Category: Interviews

The Baer Faxt Podcast Trailer

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.2″ background_color=”#333333″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.2″ background_color=”#333333″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.2″ background_color=”#333333″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] On our new podcast, The Baer Faxt team unpacks the inner workings of the global art industry through exclusive, candid interviews with artists, collectors, dealers, and other key players in the business as they offer their perspectives on art and the market in the US, Asia, Europe, and beyond. Join us as we sit down with major players in the art world from around the globe, including Beeple at the opening of his new museum, exhibitors at Art Basel Hong Kong, cutting-edge art fair directors in the US and Europe, and much more in the forthcoming first season of The Baer Faxt podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. To get notified when our first episode, featuring Beeple, comes out next week, subscribe on your app of choice here. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]

When will there be another Golden Age in art? | Jeffrey Deitch at Christie’s LA

When will there be another Golden Age in art? Are we living in the Golden Age, or a corporate age? Josh Baer sat down with Jeffrey Deitch for our second annual talk at Christie’s Los Angeles for LA Art Week, with the discussion ranging from Josh and Jeffrey’s own “Golden Age” in New York City to the challenges facing LA’s growing scene today.

The power of a good art advisor | Dallas collector Howard Rachofsky

The Baer Faxt team traveled to Dallas to sit down with arts patron and philanthropist, Howard Rachofsky, whose Warehouse exhibition space has become the stuff of legend. Rachofsky relays his journey as a collector and how his hobby of collecting became an opportunity—and occupation—to build out public space for seeing art. Rachofsky’s vision for his collection has shifted overtime, and he imparts insight into what makes a collection unique.

Felice Rosser in conversation with art advisor Kami Gahiga

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#333333″ custom_padding=”7px||8px|||” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”100%” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” width=”100%” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] There’s nary a period of cultural history quite like Downtown New York of the late 1970s and early 1980s. It’s been mythologized for good reason—freedom and hedonism were bedfellows of equal parity, and the creative output and expression shaped contemporary culture for decades to come. Even our very own Josh Baer was caught up in the makings of that infamous and fecund moment—trying to wrangle the very artist at hand, Jean-Michel Basquiat, into the gallery he was then-running White Columns. So when our The Baer Faxt Art Advisor, Kami Gahiga was presented with the opportunity to meet Felice Rosser, she spent the afternoon with the musician to get up close and personal with the downtown darling and Luc Sante muse. Rosser’s name might sound familiar also in connection with Basquiat, her bestie and former roommate. As Black kids in the Downtown punk and art scenes, stepping out of their own cultural communities, they instantly bonded and became each others’ champions. “The few Blacks that were there [in the scene] were nice to each other in a way that maybe many of them had not experienced where they came from, being called weird, being called whatever,” Rosser told Gahiga. “Jean and I, and our friend Jennifer [Jazz], we were very close to each other, because we understood each other and we didn’t judge each other. And not being judged was so important.” [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#333333″ custom_padding=”7px||8px|||” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”100%” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” width=”100%”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”//i0.wp.com/thebaerfaxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1Lee-Jaffe-Jean-Michel-Painting-in-St.-Moritz-1983-2018-scaled.jpg” alt=”Lee Jaffe, Jean-Michel Painting in St. Moritz, 1983-2018″ title_text=”1Lee Jaffe, Jean-Michel Painting in St. Moritz, 1983-2018″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] Lee Jaffe, Jean-Michel Painting in St. Moritz, 1983-2018 [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#333333″ custom_padding=”7px||8px|||” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” width=”100%”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] Rosser has shared bits of her story here and there, perhaps most visibly in connection with the MCA Denver show and subsequent monograph, Basquiat Before Basquiat East 12th Street, 1979–1980 as well as her feature in Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s film directed by Sara Driver (2017). Lucky for us, Gahiga and Rosser also bonded. Their revelatory conversation peers into the mind of one of the 20th century’s greatest artists, but also paints a very human portrait of a towering mythic figure in contemporary art. On the eve of much Basquiat activity, including the exhibition at the Starrett-Lehigh Building “Basquiat King Pleasure,” curated by his sisters and designed by renowned architect David Adjaye; a showing of private collecting holdings at Nahmad Contemporary called “Basquiat: Art and Objecthood,” as well as the prized 1982 Untitled coming up for auction at Phillips from the collection of Yusaku Maezawa, we are thrilled to offer an excerpt below: [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#333333″ custom_padding=”7px||8px|||” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”100%” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” width=”100%”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”//i0.wp.com/thebaerfaxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_5683-scaled.jpg” alt=”Nahmad Basquiat 1″ title_text=”IMG_5683″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”//i0.wp.com/thebaerfaxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_5684-scaled.jpg” alt=”Nahmad Basquiat 2″ title_text=”IMG_5684″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”//i0.wp.com/thebaerfaxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_5686-scaled.jpg” alt=”Nahmad Basquiat 3″ title_text=”IMG_5686″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#333333″ custom_padding=”7px||8px|||” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” width=”100%”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] Rosser: Jean doing his drawings and paintings, I’m sure people criticized him. So, when he came to punk rock, it was that us being ostracized from the Black community had been happening for a long time. So you find some people who accept you. It was very meaningful to me, to Jennifer, to Jean. And anytime you do something different, everybody’s going to criticize you. Gahiga: When did he move in with you? Rosser: Well, we just became pals. And so, he could stay… He always had a place to stay. He had a home in Brooklyn where his father and his sisters and everybody, but he had fought with his father. His father was a Haitian man, who was very conservative and an accountant, and he did not see Jean’s artistic path. This is all common knowledge— his father came around and later, the fact that he was an accountant helped him a lot with the management of his money. Gahiga: You mentioned that when you lived together, he would paint everywhere in the house and you’d come back from work stunned. Rosser: Yeah. Oh man, come on. I’d be working, come home and there’d be stuff everywhere and I’d be like, “Jean, clean up this shit. I’m working and you’re making a mess. You are just making a mess here. You got to clean this shit up,” and everything. Yeah, of course, I’d be mad. I’d be like, “You’re just making a mess here, all this shit all over the floor, and I work all day, I’m tired.” That was just me. My friend, Alexis, wasn’t like that. He lived with her later, and she would come home from work and see all the paint, and she’d be like, “This is beautiful. Let’s save it.” Not me. I was like, “Just get this shit off.” Gahiga: Why do you think he enjoyed painting on doors, fridges or walls?Rosser: Well, I think he couldn’t afford canvas at the time, so he would paint on the walls, or he had his sketchbooks. He would buy a book like this from the art store and he’d draw on it, or he had a thing. Because

Gary Simmons “Remembering Tomorrow”

During our trip to Los Angeles for Frieze, The Baer Faxt took a visit to Hauser & Wirth to check out the exhibition Remembering Tomorrow by Gary Simmons, the artist’s first show with the gallery.

Jonathan Christensen Caballero

The Baer Faxt sat down with Kansas-based artist Jonathan Christensen Caballero at his exhibition La Gente/The People at the Belger Crane Yard Studios. He told us the story of his hard-working parents and how they are the inspiration behind his art which has a strong focus on labor, both in subject matter and materials. Jonathan weighs in on being part of his first museum exhibition. We also sit down with Jade Powers, assistant curator at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, to discuss The Regional, the first major multi-museum survey dedicated to contemporary artists based in the Midwest, which features Jonathan’s work.