Filed under: Art Fairs, Art Market | Tags: Frieze, NADA, NAP, NYC, Steven Zevitas
I had the opportunity to take a quick trip down to New York for the art fairs this past weekend. You would think that gallerists and collectors alike would have had their fill with the Armory Show and a number of smaller fairs having just taken place in early March, but there was no evidence of fatigue.
Frieze New York was an extraordinarily well run event. The massive tent that the promoters constructed was something of an architectural marvel in and of itself. Inside, more than two hundred galleries were given ample space to mount shows, and best off all, the tent allowed for natural lighting conditions. Dealers brought solid work from artists at a range of career points. I was happy to see several New American Paintings’ alumni in the mix. One of them, Joshua Abelow (NAP #44), had perhaps the most raucous booth at the fair with walls that were literally filled with small paintings. Other highlights for me included the one two punch of Keltie Ferris and Sarah Braman at Mitchell-Innes & Nash; Richard Aldrich’s work at Bortolami; Xylor Jane at Canada; Aaron Curry’s work at Michael Werner; Nathan Hylden at Richard Telles; and Jon Pestoni at David Kordansky. The painting that you “couldn’t get away from” was Mary Heilmann’s diptych at Hauser & Wirth…even at its small scale, it held sway over everything else around it.
Photo Credit: Linda Nylind, Courtesy Artnet.com
Over at NADA New York, several dozen dealers put on a typically edgy NADA affair. Again, there were New American Paintings’ alumni throughout the fair. Favorite painting: Eddie Martinez’s large canvas at Sorry We’re Closed….it was stunning. Other favorites: Mariah Robertson at American Contemporary; Dave Miko at Parisa Kind; Viktoria Binschtok at Klemms; and Hugh Scott Douglas at Clint Roenisch.
I used my IPhone to take pics, so please excuse the quality of some images. And please let us know what caught your eye if attended either fair.
Steven Zevitas, Publisher
See my photos after the jump!
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Filed under: Art Fairs, Art Market | Tags: Baltimore Museum of Art, Matthew Smith, Print Fair
Last weekend the Baltimore Museum of Art hosted its bi-annual print fair, bringing together a group of exciting printmakers for a small two-day event that featured an artist talk by Trenton Doyle Hancock. Some of the notable shops that participated in this year’s fair included NYC-based cooperative Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, which showcased collaborations with artists Eddie Martinez, Willie Birch, Joseph Hart, among others. The highlight in their booth was Tom Spleth’s Book of Skulls, a fabulous collection of 32 relief prints exploring the visual dramatics of the human skull using a veritable encyclopedia of printmaking methods.
At WesternXeditions, Chicago’s Western Exhibitions printmaking arm, the highlights were the vastly horizontal woodblock and drypoint prints of Stan Shellabarger, part of his artist book series. And Minnesota’s High Point Center for Printmaking featured, among other works, a collaboration with Minnesota native and Brooklyn based Rob Fischer, best known for his sculptural installations with found materials. Created from recycled gymnasium floor boards, his intaglio print — as well as the rest of the work on view at the fair — highlight the buzzing synergy that makes up collaborative contemporary printmaking. Lots of photos after the jump. — Matthew Smith, Washington D.C. contributo
The Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair 2012, all photos by Matthew Smith
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Did you catch the 60 Minutes report on the current state of the contemporary art scene? “Art Market” aired on April 1, by Morley Safer, produced by Ruth Streeter.
“Even if contemporary art seems alien or odd to you, consider this: the market for this art has outperformed the Standard & Poor’s list of 500 common stocks since 2003. Morley Safer is back on the art beat, attending the most important contemporary art fair in the world: Art Basel Miami Beach. It’s a matter of taste whether the paintings, sculpture, and what-nots are good art, but as a good investment, art is indisputably hotter than ever. In fact, elite art buyers – many from Russia and China — are so ravenous that the contemporary art market raked in over $5 billion in auction sales last year.”
Click on the image below to watch the video. For the entire script, visit CBS News.
