by Will Griffith It’s that time again: The Whitney Biennial is back after a calendar shuffle (you might know why), and this time, the focus is the state of America, as the Biennial’s preset agenda always is. “America” as a concept is broad, though two years into a...
Exhibitions
How to handle an artist’s lifelong career | Art dealer Marianne Boesky on Pier Paolo Calzolari
03.17.2022
How does a gallerist thoughtfully handle a lifetime career of an artist? That’s a question anchored in most dealers' minds. We’re all familiar with the peaks and perils of being the latest market darling, or the advantageous market opportunities in a “rediscovered”...
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
01.19.2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BwotV9zwXs This summer Josh Baer and the No Reserve team hit the road to highlight great art in unexpected places. In Minneapolis, we discovered The Walker Art Museum and the connecting Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. In this segment,...
Art, Politics & Hunter Biden’s $500,000 paintings
01.19.2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osSLrjrAmEc&t=1s The Baer Faxt correspondent-at-large Kelly Cannon sits down with veteran political reporters and co-founders of Punchbowl News, Anna Palmer & Jake Sherman, to explore the intersection of art and politics from...
“and I will wear you in my heart of heart” at the Flag Art Foundation
01.19.2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfZJGd33vas We explore the FLAG Art Foundation's exhibition I will wear you in my heart of heart, a group show at Glenn Fuhrman's foundation with director Stephanie Roach and artistic director Jonathan Rider. Stephanie and Jonathan...
The Evolving Works of Paula Rego, Master of Power & Politics
10.21.2021
Powerful, beautiful, unsettling, the Paula Rego retrospective at the Tate Britain is one of the best exhibitions I’ve seen since returning to London. I’ll be honest – it’s not the kind of work I’m usually drawn to and I didn’t expect much from the show before I...
A Sojourn into the World of Artist Cristina BanBan
10.12.2021
by Jack Wilks After a long summer of meeting artists and exploring their studios, one of my most memorable visits was to Cristina BanBan’s space in Brooklyn. It was here that I got to see a new group of large-scale paintings she had been working on for her debut show...
Artists to watch | Andrew LaMar Hopkins
08.30.2021
I have a feeling Andrew LaMar Hopkins (@boyneworleans1850) will have a breakout year in 2022. After his first-ever solo show last fall at @v_over_m, Hopkins’ work was part of group shows in Milan, Paris, and New York – and he has another solo show planned at Venus...
Artists to watch | Anna Weyant
08.10.2021
Anna Weyant is one of the most exciting young painters working today, and she’s definitely near the top of my #Artists2Watch list. But in almost every conversation I’ve had about Weyant, John Currin’s name seems to come up. It’s often along the lines of, “She’s a...
Inside the Superblue experience in Miami
03.31.2021
by Angela Redai alking into Superblue’s hotly-anticipated Miami preview was like stepping into a perception-distorting Ganzfeld of sorts, even before standing inside Turrell’s AKHU. My initial reaction was clouded by the excitement of being...