Color...Street-art...Giant artist studios, drenched in light! Ok, ok, it's summer, and Brooklyn always looks its best in the sunshine, but I think I'm in love with Bushwick. I have to be honest, I spend 97% of my time in Manhattan, and I've only really wandered around Bushwick during the Open Studios last weekend (June 5-7)... but [...]
When I attend an art fair, I am often struck by how often I find connections to other contemporary work I have seen, and I wonder if the gallerist or the artist knows about it. My first thought is that the artist must've seen the other artist's work and tried to do something similar. However, most of the [...]
Dustin Yellin is everywhere. He's at Lincoln Center, Sotheby's, the Kennedy Arts Center, Armory Week, Frieze Week... and he's taking over Brooklyn. Good thing he is extremely likeable and inspiringly talented, because he'll be around for a long time. Born in LA, his family moved to Colorado, where he went to school and subsequently dropped out before [...]
For a fair that’s only been around in NYC since 2012, it sure has become a staple quickly. This year, it includes over 190 of the world’s leading galleries, much larger than Frieze London, and has become an essential component of the international art fair conversation. Before going into the art, let's just take a minute [...]
While New York City is busy finalizing the last major events (Frieze NY) of the season before it starts to wind down for the summer, the rest of the world is only starting to warm up. There is the international art fair in Basel, Gallery Weekend in Berlin, the Venice Biennial, and the Havana Biennial. [...]
In my last post, I presented two images, one by Massimo Vitali and one by Dean West. They look so similar, except that there is a clear difference in monetary value, since one of the works sells for $20k more than the other. So which one was by Massimo Vitali? If you chose the one below, [...]
One of the very first art fairs in the United States was The Armory Show, founded in 1913 and held in the 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue in New York City. It was an exhibition that showcased work by avant-garde European artists alongside the work of American artists, something that had never been done before [...]
Every year I get excited about what happens to New York during Armory Week. I guess it could be the same for those who live in Miami, when their whole world turns into one giant art fair. With the exception of course that the weather in Miami is deliciously warm and everyone is happy to run [...]
Hey hey--the ballet flats are out! And so are the cropped pants. Although it's still in the 40s, I guess we've gotten so used to the perpetual chill that we might as well classify today as 'balmy'. We'll take what we can get though, thank you very much. Welcome Spring in New York (if you can call it that)! Enough [...]
Here are some artworks that I liked from Miami Art Basel: From the Frost Art Museum: I like the ceiling panels: At the brand new Perez Art Museum- lots of Ai Wei Wei:
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