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Los Angeles Times
4 days ago
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Marty Herman: Building a Legacy of Art and Integrity in Sedona
In today's art market, commercialism often overshadows creativity. Gallery owners must walk a tightrope between business and creativity. For Marty Herman, that balance is more than strategy; it's philosophy. As owner, founder and manager of Exposures International Gallery of Fine Art in Sedona, Arizona, Mr. Herman has created a space that celebrates honesty, artistic excellence and human connection. With more than 50 years of experience in marketing the visual arts, he has shaped not just a gallery but a community rooted in integrity. Before stepping into the world of art, Mr. Herman made a name for himself in marketing. He worked for major companies, including Pacific Stereo and University Stereo, and later founded JAM Advertising in Los Angeles. 'We worked with brands like Coca-Cola, Fred Segal and Guitar Center,' he says. 'We even worked with major movie studios and record companies.' That early success allowed Mr. Herman to retire at 35. 'I made my first million and spent the next six years sailing the world as a sea captain,' he recalls. 'Those years changed my perspective completely.' After returning from his travels, Mr. Herman realized something was missing in the art world. 'I visited more than 250 galleries and I just wasn't impressed,' he says. 'There was a lack of honesty and connection between the artist and the client. That didn't sit right with me.' In 1996, Mr. Herman opened Exposures International Gallery of Fine Art in Sedona. From the beginning, the gallery was built on a simple principle: 'It was all based on integrity and a handshake,' he explains. 'With us, the artist and the client are the most important. The gallery is just the facilitator.' Now one of the largest and unique fine art galleries in the country, Exposures spans over 20,000 square feet and works with nearly 100 top-tier artists, including painters, sculptors, glass artists and jewelry designers. Visitors can explore the collection at Under Mr. Herman's leadership, the gallery has earned international acclaim. It was named Best Gallery in Arizona and one of the 25 Best Galleries and Museums in America. Exposures was also recognized as one of the 20 Best Galleries in the World. Locally, the gallery has been voted Best Art Gallery in Sedona and Best Jewelry Gallery in Sedona by readers' choice. In 2022, the Sedona Chamber of Commerce honored Mr. Herman with a Cultural Achievement Award. 'The entire staff and I worked hard and I'm proud of what we've built,' he notes. Mr. Herman's career spans far beyond art. He served in the Vietnam War as a combat photographer and expert in photo intelligence. He's also volunteered as a head swim coach for the Special Olympics. 'Helping others brings me a lot of satisfaction. I rarely say no when someone asks for help.' Outside of work, Mr. Herman enjoys the natural red rock beauty of Sedona and working on community projects. He is currently collaborating on a new initiative: 'Because of my AI background, I'm working with a group to create an AI learning center for religious studies. It will be based in Arizona but open to people from all over the world.' After more than two decades in Sedona, Mr. Herman is still dreaming big. He is now working on moving to a larger city and building a gallery that's even larger than Exposures. 'The goal is always to give more artists the platform and more people a place to connect with art.' When asked what advice he offers aspiring gallerists or entrepreneurs, Mr. Herman keeps it simple: 'It's not about the money. It's about working with honesty and integrity. If you enjoy what you do and treat people with kindness, the money will follow.' About Marquis Who's Who®: Since 1899, when A. N. Marquis printed the First Edition of Who's Who in America®, Marquis Who's Who® has chronicled the lives of the most accomplished individuals and innovators from every significant field of endeavor, including politics, business, medicine, law, education, art, religion and entertainment. Who's Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms around the world. The suite of Marquis® publications can be viewed at the official Marquis Who's Who® website,
NBC News
13-07-2025
- NBC News
4 people shot at a class reunion in Chattanooga, no arrests announced
At least four people were injured in a shooting at an alumni event in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Saturday. A spokesperson for the Chattanooga Police Department confirmed that all four people were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Police did not provide information regarding a suspect or whether any arrests have been made. The shooting occurred at the Tyner Recreation Complex, where it appears a multi-class reunion was being held for alumni of Tyner High School. The school is now named Tyner Middle High Academy and was reopened earlier this year after the former campus was torn down to make way for a new facility. A Facebook post from the Tyner Alumni Association earlier this month boasted that 38 different graduating classes were participating in this year's alumni weekend. An email to the alumni association requesting comment from NBC News was not immediately returned Sunday. Jeoff Herman, who witnessed the shooting, told NBC News affiliate WRCB that the scene was "real bad." "Everybody was just having a good time," Herman said. "Then all the sudden shots just started going everywhere. Little kids and babies and everything were on the ground."
