Moshi Moshi, Medici! Completely Biased Adventures in Contemporary Art Collecting…

I’m very excited about the openings this Friday and Saturday of Rashid Johnson, Tim Lee and Sudarshan Shetty. While Johnson is pretty new to the scene, Lee and Shetty have had solo shows in New York before and Shetty in particular is bit of a superstar in India.
All three have a deep connection to engaging […]

I shouldn’t be so bitter but I am. So I loved the whole concept of the Red/Auction at Sotheby’s last night. You can’t go wrong with the Global Fund. Neither can you with some of the hot works up for bid. Below are the ones I raised my paddle for but of course did not […]

Francesca von Hapsburg not only comes from one of the great modern and contemporary art collecting dynasties, she herself is making immesurable strides in commissioning special projects with such big-thinking artists as a video with Jun Nguyen-Takahashi and a temporary exhibition space in an isolated island in Crotia with David Adjaye & Olafur Eliasson.
Her […]

I am a long-time admirer of the great anime artist Yoshitaka Amano. The creator of such video games as Final Fantasy, Amano presents 30 new works, as well as new anime films. He applies automotive paint on aluminum to depict classic anime heros and villains in action poses, as if taken from the page of […]

As a self-professed size queen, at least when it comes to contemporary art, I completely understand the impulse to want to go for the biggest piece from an artist, especially as larger works tend to allow the artist to explore in depth a particular idea or experience.
I’m glad I’m not the only one:
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Buyers say big […]