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This article was found on Forbes.com, written by Abigail R. Esman, Contributor
He was the last of the speakers at the TEFAF art market symposium last week, a diminutive young man with a heavy French accent who wasted no time introducing himself with flourish. “We have analyzed millions of data,” he announced, “and we have discovered the secret of the art market.”
Seated towards the front of the audience, I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms, dropping my pen into my lap. This was not going to be worth taking notes about, I thought. The guy’s a pompous idiot. - Read the entire article after the jump
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Filed under: Art Fairs, Art Market, Art World | Tags: Art Chicago, Chicago, NEXT Art Fair
We just received word that the long-running Art Chicago fair, which was going to be combined this year with the NEXT Fair (with a rebranded name of Next Art Chicago), has been canceled. An email from organizers informs us that, “After a thorough analysis of the art fair landscape, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. [MMPI] has determined not to move forward with the production of the 2012 edition of Next Art Chicago, and that Chicago will not remain a primary focus of its art fair business activities.”
The Merchandise Mart continues, stating that, “…While Chicago is home to a thriving arts community, including galleries, world-class museums, theaters, arts-related organizations, along with thousands of art enthusiasts, it is our conclusion that the great majority of the art fair market in the United States has gravitated toward the coasts. This is where MMPI will be reallocating its considerable resources.”
In addition to Next Art Chicago, the MMPI family of art fairs include: The Armory Show, Art Platform-Los Angeles, Art Toronto, VOLTA and VOLTA NY.
New American Paintings will continue to keep you updated as we learn more about the closing of the fair. Follow us on Twitter @newampaintings for the latest.
Merchandise Mart entrance, Chicago. Photo Courtesy Art Next Chicago
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Filed under: Art Market, Art World, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, DC, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Must-Sees, New Jersey, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, Philly, Portland, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seattle | Tags: December, Must-SEe
In the 300+ gallery exhibitions that we previewed for this post, we discovered a number of New American Paintings’ alumni on view in December. Jim Lutes continues to produce a substantial body of work and, once again, demonstrates why he is one of Chicago’s leading painters. And check out Dolphin Gallery’s group exhibition “Push” which features several NAP artists, including a favorite of ours, Michael Krueger. Other shows that stand out: Fernando Mastrangelo at Charest-Weinberg, Byron Kim and James Cohan Gallery, and Cordy Ryman and Eli Ridgway. Enjoy the list! Please check them out and let us know what you think in the comments section after the jump!
Cordy Ryman | Shadow Boxed, acrylic, enamel and graphite on wood, 38 x 33.5 x 3.5 inches
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Filed under: Art Fairs, Art Market, Art World | Tags: 47 Canal, Abmach and Rice, Allison Schulnik, Amze Emmons, Andrew Schoultz, Art Basel Miami Beach, Basel, Bill Thompson, Blythe Projects, Daniel Rich, Davidson Contemporary, Derek Eller Gallery, Echo Eggebrecht, Ellen Lesperance, Fahamu Pecou, Fountain, Freight and Volume, Horton Gallery, Joan Linder, Julie Opperman, Keith Mayerson, Kiel Johnson, Kim McCarty, Locust Projects, Lyons Wier Gallery, M+B, Marci Washington, Margaret Thatcher Projects, Mark Moore Gallery, Mark Schoening, Marx & Zavattero, Matthew Day Jackson, Michael Scoggins, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, NADA Art Fair, Peter Blum Gallery, Pierogi, Pulse Miami, Rena Bransten Gallery, Rubell Family Collection, Sarah Cain, Scott Reeder, Seven, Steven Zevitas, Taravat Talepasand, The Green Gallery, Tim Bavington, Van Horn, Wendy Wight, William Cordova, Yoon Lee
For the past decade, Miami has effectively become the art capital of the world for one week in early December of each year. Spearheaded by the launch of Art Basel Miami in 2001, the city now plays host to more than a dozen satellite art fairs, and countless events and performances spread throughout the city. Hundreds of galleries from around the world participate in the various fairs and events, and they offer the unprecedented opportunity for art enthusiasts, collectors and art world professionals to consider the work of thousands of artists. Overwhelming? Absolutely. Fun? You bet. An art fair might not be the best situation in which to seriously consider works of art, but there is no better place to get the pulse of the current art world. – Read more from NAP Publisher, Steven Zevitas, and see some highlights after the jump!
