I attended Wentworth Art Galleries event at Short Hills Mall in New Jersey with my cousin in December 2025.I had spent $3,000 on my painting and my cousin bought 2 totalling over $6,000.We spent $9,000 total which gave us an opportunity for a meet & greet. We were told by Maryanne ,the Art Gallery director that with the meet & greet there would be multiple photos taken of us by their own photographer Carol.We were told she would be taking photos continuously as we are up there talking with the artist as he signed our items.We also were told we would be allowed to have items signed by the artist as well.Everyone of us did get multiple items signed by the artist, that was no issue at all...That did happen.The problem was that in the mean time as the artist is signing items & talking to each customer their photographer Carol is supposed to be taking photos at the same time.Some customers I talked to got 10 photos taken, some 6 or 7 ...my cousin got 5 photos.When I received my photos by E-mail after the event, I ended up with ONE photo.They sent me 3 photos and tried to be tricky with it by blowing the one photo up bigger that she took and then cropping the same photo in another, trying to make it look like 3 photos when in actuality it was the same ONE photo.I had it verified by a pro photographer that it was indeed ONE photo, NOT 3 like they tried to make it out to be when i contacted them.I did not receive what was promised and so I contacted Maryanne first about it & all she did was send me an email apologizing about it & showing me an apology note from Carol as well with an excuse made that since I was at the table getting my items signed she could not get an angle on me & the artist and it was difficult to take the pictures.I was up there for 10 minutes & she came up with ONE photo? My cousin received 5 photos & I was up there longer than him.For others to have received 10 photos & for me to get one photo back is insane.What was this woman doing the whole time?? I trusted what I was told and I got screwed, bottom line.If she couldnt get a decent shot why didnt she move like shes supposed to instead of just standing there doing nothing???When I got the email back from Maryanne she wrote the following..."Carol volunteers her photography services to us so what she does, she is not compensated for and she is not an employee. I greatly appreciate her assistance. There is no more I can do as I can not create additional photos that don't exist. Again, I apologize that you are disappointed but there's nothing further I can do".Her excuse was that I should be grateful for anything I did receive.She also told me this photographer Carol they have is not even an employee.Shes a volunteer, an elderly woman who didnt even try to move around to take the photos.I was up there for 10 minutes and she took ONE picture.There should be an actual hired photographer instead of some "volunteer"...This is a very expensive event where people are paying alot of money & to use a volunteer makes no sense.If I had remotely thought anything like this was going to happen I would have had my own photographer there or even had my cousin take the photos since he was right there, but they had said this woman was going to continuously take photos so I trusted that.Other than the actual painting, the photos with the artist is the most important part of the event &experience.Since Maryanne didnt offer to fix this I had to contact Christian ,the CEO and owner of Wentworth Gallery. From the beginning of the phone call, he was extremely condescending & rude to me over the phone when I explained the issue.He treated me like some peasant & not a customer.He told me i didnt know what I was talking about & that he would not offer any solution while he insulted me over the phone.I had planned on being a steady customer and I had already spent over $10,000 just myself on paintings from his gallery.Not only that, I had brought him my cousin as a customer & he had spent over $6,000.So we had spent over $16,000 total between me & him.This is even after I had spent over $7,000 last year alone at his gallery.I had planned on being a steady customer for years at different events and had even stated that to Maryanne before this incident ocurred.I even told her I planned on buying a $20,000 item next time.There is no possible way I will ever deal with them again after this and how I was treated and lied to.They lost what was going to be a steady customer for years to come & I was also influencing my cousin to continue buying as well.Dont waste your hard earned money with them.Dont believe all the fake smiles & promises they will tell you there beforehand because if you have a problem after they will do nothing to help you.Dont end up wasting your money like I did.It will backfire on you.Avoid this Art Gallery at all costs !!! read more

A gallery filled with the pieces of one or two artists at a time...one I didn't recognize at the time I stopped in, with pieces ranging from $800-$6000, they do financing and they also do meetings with the artists, which is nice. One staffer that I saw, greeted me and left me alone to review the art nicely. read more

"Rock Star of the Art World," Michael Godard, will be coming to my Wentworth Gallery at the Short Hills Mall this Saturday. If you like swimming in martini glasses with dancing olives and know what it's like to walk through casinos with racks of multi-colored chips, then his artwork will be sure to string along your high-stakes taste-buds. Everybody is welcome to meet the artist, enjoy the paintings, and have me serve you a complimentary glass of wine or two. Pieces will be on sale with personalized dedications. link to yelp event: http://www.yelp.com/events/short-hills-michael-godard-art-show-at-wentworth-gallery read more

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I drove a very long distance to attend the Britto event, that I had received an invitation to. As an avid Britto collector, I was most excited about meeting Britto, and potentially adding another treasure to my collection.I RSVPd to Susan, an employee at the Short Hills Wentworth Gallery, two weeks prior, and she was most adamant about my giving her a $500 deposit over the phone, for a Britto that I could select when I arrived. Susan was very pushy and unprofessional- not representative of a high end gallery. As we did not find a Britto that evening, Susan told me that if I don't buy a Britto that night, I don't meet Britto- Wow!! It did not matter that my wife and I already owned 5 Brittos. I will never purchase at the Wentworth Gallery in Short Hills. Susan was very rude, pushy and unprofessional. I sent her a note following the event, telling her that I was taken back by her way of interacting with clients, and did not get the courtesy of a response. I guess that manners, professionalism and building client relationships is not important to Susan or this gallery. I will buy more Britto paintings, but certainly not at The Wentworth Gallery in Short Hills! read more

PLEASE AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE ... BAIT AND SWITCH ... If one person reads this and changes their mind this review has served its purpose... Purchased a Charles fazzino on in July 2013.... The frame had a dent in it and was told by the sales person William V that the item frame would be replaced and fixed before the artist would be there to sign the item..... We just happened to be in the area a week and a half later and stopped in the store... I happened to notice the frame looked like someone just spray painted it ... I ran my finger along the frame and my had was black with wet paint... I looked at the sales man in total disbelief .. He just smirked like it was no big deal... When I asked him what is going on he said we are fixing the frame... Right there I knew something was up... He lied to me in front of his manager that he never said the frame would be swapped out.... I asked one more time and he stood his ground. My wife walked in and i asked her what Willam told us about the frame and she said it was going to be replaced and ready for the artist to sign... So Maryanne the Manager started to stay it will take until September to get the art back to us since they do not do in house framing...... Needless to say I got a refund and called the owner that Monday ... He said to F..K OFF.. in his English accent and hung up.... I did not know the artist name and he was so hung up on that.... Who cares what the artist name was ..I had the order # the customer # the store #...But didn't know the name... I'm a guy ..I hand my wife the money and pay that's what I do.... I ddo not ask who cares.... But apparently that makes a difference..... Needless to say this is amateur operation that pretends to be a real gallery Save your time and effort and shop else where read more