Artforum’s online diary
HAVE YOU SCENE & HERD?
10.08SARAH THORNTON on USA Today
Word around the USA Today reception was that Charles has made more money out of art than advertising and that the work in the show was hit-and-miss but brilliantly packaged. The Young American Artists (YAAs, I assume) seem to have a unique attitude toward commerce. None harbored illusions about the nature of this show. One even joked that it was good to see his work here because he might not see it again until it was up for auction… READ ON
10.11NICOLAS TREMBLEY at the Tate
What can I say? The Fischli & Weiss retrospective has it all: humor, philosophy–and art. Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota summed up the mood with an anecdote about a flight full of the duos fans–just like a football team! At 9 PM, I slipped away quietly to join the sit-down dinner in honor of Carsten Höller at Delfina. It was clearly the place to be; The fair itself wont outdo this one! quipped one guest. Good to know the best was behind us–and the circus hadnt even begun… READ ON
10.13SARAH THORNTON on the fair grounds
The prices are out of control, a secondary market dealer warned. I just bought a large late Warhol painting for the price of a Neo Rausch work-on-paper. To which his companion quipped, But thats not surprising; Warhols not from Leipzig…
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