Nate Freeman
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Weekend Edition: 6 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before April 27
In 1962, Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles gave Andy Warhol his first solo show, and he decided to show Campbell’s Soup Cans, the 32 paintings displaying the artist’s favorite canned food. They were sho... → Read More
The Soul of the Whitney: On the First Night at New York’s Grand Riverside Museum
On the 8th floor of the Whitney's new home in the Meatpacking District—through the horde of tux-clad first-tier donors attending last night's inaugural dinner, up the elevators designed by the late... → Read More
Mobster Allegedly Tried to Sell Works Lost in $500 Million Gardner Museum Heist
In the 25 years since the biggest museum heist in American history—a theft wherein 13 works worth a total of $500 million today were lifted from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston—author... → Read More
10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before April 24
The day has come. After decades of abandoned plans, thwarted expansions, space limitations and slow construction, the glistening ship-shaped new home of the Whitney Museum of American Art is set to... → Read More
5 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before April 20
FRIDAY, APRIL 17 Talk: Peter Saul in conversation with Joe Bradley at Neuehouse Now, here’s an interesting pairing. Peter Saul, who has a mad funhouse of a show up at Venus Over Manhattan, wi... → Read More
Don’t Mess With Texas Art Fairs: On Dallas During a Week of Auctions and Openings
A few blocks away from the Dallas Art Fair—with its collectors rich by oil spending loot on gorgeous works of art all of last week—is Dealey Plaza, where shots were fired at President John F. Kenne... → Read More
A Life-Size Giacometti Could Be Priciest Scupture Auctioned in History of Sculpture
Christie's is set to separate one collector from an enormous wad of cash next month when it brings to the block for the first time ever Pointing Man (L’homme au doigt), a 5' 10" masterpiece by the the sculptor Alberto Giacometti. The house is estimating it will go for $130 million, making it the most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction. → Read More
Collectors With Texas-Sized Fortunes Start Buying Big at the Dallas Art Fair
"We love the collectors down here," Stefania Bortolami told me at her gallery's booth at the Dallas Art Fair. And, oh, how does she love those flashy, jewel-bedecked Dallas collectors—she's alread... → Read More
Auctions, Galas, and 10-Gallon Hats: A Preview Look at Dallas Art Week
Dallas may initially make you think of oilmen and cowboy boots and rodeos and the like, and that's fine, but—surprise!—it's also a world-class, super cosmopolitain capital of contemporary art. The ... → Read More
The Battle for the Frick: Can Thousands of Garden-Loving Activists Stop a Museum?
On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, I went to meet a man vociferously opposed to the proposed renovations of The Frick Collection, and we met on enemy territory: The Frick Collection. “This is an i... → Read More
A Discussion About Simon Denny’s New Show at MoMA PS1, A Brash Take on Tech Talks
One aspect of the practice of the artist Simon Denny—New Zealand-born, Berlin-based, Venice-bound—is to steal unabashedly from the world of tech conferences. The clean look, the cheery feel, the bi... → Read More
12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before April 12
Cooper Union is one of the best incubators for artistic talent, as heavyweights such as Daniel Arsham, Will Cotton, Christian Marclay, Lucien Smith and so many others have toiled in its studios bef... → Read More
Palazzo Chupi, the Pink Palace in the Sky, to Host Bruce High Quality Foundation Gala
Vito Schanbel has a long and well-documented relationship with the semi-anonymous art world pranksters-turned-kingpins of the Bruce High Quality Foundation. The son of Julian, who's been a veritabl... → Read More
Actually, New York Will Not Be Getting a Branch of The Andy Warhol Museum
Sorry, fans of Warhol, and anyone who was trying to make bank off a flashy new museum coming to a gentrifying neighborhood. Nearly two years after announcing its plans to erect an outpost at Essex ... → Read More
"Don't Wait For Anything": Dinner With John Giorno, and the Ghost of Burroughs
“Oh, go ahead, yes, smoke,” John Giorno said to me. He was walking between rooms in The Bunker at 222 Bowery. “I don’t smoke, but you can smoke. I like the smell of it.” → Read More
12 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before April 4
Party: Art Production Fund Gala I know, ugh, Gala season can be grueling, but this one looks fun—Art Production Fund is going with a “Gangs of New York” theme, and setting the thing at the Down To... → Read More
Art World Abstracts: Why a Sports-Minded Harvard MBA Now Runs Sotheby's, and More!
In what may be a very telling look into the future of one of the world's biggest auction houses, this article about Sotheby's mentions not a single artwork or artist. There are no references to col... → Read More
National Endowment for the Humanities Gifts Millions to California Museums
The National Endowment for the Humanities just announced the recipients of its annual cache of grants, and a pretty significant slice will go to art institutions in California. Congratulations, Cal... → Read More
Art World Abstracts: The Kids are Getting Naked For a James Turrell Show, and More!
Things are often much more fun if everybody's naked. Like, take skinny dipping. That's a good thing! Normal swimming is boring. But that doesn't exactly mean that one must go to art shows topless a... → Read More
Residencies Announced for The Shandaken Project at Storm King
Earlier this year, The Shandaken Project—a residency program that offers artists and thinkers of all disciplines a place to stay in the Catskills for up to six weeks as they relax and create things... → Read More