Marianne Boesky is profiled in the WSJ this week, spotlighting her reputation for risk-taking, including showing a never-before-seen South African artist in her booth at the Armory Fair next month, Serge Alain Nitegeka, and her early gamble on Japanese art-star Takeshi Murakami. “I couldn’t even give his work away,” she says. “I could even go so far as to say I was mocked for showing it.”
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The Art Basel fair has announced the list of exhibitors for its 2014 edition, to be held this June, with 285 Galleries from around the world. A number of small galleries, like New York’s Ramiken Crucible and London’s The Approach will appear this year alongside the annual players. (more…)
The Exhibitors List has been announced for the 2014 edition of the Frieze New York art fair, which will return to Randall’s Island from May 9-12 with 190 galleries in tow. “We want the fair to make a positive contribution to New York and the response from New York galleries this year, from the smallest to the most established, has been better than ever,” reads the statement from directors Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp. (more…)
Jeff Koons, Elephant Sculpture, which sold for $20 million at David Zwirner Gallery
Another year has come and gone for the dizzying spectacle that is Art Basel Miami Beach, which closed its doors last night after 5 hectic days of art sales, exhibitions, special events, parties and appearances. The following is a summary of the Main Fair with a photoset and newslinks.
Piet Mondrian, Komposition II, with red, 1926, at Helly Nahmad Gallery (more…)
Andrea Pinheiro, via Cooper Cole Gallery
Perhaps one of the best located of the fairs during Miami Beach’s annual December Basel onslaught, Untitled Miami once again set up on the Miami Beach, bringing a number of smaller galleries from the United States and abroad into the fray of Miami Art Week. Taking cues from last year’s successful week of sales,curator Omar Lopez-Chahoud brought forth another carefully chosen group of galleries and contributing artists for the fair, emphasizing both overall cohesion and stylistic divergence at its picturesque beachfront location.
Rachel Foullon at Halsey McKay, via Daniel Creahan for Art Observed (more…)
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NADA, via Daniel Creahan for Art Observed
Another year of Art Basel Miami Beach means another year of the New Art Dealers Alliance Fair, which opened its doors yesterday for the first day of its run at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach.
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Tony Matelli at Marlborough Chelsea, via Daniel Creahan for Art Observed (more…)
VIP’s prepare to enter at Art Basel, via Daniel Creahan for Art Observed
Another year of Art Basel Miami Beach is officially in full swing after a bustling first day of sales, exhibitions, installations and parties has wrapped up. The crowds were out in earnest for the press and VIP previews yesterday, as the convention center opened its doors to welcome in a swarm of interested collectors who made no delay in picking up some of the most significant pieces. Collectors and art advisors could be seen frantically talking to cell phones, and dealers jotted down quick figures as the first hours of the fair counted up a solid series of sales.
Anish Kapoor at Lisson Gallery, via Daniel Creahan for Art Observed
Pablo Picasso, Tête d’homme, 1969, Acquavella Galleries, Art Basel Miami Beach 2013
As December begins, the art world prepares yet again for the grand spectacle of Art Basel Miami Beach, with its sprawling rows of booths and late-night parties that have defined it as the apex social event of the Art world’s calendar. Over 250 galleries will be at the main fair this year, alongside numerous public exhibitions, talks, performances and more. Art Observed will be on site in pursuit of coverage for the duration of the week.
Marcel Duchamp, 1935/41-1958, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, Art Basel Miami Beach 2013
The 2014 edition of The Armory Show has announced its Exhibitors List, marking a smaller offering than previous years with 203 galleries on hand for the March art fair. A higher number of international exhibitors will be at the fair next year, with new appearances by notable galleries including Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Almine Rech Gallery and James Cohan Gallery. The fair will also feature a spotlight this year on Chinese artists. (more…)
Adam Szymczyk, the Chief Curator and Director at Kunsthalle Basel has been named as lead Curator for documenta 14, set to take place in Kassel from June 10th, to September 17th, 2017. “I am convinced that Szymczyk, a ground-breaking and idiosyncratic curator of art, will add new highlights to documenta,” says Minister of State Eva Kühne-Hörmann. (more…)
Water leaking caused by one of the largest storms to hit Abu Dhabi in 30 years has forced the closure of the second day of the Abu Dhabi Art Fair this weekend, leaving dealers scrambling to protect and maintain works inside the fair’s UAE Pavilion. “Whether the exhibitors have a claim for this on the fair organisers will depend on the terms of the contract between them,” says Christopher Bentley of AXA Art Insurance, although claims have yet to be made. (more…)
Last week, in the midst of auction week hustle and bustle, Creative Time held its annual fall gala at Williamsburg’s Output Nightclub, bringing together a varied group of artists, musicians, designers and nightlife mainstays for an event celebrating the size and diversity of New York’s current creative community.
