All posts tagged: ART FAIRS
Art Alert! What We Saw and Loved at the Armory Show
The first weekend in March is a significant one for contemporary art in New York City, with a dozen art fairs happening all over town, plus new gallery openings and exclusive VIP parties. Dealers, collectors and curators from cities all over the world convene to celebrate the new and to conduct some serious business – it’s one of the busiest times of the year for the art world elite, and we, your intrepid Dandelion Chandelier correspondents, decided to plunge into the fray.
Art Alert! Last Chance to See Kerry James Marshall Exhibit
You know how sometimes practically everyone you know tells you that you “have” to see something (or do something), and at some point you become convinced that whatever the “thing” is, it’s got to be totally over-hyped and bound to disappoint?
Why do Billionaires Go to the Big Global Art Fairs?
Art Basel in Miami Beach wrapped up last week, and the perpetual party that is South Florida is just a little bit quieter for now. On a recent afternoon in New York, I sat down with a friend who is deeply expert in contemporary art and asked him a simple question: what is it with billionaires and art? And why do so many extraordinarily wealthy people attend these big art fairs, like Art Basel Miami, year after year? He smiled as he glanced out at the glum, rainy, cold Manhattan sidewalk scene. “Well for one, it’s in Miami Beach.”