By Will Griffith Surrealism is everywhere in the art world of 2022, and yet nobody seems to know why. What makes this Surrealist explosion so unusual is how curatorial and the market seem to be working in perfect tandem, from the Venice Biennale's The Milk of Dreams...
In Brief
How To: Phillips Auction House | The Design Edit
New to the auction adventures? Our friends at Phillips and Carpenters Workshop Gallery have teamed up together to break down just exactly how an auction becomes what it is: a bit of pageantry, a dollop of desire and a whole...
Overlooked, but not underappreciated: a look into Jennifer Bolande
by Davina Bhandari Jennifer Bolande has a proclivity for highlighting the quiet significance in the relatively unseen; this might be why, as we have forced slowdown and reflection to varying degrees, her relevance in today’s art market is due for a reevaluation. Since...
New York Art Week 2022
New York Art Week 2022 – THE PLACE TO BE: Well-known community members immersed in the art world provide their must-sees and must-visits during New York Art Week 2022. And CHEAT SHEETS:
What you need to know during New York Art Week.
The Fine Print(s)
by Gabriela Palmieri In an art world where chatter is seemingly always high, one cannot help but wonder why one of the best kept longstanding market secrets has been, until recently, the print and edition auctions. Once upon a time, in an art world where estimates...
Andy Goldsworthy’s Red Clay Earth Day
What’s a land artist to do when everyone gets stuck inside? For renowned sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, the solution was to put the land itself on public display–and what’s more, to show how the land connects us all. With Earth Day around the corner and the precarious...
Mental Health: Maravilla
Julie Baumgardner Last week, an exhibition opened at the Brooklyn Museum, tucked near-inconspicuously in the lobby, by Guadalupe Maravilla. His retablo reworks alone are worth seeing, as are his "disease throwers" sculptures that have found their way also to MoMA and...
The Baer Faxt Virtual Salon 2.0
“Fair Play: The Art Fair as an Ecosystem for Collecting, Discovery and Supporting the Arts,” a conversation between Independent founder Elizabeth Dee and EXPO CHICAGO founder Tony Karman. We discuss the roles of art fairs...
Whitney Biennial Review
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...
A Portrait of Enrique Martinez Celaya
The Baer Faxt sits down with Cuban painter Enrique Martinez Celaya at UTA Artist Space in Los Angeles to paint a portrait of his own practice. Celaya is celebrated as an artist who connects literature, philosophy, and...
Priceless Pier Paolo Calzolari
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”...
The Baer Faxt x Christie’s in conversation with John McEnroe
Josh Baer and John McEnroe share stories from their 30-year friendship with moderator Sonya Roth at Christie's Los Angeles during Frieze week 2022. John takes us through his journey as a collector and how Josh has supported...