I Bought Andy Warhol (Harry Abrams, 2003) is a slim new volume by California private art dealer and art market chronicler Richard Polsky, a frequent contributor to artnet.com. The premise of the book is to weave the search for the Holy Grail, i.e. the hunt for the...
Celebrity/Artist/King of the Universe
Today, celebrities are collecting art more than ever, and the latest art that they seem to be collecting has shifted from old and modern masters to more and more contemporary stuff. Artists are collecting celebrities as well, but the big trend of the moment is that...
The Three at Jeffrey Deitch
UPTICK: THE THREE Why bother? Many artists toil away day after day in the solitude of their studios not with the intent of creating transcendent objects and to be immortalized by posterity as if in amber, but rather to get some good press and become another famous art...
Art Report
Does your portfolio have the right balance of mutual funds, real estate investment trusts (REIT's) and art funds? It should, says Michael Moses at NYU’s Stern School of Business, who with professor Jainping Mei created the Mei/Moses Fine Art Index...
Interview (Contemporary Mission Statement)
ICON: Why initiate the conTEMPorary exhibition space, which runs counter to your past transient curatorial credentials? Kenny Schachter: The last thing I ever envisioned was opening a gallery. It was the last thing I ever wanted to do. However, I felt compelled to...
The Relationship between Making Art and Curating: Monkey in the Middle
Making art and curating are clearly distinct practices within the rubric of fine art, however there are undeniably areas where they coincide. Concededly, both are very subjective in nature so I do not profess to possess universal truths in this regard! Various stages...
