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The photographer Sally Gall has built a reputation for taking unusually intimate photographs of nature, bringing the viewer into close contact with sometimes unruly, sometimes elegant patches of the wild. With a show of her new work opening at Julie Saul Gallery this March, Artspace curator Nessia Pope spoke to Gall about her approach to photography—and the dramatic departure she is taking in her newest series. READ MORE
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The first full-time American architecture critic as well as the first winner of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, Ada Louise Huxtable was an indispensable force for constructing the public’s view of buildings as not only brick-and-mortar structures but social spaces that express and cultivate civic values, writing for half a century until her death last week at age 91. In memory of the woman universally known as “the dean of architecture critics,” a battery of admirers paid tribute to her legacy. READ MORE
These artists are about to go stratospheric this year, with prominent exhibitions or other star turns poised to make them household names (in the art world, at least). Get to know these artists, and collect their work now—before it’s too late. READ MORE
In 1948 Edwin Land invented instant photography, a remarkable new process that allowed anyone to immediately develop and print photographs without a darkroom and using a single apparatus. His pioneering technology, developed for the Polaroid Corporation, became the company’s prize product for the next 50 years. Early Polaroid advertisements marketed the novelty of instantaneity: “Just drop the film in your Polaroid ‘Picture-in-a-minute’ Camera and you’re ready to shoot the best pictures you’ve ever taken.” Millions of enthusiasts worldwide took the plunge. READ MORE
With the start of the new year, the art word returns to a regular schedule as galleries host their first events of 2013. Accompanying the typical optimism of the calendar turn, a spirit of camaraderie seems to have also struck gallerists across the city, with a number of spaces offering exhibitions by multiple artists to create odd but not unwelcome couplings. Francisco Leiro’s pastels and Richard Maffei’s sculptures are doubling up at Marlborough Gallery, as are the photograms of Wang Xieda and the drawings of Sol LeWitt at James Cohan. There are also some intriguing group shows opening…. READ MORE
Fascinated by the romantic and the eclectic, artist Meghan Boody constructs photographs from the perspective of a storyteller, exploring journeys of transformation and discovery. Pushing the boundaries of the “civilized mind” further in each of her works, she delves into fantasy by dramatizing natural elements in imagined scenarios, marked by vibrant colors and stark landscapes. Her surrealistic aesthetic extends beyond her work to encompass her surroundings, from her wonderland-like loft in Tribeca to her collection of Victorian-era artwork. Read on for insight into Boody’s mystical world. READ MORE
Last year the art market pulled in $64 billion in sales—beating out the equities market, according to Artlyst—and the New York Times is kicking off the new yearwith an online “Sunday Dialogue” to ask a time-honored question: Is there an art bubble? Posing this chestnut is one William Cole, a writer “working on a book about art connoisseurship,” and he strongly insinuates that the answer is yes, with engineered “hype” tricking the market to “the point where people pay tens of millions of dollars for works by the likes of Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Damien Hirst.” He adds these types of artists today “generally avoid[] pharaonic works, focusing instead on mass-produced kitsch.” What both the question and the way it is phrased ignore is that a seismic, fundamental shift in the way the art world operates is underway, and this warrants some explaining. READ MORE
The renowned poet Anne Sexton began writing poetry as a patient at the Glenside Hospital, where she was being treated for mental illness. Twelve years later, she won the Pulitzer Prize. Many artists have described the healing effects of their work, pointing to art’s capacity to express difficult emotions, awaken new personal insights, and provide a sense of purpose. READ MORE
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Looking back on 2012, it’s easy to see a single story dominating the news coming out of the art world: the ascendency—no, the apotheosis—of the art market. It was a year of gobsmacking numbers, beginning with the world-record $250 million sale of a Cezanne Card Players to the Qatari royal family and concluding with the biggest-ever auction sale ($120 million for The Scream at Sotheby’s), the priciest-ever tally for a contemporary art auction ($412.2 million at Christie’s), and the highest-ever attendance at Art Basel Miami Beach (50,000). But while those data points are certainly impressive, they don’t tell you anything whatsoever about the state of art itself—where it’s going, what it’s thinking about, why it’s relevant to life in the contemporary moment. The top of the market rarely has much to say about the truly new. For that, you have to delve deeper. READ MORE
The art world isn’t really as snobbish as depicted in movies and TV shows like Bravo’s Gallery Girls, and it’s apt to be liberally forgiving of most uncouth behavior… with one notable exception: you can’t get away with mispronouncing artists’ names. Imagine you’re jetting with Dakis Joannou (pronounced: Dock-is Zho-nu) off to his Deste (pronounced: Des-tay) Foundation on the Greek island of Hydra (pronounced: Hee-dra), and former Venice Biennale (pronounced: bee-a-nah-le) curator Bice Curiger (pronounced: Bee-chay Courage-er) brings up French neoclassical portraiture-if you say your favorite painter is Jean Dominique Ingres and pronounce it “Ing-gres” instead of “Aang,” you’re sure to be met with icy silence. No one wants that. To ensure you avoid such embarrassments, consult our handy guide to pronouncing some of the thorniest artist names out there. READ MORE