Toronto Star
04-07-2025
- Business
- Toronto Star
What if killing Canada's digital services tax is just the beginning for Donald Trump?
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, listens to U.S. President Donald Trump while posing for a photograph during the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alta. on June 16, 2025. DARRYL DYCK THE CANADIAN PRESS Flash forward to last week. There was Trump, posting on social media that Canada's incoming Digital Services Tax — a policy that would force American tech giants and other firms, including Canadian ones, to pay up — was nothing short of a 'blatant attack' on the United States. Trump declared he had cut off all negotiations to resolve the trade war that started earlier this year with his wave of tariffs on Canadian goods. In other words, Canada's most important commercial and military partner, the destination for 76 per cent of all exports last year, was willing to ditch talks and dictate terms that could jeopardize thousands of jobs and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic activity. All over a domestic policy the Americans didn't like. Barely 48 hours later, shortly before midnight on a Sunday, the government announced the tax was dead. Not only would Canada not implement the policy as planned, it would repeal the 2024 law that created it. Is this Trump using economic pressure to force Canada's hand? 'It is exactly that,' said Lawrence Herman, a veteran trade lawyer and special counsel with the firm, Cassidy Levy Kent. 'It's an example of, on a particular issue, how much pressure can be brought to bear to force Canada to abandon not only a policy, but a law that has been in force for 18 months.' In Herman's view, the decision looks like a 'significant retreat' by the government, which shows 'how dependent we are on a reasonable relationship' with Canada's largest trading partner. Other policies that Trump has complained about, such as the supply management system for dairy and poultry, could be next, he said. Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, told the CBC this week that he has a 'strong belief' Canada could water down that system by changing a law designed to protect it if that becomes part of a new trade deal. 'It's not a particularly good start to this so-called new economic and security relationship,' Herman said. He was referring to Carney's stated goal of talks that are now continuing under an agreement struck at the Group of 7 summit in the Alberta Rockies last month to strive for a deal to redefine the relationship by July 21. Others have been harsher in their judgment. Lloyd Axworthy, a former Liberal foreign affairs minister, posted online that Carney was acquiescing to Trump in a way that contradicts his 'elbows up' mantra on the campaign trail. 'Forget any dreams of a more sovereign, self-directed Canada. We're doubling down on the corporate cosiness and U.S. dependency that's defined our last half-century,' he wrote on Substack. Axworthy did not respond to an interview request Thursday. For Jean Charest, a former Quebec premier who sits on the government's Canada-U.S. advisory council, the situation illustrates the 'chaos' of dealing with Trump, whose administration is grappling with trade talks and tariffs threats against most countries on the planet. This meant that Carney's government was operating 'in a world of very bad choices,' Charest said. Deciding to scrap the Digital Services Tax, in that context, was 'certainly a legitimate choice,' he said. 'We are not in an ordinary world of negotiations,' Charest added. 'It would be nice to think, 'You give, I give ... we compromise.' It doesn't work that way with Donald Trump, and we're making our way through this by trying to protect essentially what's the most important for us in the short term, and that's a negotiation that has some legs.' Charest noted that there was opposition inside Canada to the Digital Services Tax, which would have applied back to 2022 with a three per cent tax on Canadian revenues from digital services companies with more than $1.1 billion in global earnings and $20 million inside Canada. The U.S. also pushed back against the policy when Joe Biden was in power. David Pierce, vice-president of government relations with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said his business lobby group felt the Digital Services Tax should be paused. He also said it would have been wrong to proceed with it after the U.S. dropped a controversial provision from Trump's major budget bill last week: the so-called 'revenge tax' that would have hit the U.S. assets of foreign businesses and individuals. That decision came as the G7 agreed to exempt American firms from a co-ordinated effort to ensure corporations pay a minimum tax, which was 'absolutely a win' for the U.S. Even so, Pierce said Canada likely had no choice but to drop the policy, given Trump's exploitation of Canada's 'weakness' — its major economic reliance on trade with the U.S. 