New York and Miami

10 December 2015

We arrive in New York and breathe in the electricity of the city

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We headed straight to visit Katy at The Hole and took in their latest show ‘NOT A PHOTO.’ Great photo of Ryder Ripps’ mom Helene with Kathy Grayson and their chocolate doggies.
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Then we were down to Miami and talking of four legged creatures, Tiffany and I fell in love with Tony Tasset’s ‘Bambi’ outside the Bass Museum.
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Untitled Art Fair had us immediately questioning ‘art or not art?’ with this sand sculpture.
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But it got so much better, particularly with the wonderful 'Double Arc' by Amanda Keeley. I was curious if the buyer gets to keep the dancers.
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The queues into Art Basel Miami were very undignified. Herding the ‘shoppers’ and heads of major institutions into sheep pens. Lots of bleating!
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Everyday objects were the key theme of the fair, there was a huge amount. Loved this Charles Harlan at JTT.
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At The Approach, Amanda Ross-Ho’s towels had developed into dirty splotchy artworks!
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Mixers with real yoghurt. Gili Tal’s ‘But The World Keeps On Turning' at Sandy Brown in NADA kept the gallery staff occupied with having to reinstall them each day.
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Los Carpinteros were showing their fantastic melting Cuban drums.
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Not so much painting and photography this year but this Camille Henrot’s New York skyscraper at KÖNIG Galerie was fabulous.
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The de la Cruz Collection had some unquestionably great works on show, including this Guyton/Walker.