My memories of Jeanne-Claude and my participation in “The Gates, (Project for Central Park, New York City) 1979-2005.” It was a shock to learn of the sudden death of JEANNE-CLAUDE. Didn’t we all believe that her larger than life persona and brazen red hair would go on forever with her beloved husband and art collaborator … Continue reading
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Art Basel Miami Beach: December 2019
We arrived in sunny Miami, Monday afternoon, to attend the 18th edition of Art|Basel Miami Beach with a hectic schedule of overlapping VIP openings. Maurizio Cattelan, Comedian. Photo courtesy of the author. On Wednesday morning, we headed to the early VIP opening at the fair. Here’s the deal about the “banana”. Maurizio Cattelan is a … Continue reading
London Frieze Week: October 2019
The Frieze week in London is always exciting! Recently, the challenge has been how to deal with “fairtigue”. After researching all the VIP events, as well as the museums and private gallery openings, one has to prioritize which events to attend and where to be. Anthony Gormley’s ambitious exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts … Continue reading
Art Basel, Venice, Somerset, Wiltshire, London: June 2019
BASEL We arrived at Liste for the early preview of 77 galleries from 33 countries. They featured many first time solo exhibitions of unknown artists. Theo Mercier’s “Time to get stone” questions the audience’s perceptions of the used objects by balancing heavier stones atop cartons of fragile eggs. The next stop was the Beyeler Foundation … Continue reading
Boston: Huma Bhabha at ICA- March 2019
It was special to view Huma Bhabha’s powerful exhibition entitled “Huma Bhabha They Live” at the ICA, in Boston with the artist, her husband, Jason Fox, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Alissa Friedman of Salon 94 on Tuesday afternoon before the opening. It is the largest survey of her work and spans 20 years including sculpture, … Continue reading
Los Angeles: Frieze Week – February 2019
The inaugural Frieze Los Angeles Fair was a big hit. The venue in a tent in the backlot of the Paramount Studios in Hollywood provided an awesome site for the approximate 70 plus galleries. This is about half the number of galleries in previous Frieze art fairs in London and in New York. The layout … Continue reading
Art Basel Miami Beach: December 2018
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
Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art and The Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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
London: Frieze Week, Paris: Basquiat/Schiele, Picasso – October 2018
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
Montreal Art Scene: September 2018
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
