May 14, 2013

Art F City Selects at NADA New York

May 6, 2013
From Jon Rafman’s 9 Eyes. 

From Jon Rafman’s 9 Eyes

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April 29, 2013
"It’s tempting to say that men still predominate because they control the money, and for the most part it does take a lot of money to become a great collector. But the explanation is too simple: many great collectors begin when the objects of their affection are out of fashion or underappreciated."

This would be a great way of shooting down a counterargument if every other example in the story wasn’t about billionaire male collectors who buy the most fashionable work possible.

“Where are the female Steve Cohens?” is basically the question she is asking. Try as one might to frame it that way, the answer has nothing to do with art collecting habits. It has a lot more to do with a lack of female billionaires with hundreds of millions of pocket change to throw around at Christie’s. 

(Further, the examples of the sort of “underappreciated” collecting style mentioned above — Herb and Dorthy Vogel, and to a lesser extent Alice Walton — sort of torpedoes the whole “where are the female collectors” argument IMO.)

[Judith Dobrzynski]

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April 26, 2013
Hannah Starkey at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Hannah Starkey at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

April 26, 2013
George W. Bush Learned to Paint on an iPadPeople are not tired of hearing about Painter George W. Bush. In an interview with NPR’s Morning…View Post

George W. Bush Learned to Paint on an iPad

People are not tired of hearing about Painter George W. Bush. In an interview with NPR’s Morning…

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April 24, 2013
Wednesday Links: Duchamp’s Urinal Lives OnDan Fox is now the co-editor of Frieze. [Frieze]
How do you build a large contemporary art…
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Wednesday Links: Duchamp’s Urinal Lives On

  • Dan Fox is now the co-editor of Frieze. [Frieze]
  • How do you build a large contemporary art…

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April 22, 2013
This Week’s Must-See Art EventsShot from Jon Kessler’s “The Web” (Image courtesy of http://www.urbanedgeny.com)
We’ll ring in…View Post

This Week’s Must-See Art Events

Shot from Jon Kessler’s “The Web” (Image courtesy of http://www.urbanedgeny.com)

We’ll ring in…

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April 18, 2013

April 12, 2013
We Went to Baltimore: You Should Too (Part One)Image courtesy of Pigtown Design (http://pigtown-design.blogspot.com)
The New York art world may…View Post

We Went to Baltimore: You Should Too (Part One)

Image courtesy of Pigtown Design (http://pigtown-design.blogspot.com)

The New York art world may…

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April 8, 2013
AFC Sneak Peek: “twohundredfiftysixcolors”

twohundredfiftysixcolors, a feature-length silent film about GIFs made up entirely of GIFs, reminds me of  Fantasia. Like the Disney cartoon, the film is based around stand-alone vignettes, without much in the way of traditional plot structure.  From the…

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