Artist Amze Emmons (NAP #41, MFA Annual 2002, #81, #98), in front of his work at Fountain
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Filed under: Art Fairs, Art Market, Art World | Tags: Art Basel, Brian Fee, Miami Beach, The Art Newspaper
Painting is so hot right now. An abundance of Gerhard Richter’s and Sigmar Polke’s around Art Basel Miami isn’t a fluke. Richter is subject of the documentary Gerhard Richter Painting, which had its American premiere here last evening, plus saw career-high bids for Abstracks Bild and other mind-melting paintings at Sotheby’s NY last month. Meanwhile his countryman Polke, who passed away last year, set a record at Sotheby’s London several months earlier for his ’67 work Jungle. Just don’t make the mistake of dubbing framed artwork “conservative”: painting can be just as lyrical, energetic, experimental, or shocking as its three-dimensional kindred. Read on as The Art Newspaper “canvases” the fair. – Brian Fee, Austin Contributor
Guyton/Walker’s “Untitled”, 2009, sets the tone, Photo Courtesy The Art Newspaper
A Happy Medium: Why painting is all over the floor at this year’s fair
By Georgina Adam, Charlotte Burns and Riah Pryor.
A panorama of paintings greeted guests at yesterday’s preview of Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB), with two-dimensional works dominating the booths near the VIP entrance and beyond. Michael Werner Gallery (B1) features work by artists including Georg Baselitz and Enrico David; Galerie Gmurzynska (B2), with an Art Kabinett booth, has fire paintings by Yves Klein and oils by John Cage; and Acquavella’s stand (C4) is hung with paintings by Twombly, Picasso and Freud. Three-dimensional works were in abundance last year, but many of this year’s offerings come in a frame. Sculpture is more expensive to make, crate and ship—and is slower to sell. Against a backdrop of economic turmoil, is this an indication of a more cautious market? READ MORE ON “THE ART NEWSPAPER”
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Filed under: Art Fairs, Art Market, Art World, Miami, Must-Sees | Tags: 101/exhibit, Alex Ebstein, Andrew Schoultz, Andrews Basurto, Aqua Art Miami, Bass Museum of Art, Brian Fee, Corinna Belz, Dave Cole, David Lyle, Dirk Park, Dodge Gallery, Erin Langner, Erwin Wurm, Fahamu Pecou, Gerhard Richter, Hugh Scott-Douglas, James Rieck, Jaq Chartier, Jason Yarmosky, Jass-minh Moore, Jenny Saville, Keith Sonnier, Lyons Wier Gallery, Martin Wittfooth, Mary Henderson, Mike Simi, NAP, Norton Museum of Art, OHWOW, Primary Flight, Robert Yoder, Scooter La Forge, Season, Silverman Gallery, Tanya Bonakdar, The Pace Gallery, Thomas Scheibitz, Tim Okamura
There are tons of great fairs and plenty of projects to check out while you’re in Miami this year. Our staff and contributors wanted to give you the heads-up on a few things we think are definitely worth checking out. There are hundreds of other things we could have mentioned, but let’s start here…Big thanks to Brian Fee, Erin Langner, and Alex Ebstein. Check out their recommendations after the jump! And be sure to tell us your recommendations in the comments section!
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Filed under: Art Fairs, Art Market, Art World | Tags: Aqua, Art Basel, Art Miami, Art Now, Fountain, Miami, NADA, Pulse, Red Dot, Verge, Verge Art Miami Beach
Hard to believe that it’s already that time of year, but the most highly anticipated art event is upon us again. This week the art fairs open in Miami, so we’ve compiled a quickie guide of our favorite fairs to help you along in your adventure.
