Art World Wet Paint: Marfa May Have Quarantined Christopher Wool, Jerry Gogosian Lands a Gallery Job, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip What Insta-famous meme-maker got the last new job in the art world? Which art-collecting billionaires got into trouble on Instagram? Read on to find out. By Nate Freeman, 3 hours ago
Art Fairs Usually, They Build Art Fairs in the Hamptons. Now Max Fishko’s Glossy Event Company Is Speed-Building Emergency Hospital Tents Instead Art Market Productions pivoted its mini-empire of art fairs after realizing the similarities between field hospitals and art-fair tents. By Nate Freeman, 2 days ago
Art World Wet Paint: Top Galleries Begin Making Layoffs, Basel’s Trois Rois Hotel Is Already Sold Out for September, and More Art-World Gossip What mega-museum director was not social distancing in Central Park? What major Jeff Koons show was pushed back a year? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Mar 27, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel Is Postponing Its Marquee Swiss Fair From June to September, Adding to a Year-End Crush in the Art Market Calendar The fair will now open to VIPs on September 15. By Nate Freeman, Mar 26, 2020
Events and Parties Zoom Is for Normies. Here’s Why the Whole Art World Is Getting Together on the Chaotic, Anything-Goes Video Chat App Houseparty New York's art stars are hanging out all night, bumping into exes and enemies and strangers—all on their phones, of course. By Nate Freeman, Mar 25, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: Art-Storage Closures Throw Deals Into Disarray, Hardcore Bidders Still Show Up at Auction Houses, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip What photography legend is riding out the crisis with shotguns and Purell? Who is still having auctions this week? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Mar 20, 2020
Art World Anybody Home? I Went in Search of the Last Places Where New Yorkers Can Still Safely See Art in Person During the Coronavirus Crisis Some window-only spaces, public art exhibitions, and at least one gallery that can still be visited. Just stay six feet away. By Nate Freeman, Mar 19, 2020
People What I Buy & Why: Collectors Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz on Why They Don’t Actually Have Any Art Hanging Above the Sofa Top collectors share their strategies (and obsessions). By Nate Freeman, Mar 19, 2020
Art World Frieze New York Has Been Cancelled Due to the Coronavirus Crisis, Becoming the City’s First Major Market Event to Be Called Off The fair was set to take place on Randall's Island and open to VIPs on Wednesday, May 6. By Nate Freeman, Mar 18, 2020
Auctions As Health Concerns Put a Stop to Public Gatherings, New York Auction Houses Face a Reckoning—But Plan to Continue With Major Sales Christie's and Sotheby's have not yet formally called off their bellwether sales in May, even if all of New York is currently on lockdown. By Nate Freeman, Mar 17, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: Coronavirus Upends Art-Fair Schedules, Collectors Flee New York for the Hills & More Juicy Art-World Gossip What artist worked out at a jail-themed gym as the world burned? What advisor sent panicked videos on her Instagram? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Mar 12, 2020
Auctions Auction Blotter: Kenny Scharf Shatters Records, Elizabeth Peyton Drops the Mic, and More Highlights From New York’s Day Sales Which artists were crowned the new rising stars of the art market during the annual midseason sales? Read on to find out. By Nate Freeman, Mar 9, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: Art World’s Favorite Restaurant Shut Amid Vermin Infestation, Jerry Saltz Dragged On Instagram, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip What supermodel was seen walking around Independent? Which artist is mad at MoMA for a botched install? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Mar 5, 2020
Art Fairs Despite the Threat of Coronavirus, Buyers Turned Out in Force at the Armory Show to Make Seven-Figure Deals—Just Without the Handshakes A work by the budding superstar Amoako Boafo sold for $200,000 as visitors piled into Pier 94, despite the threat of germs. By Nate Freeman, Mar 4, 2020
Art Fairs How New York’s Downs & Ross Gallery Weathers Difficult Times by Staying Nimble—and Keeping Its Eyes on the Vanguard Tara Downs and Alex Ross will present works by Pictures Generation artist Vikky Alexander. By Nate Freeman, Mar 4, 2020