'We just hope that this now paves the way for a good renewed deal,' said Pierce. The ultimate goal of the federal government in that deal, at least publicly, has been to return to the terms of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which Trump signed in 2018 during his first term, after disparaging North American free trade as unfair to his country. That would mean lifting the rounds of tariffs Trump has imposed since the winter, with import duties tied to concerns about drugs and migration over the border, and others that Trump slapped on Canadian autos, steel and aluminum in a bid to promote those sectors in the U.S. Canada has responded with countertariffs on its own that the government says hit more than $80 billion worth of American imports to Canada. Canada's lead trade negotiator with the Trump administration, Ambassador Kirsten Hillman, was not available for an interview this week, the embassy in Washington told the Star. Charest, however, said he believes it is possible that Canada could accept some level of tariffs in a July 21 deal, so long as they have no material effect. Such 'zero-effect' tariffs could only kick in at levels of trade that Canada doesn't or likely won't achieve, for example.
Toronto Star
04-07-2025
- Business
- Toronto Star
What if killing Canada's digital tax is just the beginning for Donald Trump?
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, listens to U.S. President Donald Trump while posing for a photograph during the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alta. on June 16, 2025. DARRYL DYCK THE CANADIAN PRESS Flash forward to last week. There was Trump, posting on social media that Canada's incoming Digital Services Tax — a policy that would force American tech giants and other firms, including Canadian ones, to pay up — was nothing short of a 'blatant attack' on the United States. Trump declared he had cut off all negotiations to resolve the trade war that started earlier this year with his wave of tariffs on Canadian goods. In other words, Canada's most important commercial and military partner, the destination for 76 per cent of all exports last year, was willing to ditch talks and dictate terms that could jeopardize thousands of jobs and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic activity. All over a domestic policy the Americans didn't like. Barely 48 hours later, shortly before midnight on a Sunday, the government announced the tax was dead. Not only would Canada not implement the policy as planned, it would repeal the 2024 law that created it. Is this Trump using economic pressure to force Canada's hand? 'It is exactly that,' said Lawrence Herman, a veteran trade lawyer and special counsel with the firm, Cassidy Levy Kent. 'It's an example of, on a particular issue, how much pressure can be brought to bear to force Canada to abandon not only a policy, but a law that has been in force for 18 months.' In Herman's view, the decision looks like a 'significant retreat' by the government, which shows 'how dependent we are on a reasonable relationship' with Canada's largest trading partner. Other policies that Trump has complained about, such as the supply management system for dairy and poultry, could be next, he said. Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, told the CBC this week that he has a 'strong belief' Canada could water down that system by changing a law designed to protect it if that becomes part of a new trade deal. 'It's not a particularly good start to this so-called new economic and security relationship,' Herman said. He was referring to Carney's stated goal of talks that are now continuing under an agreement struck at the Group of 7 summit in the Alberta Rockies last month to strive for a deal to redefine the relationship by July 21. Others have been harsher in their judgment. Lloyd Axworthy, a former Liberal foreign affairs minister, posted online that Carney was acquiescing to Trump in a way that contradicts his 'elbows up' mantra on the campaign trail. 