The Next Episode
Nam June Paik, Megatron/Matrix (1995). Image credit: Flickr user Ryan Somma.
This week, three stories pulsing with possibility…
Read MoreTo Live and Die in (Frieze) LA
Doug Aitken, Sunset (black) (2013). Image credit: Flickr.
This week, a special focus on what is, for me, a special issue…
Read MoreCrowd Control
Juan Muñoz, Plaza (1996). Image credit: Flickr user Otomodachi.
This week, stories about the prospects and perils of expanding one’s audience…
Read MoreBinocular Vision
Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen, The Binocular Building (1991). Image credit: Wikimedia.
This week, stories that needed to be seen from two angles for clarity…
Read MoreSight Specific
Yayoi Kusama, Eyes Are Singing Out (2012). Image credit: Wikimedia Commons.
This week, stories proving that what we don’t see can shape opinions as much as what we do see…
Read MoreTunnel Vision: Why the Met's Ticket Prices Are Not the Problem
Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels, 1973-76.
Image credit: File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), via Wikimedida Commons.
This week, tackling a single issue sucked all the air out of my room...
Read MoreThe Gray Market in the Financial Times (& Elsewhere)
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Backtracking a bit, but my piece on the meaning of the $450 million Salvator Mundi sale was quoted in both the Financial Times (courtesy of Jan Dalley) and, even further back, the arts section in The Week's November 15th edition.
Read MoreArt Basel Miami Beach Conversation: Is Innovation Enough for Midmarket Galleries?
I stopped checking to see if this was up as an independent file yet while I was in the midst of my chaotic departure from LA, but above is a full video for the panel discussion I moderated at Art Basel Miami Beach 2017. If you want more details... well, the subject is right there in the title.
Thanks to Stefania Bortolami (of Bortolami Gallery and Artist/City fame) and Vanessa Carlos (of Condo and Carlos/Ishikawa fame) for their insights, as well as just generally being good people to work with. Enjoy.
Market Monday: Zooming Out, Zooming In
Christopher Williams, Cutaway model Nikon EM. Shutter, 2007. Image credit: Observer.
This week, three developments from this week that invite a wider and/or tighter look...
Read MoreMarket Monday: Democracy in Action
Mark Tansey, Forward Retreat, 1986. Image credit: The Broad.
This week, three alternate views on the much-hyped "democratization of the art market"...
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