The Miami of today bears little resemblance to itself two decades ago (we were there, we can assure you!). On the eve of Art Basel’s 20th anniversary of its American outpost, we checked in with those who’ve helped shape the art and design landscape—literally and figuratively—on how to make sense of Miami today.
To suggest that Paris may be a “new” market center is to completely ignore 200 years of Western Art History. But here we are, at an interesting inflection point in Europe’s landscape where the French capital has a unique proposition at hand. Don’t think this has only...
On Monday, September 12th, The Baer Faxt hosted its 12th Annual Golf Invitational Classic to benefit Avenues for Justice and Wide Rainbow at the historic Rockaway Hunting Club. With 86 golfers participating, and a league of art world sponsors, we were able to raise...
We may be a little biased, but Korea’s art scene in the last decade has been pushed to the forefront of the global discussion. Korean art has long been an integral facet of the culture, and its modern/contemporary traditions have long proliferated locally without the...
Upstate Art Weekend is upon us, moved up from Labor Day Weekend to now smack in the summer season signaling its place firmly in the art calendar. The other, perhaps more telling signifier of this multi-county event? The sheer number of participants…
It’s a great summer season when the best-known biennials, documenta and Manifesta, arrive in the same year. But they aren’t the only show in town, errr, on the continent. In fact, this year there is a slew of fascinating forays into exhibition making that utilize the...
The south of France is clearly the land of movie stars and fast cars—and Cezanne and Van Gogh, but don’t let the Impressionist canon color your rosé lenses. In fact, contemporary art has found a home in the provencal paradise of France’s Mediterranean provinces. And...
About 40 miles south of Athens lies perhaps the most coveted Post-Basel destination on the Summer art circuit: Hydra! Say it with us: Eeeeeedraahh. The island of Hydra is host to a handful of annual contemporary exhibitions and clamored-after invites just an hour and...
Julie Baumgardner Acquavella isn’t a name that needs all too much explaining. The Picasso people, to some, though the catalog of master paintings that this dynasty handles doesn't start with Modernism. And now, it doesn't stop at Freud, whom the gallery famously...
While the crowds in Venice during the Biennale’s opening three days sold the story that everyone in the arts was there, in fact, post-Basel, the Cecilia Alemani-curated show is still a top destination. And for good reason—head to our Instagram to see just why!Basel...
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...
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...