'Forget any dreams of a more sovereign, self-directed Canada. We're doubling down on the corporate cosiness and U.S. dependency that's defined our last half-century,' he wrote on Substack. Axworthy did not respond to an interview request Thursday. For Jean Charest, a former Quebec premier who sits on the government's Canada-U.S. advisory council, the situation illustrates the 'chaos' of dealing with Trump, whose administration is grappling with trade talks and tariffs threats against most countries on the planet. This meant that Carney's government was operating 'in a world of very bad choices,' Charest said. Deciding to scrap the Digital Services Tax, in that context, was 'certainly a legitimate choice,' he said. 'We are not in an ordinary world of negotiations,' Charest added. 'It would be nice to think, 'You give, I give ... we compromise.' It doesn't work that way with Donald Trump, and we're making our way through this by trying to protect essentially what's the most important for us in the short term, and that's a negotiation that has some legs.' Charest noted that there was opposition inside Canada to the Digital Services Tax, which would have applied back to 2022 with a three per cent tax on Canadian revenues from digital services companies with more than $1.1 billion in global earnings and $20 million inside Canada. The U.S. also pushed back against the policy when Joe Biden was in power. David Pierce, vice-president of government relations with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said his business lobby group felt the Digital Services Tax should be paused. He also said it would have been wrong to proceed with it after the U.S. dropped a controversial provision from Trump's major budget bill last week: the so-called 'revenge tax' that would have hit the U.S. assets of foreign businesses and individuals. That decision came as the G7 agreed to exempt American firms from a co-ordinated effort to ensure corporations pay a minimum tax, which was 'absolutely a win' for the U.S. Even so, Pierce said Canada likely had no choice but to drop the policy, given Trump's exploitation of Canada's 'weakness' — its major economic reliance on trade with the U.S. 'We just hope that this now paves the way for a good renewed deal,' said Pierce. The ultimate goal of the federal government in that deal, at least publicly, has been to return to the terms of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which Trump signed in 2018 during his first term, after disparaging North American free trade as unfair to his country. That would mean lifting the rounds of tariffs Trump has imposed since the winter, with import duties tied to concerns about drugs and migration over the border, and others that Trump slapped on Canadian autos, steel and aluminum in a bid to promote those sectors in the U.S. Canada has responded with countertariffs on its own that the government says hit more than $80 billion worth of American imports to Canada. Canada's lead trade negotiator with the Trump administration, Ambassador Kirsten Hillman, was not available for an interview this week, the embassy in Washington told the Star. Charest, however, said he believes it is possible that Canada could accept some level of tariffs in a July 21 deal, so long as they have no material effect. Such 'zero-effect' tariffs could only kick in at levels of trade that Canada doesn't or likely won't achieve, for example.
Daily Express
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Express
Tuaran to host Mr Sabah in August
Published on: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Published on: Wed, Jun 25, 2025 By: GL Oh Text Size: Herman (third left) with Clarence (third right) and the other organising committee at his office. Kota Kinabalu: Tuaran will be hosting this year's Mr Sabah Bodybuilding Championship at the Seri Sulaiman Hall on August 1-2. The competition is organised by Sabah State Bodybuilding Association (SBBA) in collaboration with the Tuaran District Office. A total of 14 categories including eight junior and senior bodybuilding categories as well as two male physique categories and one female athletic model category will be competed. SBBA president Clarence Runggi said the purpose of the championship is to select bodybuilding athletes to represent the State at the National Bodybuilding Championship scheduled to be held on September 25-29 in Pahang. He added that winners of each category will win prizes in the form of cash, medals as well as certificates and he called on all interested parties to register early. Meanwhile, Tuaran district officer Herman Tunggiging welcomed the decision to make the district as the host. Advertisement He urged all bodybuilding enthusiasts and the public, especially those living in the Tuaran district, to come and give their support. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
