Once again, Art Basel/Miami Beach, 2018 offered more art, openings and parties than anyone could possibly absorb … since I’ve replaced FOMO (fear of missing out), with JOMO (the joy of missing out), my schedule proved easier to follow, with no regrets! Tuesday evening kicked off with Jay Joplin’s (White Cube) party on the beach at … Continue reading
Rachel Whiteread at the National Gallery of Art included works that were on view at the Tate Britain’s exhibition last fall including “Untitled (Yellow Bath). The British artist has spent decades making sculpture from interior spaces and everyday household objects using her practice of materials including plaster, rubber or resin. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s exhibition “Pulse”, is … Continue reading
On our way to view the Renzo Piano exhibition, “The Art of Making Buildings” at The Royal Academy, we stumbled upon a fascinating exhibition, “The Secret To A Good Life” The Artist “Bob and Roberta Smith”, a pseudonym for the artist Patrick Brill, “explores the sometimes strained relationships between women artists and the Royal Academy, … Continue reading
It was fascinating to view the Picasso exhibition, “From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present and Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art” at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. It was presented side by side in the galleries. “The exhibition looks at the transformation in our view of the arts … Continue reading
On June 5, I was delighted to join Melissa Chiu, Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and other guests on a visit to John Giorno’s studio in Lower Manhattan. Giorno is an American poet and performance artist. He was featured in Warhol’s film “Sleep” in 1963 and founded “Dial-A-Poem”, using a telephone service to communicate … Continue reading
As we arrived at the VIP opening on Wednesday morning, at the newly renovated convention center, it was a pleasure to meet up with Norman Braman, who with his wife Irma, funded the entire design and construction of the new Institute of Contemporary Art Museum (ICA Miami) building, along with the acquisition of land for … Continue reading
Arriving in London a few days prior to the opening of the Frieze Art Fair and Frieze Masters offered me extra time to view the works at Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. Christie’s added a group of smaller works called “Up Close” including a 15 inch Alberto Giacometti sculpture, entitled “Man (Apollo)” which tripled … Continue reading
