We started the modern and contemporary auction week by visiting Sotheby’s and viewing the Mrs. Paul Mellon sale. We then went on to Christie’s and Phillips, and were amazed at how much excellent material was for sale. We were right: Christie’s and Sotheby’s sold more than $1.78 billion worth of art in one week.
We were privileged to have an exciting private walk-through at the Guggenheim with Valerie Hillings, curator of the show Zero: Countdown to Tomorrow: 1950s-1960s.
Heinz Mack, Otto Piene and Günther Uecker’s works seemed so fresh and new, though some were created in the 1950s. This show brings together over 40 artists from ten countries. It is thrilling to be exposed to art from the twentieth century that looks like it could be created tomorrow.
Visiting private collections and showing how collectors live with art is always a unique experience. We had the pleasure of visiting Jane Lombard’s home, Lisa and Richard Perry’s Pop Art collection (that makes one happy just being there) and Jo Carol and Ronald S. Lauder magnificent collection with spectacular views of New York City.
The Skarstedt Gallery opened a new space in Chelsea and hosted us to a delicious private lunch with artist George Condo whose new works are on view. He told us how he worked on these dynamic painting in a one-car garage in East Hampton. Condo shared that “painting got me through life, a way of surviving.” What is next for Condo? Abstract sculpture.
In the spring of 2015, the Louise Bourgeois Study Center and Museum will open in two New York City townhouses, under the name of the Easton Foundation. There, collections of her diaries, personal writings and photographs will be archived.
Her residence will be left as is and made into a museum with a sculpture garden. The 2 houses are next to each other at 347 West 20th street. We visited the townhouses, which are now being renovated, and her longtime assistant Jerry Gorovoy spoke to us about the foundation’s goals.
Our last stop was with artist Mary Heilmann who generously opened her studio and spoke about moving to New York and how her art career unfolded. We sat comfortably on her colorful chairs that she had created, surrounded by her paintings.
It was an epic week for the auction houses, and exhausting for art enthusiasts trying to see it all!
We were privileged to have an exciting private walk-through at the Guggenheim with Valerie Hillings, curator of the show Zero: Countdown to Tomorrow: 1950s-1960s.
Heinz Mack, Otto Piene and Günther Uecker’s works seemed so fresh and new, though some were created in the 1950s. This show brings together over 40 artists from ten countries. It is thrilling to be exposed to art from the twentieth century that looks like it could be created tomorrow.
Visiting private collections and showing how collectors live with art is always a unique experience. We had the pleasure of visiting Jane Lombard’s home, Lisa and Richard Perry’s Pop Art collection (that makes one happy just being there) and Jo Carol and Ronald S. Lauder magnificent collection with spectacular views of New York City.
The Skarstedt Gallery opened a new space in Chelsea and hosted us to a delicious private lunch with artist George Condo whose new works are on view. He told us how he worked on these dynamic painting in a one-car garage in East Hampton. Condo shared that “painting got me through life, a way of surviving.” What is next for Condo? Abstract sculpture.
In the spring of 2015, the Louise Bourgeois Study Center and Museum will open in two New York City townhouses, under the name of the Easton Foundation. There, collections of her diaries, personal writings and photographs will be archived.
Her residence will be left as is and made into a museum with a sculpture garden. The 2 houses are next to each other at 347 West 20th street. We visited the townhouses, which are now being renovated, and her longtime assistant Jerry Gorovoy spoke to us about the foundation’s goals.
Our last stop was with artist Mary Heilmann who generously opened her studio and spoke about moving to New York and how her art career unfolded. We sat comfortably on her colorful chairs that she had created, surrounded by her paintings.
It was an epic week for the auction houses, and exhausting for art enthusiasts trying to see it all!
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