After a relaxing trip to Malibu over Labor Day, I returned to Manhattan and the calm before the storm. September is always a busy month and playfully referred to in art circles as “back to school”, however the art world energy and enthusiasm of the last 10 days have reached new heights. I’ve attended over 50 gallery openings and numerous gallery dinners as well as fielded an unusual number of inquiries from clients. With all of this activity, here are my recommendations on what not miss – for the collector, the neophyte and the art socialite; there is something for everyone.
Galleries
Every gallery opens a new show in the first few weeks of September after being closed for at least part of August. Here are my top picks in NYC:
Roxy Paine at Marianne Boesky – September 4th – October 18th
Marco Breuer at Yossi Milo – September 4th – November 1st
John Divola at Wallspace – September 5th – October 25th
David Kramer at Thierry Goldberg – September 7th – October 5th
Kristen Schiele at Lu Magnus – September 7th – October 12th
Strauss Bourque-LaFrance at Rachel Uffner – September 7th – October 19th
Marcel Dzama at David Zwirner – September 9th – October 25th
Nir Hod at Paul Kasmin – September 11th – October 25th
Do Ho Suh at Lehmann Maupin – September 11th – October 26th
José Parlá at Bryce Wolkowitz – September 12th – October 18th
Fairs
There now seems to be at least one art fair every week somewhere in the world. It’s hard to keep up, so here are my favorites and how long they’ve been around:
September 10th – 14th, ArtRio, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil – 4th edition
September 18th – 21st, EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL – 3rd edition
September 18th – 21st, abc berlin, Berlin, Germany – 7th edition
October 2nd – 5th, (e)merge, Washington, DC – 4th edition
October 14th – 18th, Frieze, London, England – 12th edition
October 22nd – 26th, FIAC, Paris, France – 41st edition
Auctions
This month in New York, the big three contemporary auction houses have their mid-season sales (as opposed to the big sales coming up in November), which keep growing in size and importance; they all have catchy names now to garner attention:
September 16th, Phillips Under the Influence
September 23rd, Christie’s First Open
September 24th, Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated
If you have any questions or would like additional recommendations, let me know!
9/11/14