LAS VEGAS – April 8, 2010 – The Art of Peter Max Gallery in The Forum Shops will host a gallery exhibition with Pop Art Icon Peter Max on Saturday, May 29 from 2 to 4 p.m. to commemorate Memorial Day. Max will unveil his newest original painting: an acrylic on canvas, full-bodied Liberty painting measuring six-feet tall that will be on display and available for purchase exclusively at the Las Vegas gallery.

During the exhibition, purchasers will have the opportunity to meet Max who will inscribe a priceless dedication and drawing on the back of each painting acquired at the Gallery during the event or anytime throughout the month of May.

With more than 150 original Peter Max paintings available for acquisition, the Art of Peter Max Gallery hosts the largest collection of Peter Max paintings available for sale in one room anywhere in the world.

“The Art of Peter Max Gallery is a sophisticated motif featuring pinpoint lighting designed to illuminate only the artwork,” said David Hakan, President and CEO of The Art of Peter Max Gallery. “The paintings appear to come to life in a fascinating dimension of color that is unmistakably Peter Max.”

With an audience that is estimated to be in the millions, Max has a long-standing career as the preeminent Pop Artist in America. Max is well known for his paintings of the Statue of Liberty and his association with the United Nations. His art has appeared on everything from a Boeing 777 Continental jumbo jet, to the 1999 Woodstock stage, to a giant mural at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In addition to painting for numerous Heads of State including five American Presidents, Max has been designated as the Official Artist of five Super Bowls, five Grammy Awards, World Cup USA, The World Series, and the United Nations Earth Summit.

From art that appeared on the first U.S. 10-cent stamp bearing the title “Preserve the Environment,” to 235 U.S. Border murals greeting millions of people entering America each year, Max captures America at its finest. With collections in more than 100 museums and galleries worldwide, Max has been called a Pop Icon, Neo Fauvist, Abstract Expressionist and America’s “Painter Laureate.”

The Art of Peter Max Gallery, located in The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace on the Terrace Level, is the largest gallery in America exclusively featuring the artwork of Peter Max. This unique collection of original paintings is selected by Max himself, offering the widest assortment of his original works to the great cross-section of art collectors and enthusiasts who visit and reside in Las Vegas. For more information, please call (702) 644-7070 or email pmgalleryvegas@aol.com.