Category: Reading

The lament of the great Charles Saatchi… is he the cause or the cure? Or perhaps these days, he’s neither. Hence, his sudden need to make a statement.… Read more

Read this piece in The New York Times on Knoedler selling fake Pollocks and Motherwells for millions. I even know the guy who got screwed out of $17M. This is craazzzy stuff… Knoedler went out of business probably because they will be sued for a hundred million dollars. I saw one of these pass at auction too, so this is the beginning of big trouble……… Read more

You must read this outrageous article in The New York Times on Ronald Lauder and giving art to your own foundation, as well as other tax strategies. This man has given so much to MoMA and he created the Neue Galerie, a superb private museum, where he is currently exhibiting his private collection, which you must see!! That said, his timing is poor, it’s not a good time to show… Read more

Here’s the Artforum review on Haim Steinbach. It’s all wrong. The work is not about consumerism, it’s about seeing and context. It’s about place and rhythm and language and form, that’s why the objects he uses are virtually worthless, it’s not about consumption. Haim Steinbach
10.06.11
SARAH LOOKOFSKY
Artforum 09.08.11-10.22.11 Tanya Bonakdar Gallery The Kong is the most represented object in the latest iterations of Haim Steinbach’s signature shelf assemblages.… Read more