Exhibitions
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Dubai: Abraaj Capital Prize
In the lead up to Art Dubai, it seemed a moment didn’t pass without a blockbuster story about the Gulf city’s glittery façade cracking. Headlines unveiled anecdotes of a mass foreign worker...
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Design Duo AKA Creative
Trigo Restaurant & Bar opened in late January to rave reviews – not about the food, but the design. The 4,500 square-foot space is framed by intricate iron latticework, black and white tiles, and...
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Armory Portraits
After covering the big-name art folks at Armory's Vernissage, and wandering around Pier 94 for hours (I mean you, Lily Alexander), Whitewall felt a little lost in all that personality and ego. We...
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Out with Jennifer Joy
Pace Wildenstein's Jennifer Joy can usually be spotted at all the best New York art events, all blonde hair and big smile. That's why we asked her to give us a four-day, Armory week play-by-play. See...
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PULSE NY 2009
Going to PULSE NY 2009 was a refreshing event after the overwhelmingly vast and more formal Armory Show. Although art exhibited by some of the galleries was slightly tedious in lack of depth and...
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BSJ take on the Armory
Mid-way through Armory week Whitewall had lunch with Beverly and Elizabeth Jacoby of BSJ Fine Arts. Over chicken salad, onion soup, and french fries, the mother-daughter advisory duo filled us in on...
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Cristin Tierney Art Advisory
Cristin Tierney, art advisor, and founder of Cristin Tierney Fine Art Advisory Services, is a very intelligent and serious woman. One of the people who designed the curriculum for the Christie’s...
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Marina Fokidis
Marina Fokidis, an independent Greek curator and critic based in Athens, was chosen to curate the video art lounge at PULSE NY, PULSE PLAY. Sitting in the lounge, she told me about the show "Random...
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Fernando Mastrangelo at VOLTA
"The art world got really flashy and artists started reacting to that...a lot of the work is about reeling it in and showing substance and content." - Amanda Coulson, director of VOLTA
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Armory Show Wrap-Up
Coming in the middle of economic recession, with a winter of slow sales in Chelsea, people wondered how the Armory Show 2009 might fare. Amidst these conversations about possible sales results, there...
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Wish List – Nicholas Weist
Since the crowds at this year’s New York fairs seemed to be doing more window shopping than actual purchasing, we asked a few of our favorite art personalities to send us a “wish list” –...
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Wish List – Massimiliano Gioni
Since the crowds at this year’s New York fairs seemed to be doing more window shopping than actual purchasing, we asked a few of our favorite art personalities to send us a “wish list” –...
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SCOPE – Striking But Subdued
SCOPE New York is a far cry from SCOPE Miami just a few months ago. At opening day in Miami, Whitewall caught up with fair director Alexis Hubshman who was out of breath and fretting over booths that...
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Yigal Ozeri at Mike Weiss
Yigal Ozeri, a feature artist at Mike Weiss Gallery, gives a bit of insight into his deceiving, show-stopper paintings at SCOPE.
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Ewan Gibbs
I sat down in a not-so-quiet corner of the fair to speak with Ewan Gibbs, the Armory Show’s 2009 Commissioned Artist. While sipping champagne from one of the lovely plastic glasses on offer, Ewan...
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R. Luke DuBois
Early this week we caught up with R. Luke DuBois to find out more about his complex installation, "Hindsight is Always 20/20," which chosen for the entryway to PULSE NY, 2009.
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Amanda Coulson
Amanda Coulson sat down with us on the opening day of VOLTA to talk about the emerging relevance of critical work, the end of glitter, and artists reeling it in.
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Katelijne De Backer
Before the Armory Show began, I got a chance to speak with Katelijne De Backer, the Executive Director of the Armory Show. On the eve before the eleventh Armory Show, Katelijne told me about what...
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The Armory Show Vernissage
Last night's Armory Show Vernissage was packed. The VIP room, no longer checking guests for VIP cards, overflowed thanks to the free champagne. Whitewall unleashed photographer Erica Simone onto Pier...
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Jeremy Kost at Dactyl
The day before the opening of The Armory Show Jeremy Kost took Whitewall around Dactyl where he was hanging his show “After the Party.” The show was meant to be a direct reference to the...
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Lilah Freedland
This year at SCOPE New York, the SCOPE foundation will present “Cheap Fast and Out of Control,” a show of prints, posters, and drawings for under $200. Along with the work for sale there will be...
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Colette dinner at the Mondrian South Beach
Colette organized a dinner at the Mondrian South Beach on December 6th [autoviewer=39,500,375]
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Ikedome at Raleigh
Marc Newson unveiled his new Solaris watch collection during Basel. Marc Newson has built a dome – lunar landing pad called the ‘Ikedome’ in which to display his...
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Jung Bong Lee
Jung Bong Lee, Director of Gana Art Gallery, talks about the gallery's new space in New York and what it's like to have a booth at two satellite fairs in Miami.
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