Miami Art Week 2022

The king of contemporary Art, scene

 #JeffreyDeitchgallery shown in #Artbaselmiamibeach2022

It is always nice to be in Miami Art Week since I can escape from the cold weather for a little while.  The shows are different every year, but the weather is always nice, fun to go to hotel parties, enjoy art shows, and meet a few people.  This year, I stayed for a shorter period. I was quite busy going around town.

The Art Basel show was a lot more interesting than in other years.  Art Miami show is always consistent, it is a great place to check out for most art buyers.  Nada and Untitled were not very impressive, however, there are always a few good shows.  So worth checking them out...

Linea Recto y Punto by Fernando Garcia Ponce

 1985 & El sol Rojo by Calder 1967

Loved artworks presented by #Proyetosmonclova in Mexico since Mexico's contemporary art market has been growing over the last few years above the image

Guillaume Bijl's 1984 installation at S.M.A.K Ghent of a working casino

Meredith Rosen Gallery presented 1984's Art installation Casino which was interesting at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022.

#Hijack by #Contessagallery at #ArtMiami2022

Contessa Gallery made a booth with Hijack artwork which describes Banksy's work above the image.

Doria Gallery show at #UntitledMiamiBeach2022

A Greek Gallery shows very interesting contemporary art that recalls Greek myth. If it wasn't a Greek gallery, maybe it would be less interesting.

#YayoiKusama installation at #RubellMusuem

Nice to check out the Rubell Museum. It wasn't a big museum, but they have three Yayoi Kusama Art installations and #Damienhirst, #mauriziocattelan #nara, #takamura #noahDavis,'s works, and so on. A list of places to check while you are visiting #Miamibeachartweek

Attended a fun party at Kohler's 150-anniversary and Almer and Etro cocktail party at the Miami Beach Edition Hotel.  

Also as my routine, I went to the beach every morning and walked around the beach for at least 30 minutes which was precious time... looking forward to next year!!!

May, Art Month in New York

    After two years failing of major art shows in New York, I was so excited to see all art fairs in New York were opened as they planned. Many galleries and museums had special shows for another great New York Art Month.

Tefaf New York Spring 2022

a lot simpler and modern show than previous years including their flower decoration. But it was one of the best Art Fairs overall.

Tefaf New York Spring 2022

R & Company Gallery,  NY

         Robilant + Voena Gallery

Adrian Sassoon Gallery, London

Carpenters Workshop Gallery (top) & Galerie Kreo (bottom)

Friedman Benda, NY

Frieze New York 2022 

    They switched the show location to the Shed in Hudson Yards in 2021.  It is a lot smaller than before.  Not many galleries participated.  I remember they used to have an amazing presentation of the show and artwork.  But last few years, I felt it has become a less interesting show.   The Tefaf is showing major artists' works.  The Independent shows all different kinds of artworks.  The Nada and Volta presented emerging artists' works.  So not sure where they stand now.  However, the David Zwiner Gallery presented a solo show by artist, Carol Bove on the stunning red wall, and the Gagosian Gallery presented an interactive artwork so the audience could participate. 

David Zwirner Gallery

Gagosian Gallery

TEFAF NEW YORK SPRING 2019

    The historic Park Avenue Armory provided the backdrop for a high-octane display of major works at the third edition of TEFAF New York Spring. Featuring a stellar roster of 92 leading exhibitors, with 12 new participants, the Fair was an unrivaled showcase for some of the most influential experts in modern and postwar art and design, antiquities, ethnographic art, and jewelry.

To inaugurate their first year at TEFAF New York Spring, Pace Gallery presented an exhibition dedicated to the work of 20th-century master Jean Dubuffet, who has been represented by Pace since 1966. Spanning paintings, works on paper, and sculptures, the exhibition features pieces from several of Dubuffet’s seminal series from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, including L’ Hourloupe, Sites aux Figurines, Psycho- Sites, and Brefs exercices d’école journalière. Drawing together an incisive selection of Dubuffet’s work across media, the presentation captures the relentlessly innovative and daring spirit that has fueled the artist’s enduring legacy.

Pace Gallery created a Dubuffet work figure at the entrance of the fair in VIP preview day

    The famed Diaghilev Ballet Russes was celebrated by Galerie Gmurzynska with the exhibition of Le Coq d’Or, by Natalia Goncharova in gouache, watercolor, and pencil. The large-scale work (930 x 1300 cm [366 x 512 in]) was displayed in the public space as part of the main exhibition space of the Armory.
Sold previously at the Diaghilev Sale at Sotheby’s London in 1968, Natalia Goncharova’s backdrop is not only the sole surviving large-scale painting from this Diaghilev production but also one of the very few important large-scale backdrop paintings, such as Picasso’s stage cloth for Diaghilev’s Le Train Bleu from 1924, which today is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
The presentation at TEFAF coincides with a strong renewed interest in the work of Natalia Goncharova, with a major retrospective of the artist set to open at the Tate Modern in London in June with a room dedicated to Goncharova and Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes including designs for Le Coq d’Or.

Le Coq d’Or, by #NataliaGoncharova @GalerieGmurzynska

Wendell Castle's major works were shown in two Major New York Galleries.

"Chair with Sport Coat" designed and made by #WendellCastle in 1978 @RandCompany

"Happiness" by Wendell Castle in 1962 @FriedmanBenda

"One of the most important design presentations here showcases the biomorphic furniture of Wendell Castle, who created boldly sculptural chairs, benches, and desks from the 1960s until his death last year. A low-slung rocking chair from 1962, carved from warmly stained oak and finished with stretched leather, looks as aerodynamic as a Farago, Jason. “Tefaf Brings Masterpieces (and Tulips) to the Armory,” New York Times, May 2, 2019.

Great presentation of Masterworks @HellyNahmadGallery

Beauty, Shared: a Collector's Vision by #DickinsonGallery 

Most of the galleries showed many popular artists in the market, but Dickinson Gallery curated an interesting show with more diversity of artists.  They always have an amazing curated show at the TEFAF Art Fair. 

Many Korean Master artist works were presented by #tinakimgallery

    Even though I am Korean, I never saw these great Korean masterworks (#LeeUfan, #HaChongHyun, #KwonYoungwoo, #KimTschangYeul, & ParkSeoBo) together at the same time.  Thanks for Tina Kim Gallery!

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac sold its entire collection of 39 pieces by Georg Baselitz (b. 1938) early on in the Fair. The sale comprised a set of 38 drawings (1984), purchased for close to $1.12 million, and a large painting titled Blaueur Elkekopf (1979-8) that sold for an undisclosed amount to a separate buyer.

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

Also, great to check their cultural program "The interview: Tristram Hunt, the Victorian Albert Museum Director with Thomas Marks"

On the right is Tristram Hunt