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 […]

As many of your faithful readers know, one of my artist “crushes” is Cao Fei, the brilliant multi-media artist whose early work, “CosPlayers” set animation addicts dressed as their favorite superheroes in everyday settings, created China Tracey for the recent Venice Biennial and currently is selling “gallery space” for RMB City. I was fortunate enough […]

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 […]

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 […]