Hot and Cold
Martin Creed
Half the Air in a Given Space 2004
If the crowds seem a little sparse in Chelsea’s galleries this weekend it is because a huge chunk of the Art Set has jumped over to London for the second annual Frieze Art Fair at Regent’s Park.
Founded by the Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, publishers of the British contemporary art magazine frieze, the fair, which opened last night and continues through Monday, has about 150 of the world’s top galleries — with more than 30 from New York this year. Read more
The Lobbyist
Mural by Eli Subrack aka assume vivid astro focus at the Whitney’s Now Art Now: A Celebration of Artists.
The cover of this past week’s New York Times Magazine — New York issue — was a wry (though un-credited) take-off on artist’s Roni Horn’s work of a decade ago.
The magazine’s voice of authority is significantly weakened with limp pieces like photographer Tina Barney’s attempt to define the next thoroughly modern Medicis in her Patron Sweethearts spread. The question begs: does anyone there even know who the Medicis were? Read more
Julian and Julien
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Large-scale sculptures by Julian Schnabel at 545 West 22nd Street. |
On Tuesday night, C & M Arts, the venerable upper East Side gallery hosted a very downtown opening at 545 West 22nd Street. Formerly the Rainer Fetting exhibition space and site of many a DIA foundation dinner, C & M has booked the spot for a show of large-scale sculpture by Julian Schnabel from the 1980s and 1990s. Read more
A Tale of Two Cities
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L. to r.: Georgia O’Keeffe‘s |
The newest splash this season took place last Friday night at Perry Rubenstein’s new gallery on 23rd Street in Chelsea right off 10th Avenue. Perry has been on the scene for the past two decades starting first as a collector after earning a chunk of change modeling for the likes of the late fashion designer (and insatiable art collector) Gianni Versace. Male models made that kind of money then? Nevertheless, as a famous artist reminded me years ago — all collectors are potential dealers. Read more
In Search of the Continuous Present
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This week sees the return of the art world back to the cities from summer holidays and artistic pilgrimages around the world. Life gets going in New York. By next week it will be in a full throttle and really won’t relent until the holidays descend upon us in mid-December. Read more