Creative Time Fall Ball, via Art Observed Staff (more…)
The upcoming Whitney Biennial, opening next March, has announced its initial list of artists for the 2 month exhibition. Featuring work by Triple Canopy, Uri Aran, Bjarne Melgaard, Charlemagne Palestine and more, the 2014 edition of the Biennial will be the final in the museum’s current building before moving to the Meatpacking district in 2015. (more…)
Art Basel Miami Beach has announced the contents of this year’s “Public” section in Collins Park, under the title Social Animals. Including work by artists Olaf Breuning, Jeppe Hein, Thomas Houseago, Alicja Kwade, Richard Long, and many more, this year’s edition of the show explores the concept of art objects themselves as a community. (more…)
Eva et Adèle – All Photos by Caroline Claisse exclusively for Art Observed
The doors of the Paris-based FIAC fair closed today, concluding what was called a “smooth” edition of the fair by several observers, notching considerable sales, and an increase in the overall attendance of the fair, reaching a total count of 73,550 visitors over the course of the four day event. “This is a great success. Fiac has spent 40 years in style,” Jennifer Flay, fair artistic director, told Le Point. “Paris has regained strength in terms of the art market,” she said.
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Pace Gallery (more…)
FIAC at the Grand Palais, via Grand Palais
Following close on the heels of last week’s blockbuster Frieze art fair in London, the French capital of Paris will take its turn in the art-world spotlight, opening the doors of the Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC) for its 40th edition. It’s a markedly different affair from the high-profile glitz of the comparatively younger Frieze franchise, but will nevertheless boast an impressive lineup of galleries, installations, performances and spotlights that place the fair among the top events of the contemporary art calendar.
Neo Rauch, Das Bannende, Neo Rauch, (2013), Courtesy Galerie Eigen+Art (more…)
All photos by Caroline Claisse for ArtObserved.
The last visitors have filtered out, the gallerists have begun packing up and preparing sold works for buyers, and another year of the Frieze London Art Fair has concluded, following another action-packed week of new works, special commissions, sales, auctions and openings that once again placed London at the center of the contemporary art world’s cross hairs.
Work by Pierre Huyghe at Esther Schipper (more…)
Elmgreen and Dragset, Powerless Structures (2013) and Hernan Bas, Pearl and pink pansy (fishing in the foliage) (2013) at Victoria Miro
Frieze London officially opened its doors today for its press and VIP preview, welcoming buyers from around the world to the temporary structure in Regent’s Park for another week of high-profile sales and new works. A markedly reduced affair from last year (the number of galleries on view has been reduced by about 25), the fair still kicked off in traditional fashion, with a rush of early buyers passing through the galleries to review the plenitude of paintings, sculpture, videos and photography spread throughout the fair’s enormous space.
Damien Hirst, The Afterlife (2012) (more…)
Jeff Koons, Sacred Heart (Blue/Magenta) (1994-2007), Courtesy Gagosian
As the month of October reaches its halfway mark, the annual Frieze Art Fair in London’s Regent’s Park prepares for its 11th edition, welcoming back a selection of 152 galleries from around the world, all vying for prominent sales and broader market exposure. With a broad program of exhibitions, special commissions, installations and discussions, the fair will look to once again capture the attention of the art world for the next week, bringing over $2 billion in art to market over the next five days. Art Observed is on site in London for the happenings.
William Kentridge, In Nervoser-Erwartung (2013), Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (more…)
The New Art Dealer’s Alliance has announced the exhibitors list for this year’s edition of the fair, held concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach. This year’s fair features a group of 80 galleries, with a high number of spaces from NADA’s home city of New York, including Feature Inc. and Zach Feuer, among many others. The fair will also feature a special exhibition section from 11 galleries worldwide, including Rob Tuffnell in London, SculptureCenter in New York, and XYZ Collective in Tokyo. (more…)
The Exhibitor List for the 2013 Edition of the Art Basel Miami Beach art fair has been announced, featuring a list of 258 galleries from 31 countries around the world. The fair has also announced a number of new programming choices for this year’s fair, including the announcement of New York’s Public Art Fund Director Nicholas Baume as the lead curator for the fair’s “Public” section. Art Basel Miami Beach Opens on December 8th. (more…)
The New York Times reports on the impacts of a globalized art market, and the near constant travel to China, Southeast Asia, Europe and elsewhere to cater to any number of growing markets. With the massive increase in art fairs from 4 major events during the 1970’s to today’s 180 fairs worldwide, gallerists are feeling the pressure to be everywhere at once, a feeling that many feel detracts from the act of buying or selling works of art. “Fairs are beneath the dignity of art,” says Arne Glimcher of Pace. “To stand there in a booth and hawk your wares — it is just not how you sell art.” (more…)
London’s Frieze Art Fair has announced its program of talks for the 2013 edition of the fair. Leading the names on the list are appearances by Jérôme Bel, Meredith Monk and Stephen Shore, among many others at the October art fair in Regent’s Park. (more…)
The FIAC art fair, occurring late this October, will also serve as the ground for the first major exhibitions of work from the collection of François Pinault. Titled Triple Locked: Works from the Pinault Collection, the exhibition will feature over 50 works from artists Michelangelo Pistoletto, Diana Thater, Bill Viola, Damien Hirst, Julie Mehretu and Chen Zhen, among many more. (more…)
