NETWORK
If you want to see the full photo galleries, follow me on Instagram.
OLAFUR ELIASSON AND MOCA DIRECTOR JOHANNA BURTON AT USC
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
On the eve of Olafur Eliasson’s new work at MoCA LA which coincides with the Getty’s new iteration of Pacific Standard Time, MoCA Director, Johanna Burton, had an insightful conversation last night in front of a full house at USC. The discussion touched on a number of optics including the environment but it ended on Eliasson’s ”Am I Open…” question set he shared with the audience. These are questions he posits to himself to put himself in a more open mindset. It produced my favorite quote of the evening:
“If you are not open to wonder it is going to be difficult for you to have a wonderful experience”.
DAMIEN HIRST’S: TO LIVE FOREVER (FOR A WHILE), ar Museo Jumex in Mexico City curated by Ann Gallagher
AUGUST 19, 2024
The show feels like a full survey including many of his most well-known works including (and pictured here) a very early spot painting in spray paint; a X-ray self-portrait; For the Love of God, his much-talked about skull with 8,600 diamonds (and originally a £50,000,000 asking price in 2007; split and whole animals in formaldehyde; the monumental The Virgin Mother sculpture out front of the museum; and a number of butterfly paintings (on a side note please contect me if you’re interested in acquiring a butterfly painting).
FROM MY PORTFOLIO: OLGA DE AMARAL AT THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART.
AUGUST 16, 2024
It was wonderful to see this Olga de Amaral “Muro Tejido 82” (1972) once again that I sold 7 years ago. It now resides in a new home in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. A colleague tipped me off to its existence in Los Angeles and, once consigned, I had to ship it back to de Amaral’s studio in Bogota first and then to New York for the sale. These rare pieces in horsehair are “woven walls” and represent perhaps the most experimental of her textile works. Unlike her later, more hybridized work, she was not painting over the threads but instead leaving the weave itself at the fore. She used a technique in this piece where she only uses vertical threads so the weave and its negative space are particularly important to the understanding of the much more sculptural nature of the work. As a testament to the importance of the early pieces from the 60s and 70s, works from this period have seen a resurgence in interest from curators including a selection of a work from 1969 in the 2024 Venice Biennial.
KEITH HARING: ART IS FOR EVERYBODY
AUGUST 10, 2024
Exhibition at the Walker Art Center.
WALKER ART CENTER
AUGUST 1, 2024
If you ever get a chance to see The Walker…do it! It’s a spectacular museum with fantastic exhibitions, a great collection and with incredible people.
DAVID ZWIRNER: 30 YEARS
JULY 18, 2024
Here are some images of the new show from “David Zwirner: 30 Years”, a survey of 30 years of art history while inaugurating a new space in Los Angeles. It an expansive list of work spanning multiple spaces.
FOCA AUCTION
JULY 2, 2024
It was a pleasure to be on the rostrum to auctioneer the Fellows of Contemporary Art (FOCA) once again, a fantastic group that originally was formed nearly 50 years ago to support emerging and mid-career California contemporary artists. The offerings in the auction included works by some of the most notable artists from Southern California such as Craig Kaufmann, Ed Moses, Lita Albuquerque, Eleanor Antin and a work by Kelly Akashi (whose recent traveling exhibition was supported by FOCA.
NEBRASKA
JUNE 20, 2024
Our trip to Nebraska was full of surprises from shows and a residency tour at the Bemis, to tour of a great private collection (with one of my all time favorite works—a Bourgeois “Spider”), a super cool private jet commission by Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, excellent tiki bar in Omaha, a visit with Jun and Ree Kaneko incredible faculty (not pictured), artist Tania Candiani’s talk with curator Rachel Adams at the Bemis. Many thanks to our new friends in Omaha and Lincoln for all the hospitality and hope to see you all soon!
HAMMER’S DIRECTORS RECEPTION
JUNE 15, 2024
Good times at the Hammer’s Director’s Reception with Omayra for the museum’s new Summer exhibitions!
NYC GALLERIES SELECTIONS
SPRING, 2024
A rare and historic Alexander Calder mobile at Di Donna Galleries, a much talked about Maurizio Cattelan marble fountain at Gagosian, the encyclopedic survey of Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne works at Kasmin, Charles Ray’s monument figure at Matthew Marks, the Haas Brothers creatures and new paintings at Marianne Boesky Gallery, a monumental Eva Hesse at Hauser and Wirth, an Olafur Eliasson sculpture illuminating a back room at Tanya Bonakdar, Antony Gormley’s fascinating Corten steel figures at White Cube, Kimsooja’s illusionary floor installation at Tanya Bonakdar, and Sara Anstis whimsical nouveau Surrealist work on paper at Kasmin.
NYC MINI CALDERS
SPRING, 2024
All the mini Calders in New York in May, containing a tiny little bit of magic in each.