Linda Yablonsky
Pool Party
Zurich Art Weekend
June 2013 ZURICH
WOULD THE AMERICANS who went home after Venice return to Europe for Art Basel? That was the elephant in the room among dealers shuttling to Zurich last Saturday for the exhibition openings, symposia, and dinners that made up this year’s … READ ON
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Something for Everyone
The 55th Venice Biennale
June 2013 VENICE
IF MASSIMILIANO GIONI’S “Encyclopedic Palace” for the Fifty-Fifth Venice Biennale was anchored by “a desire to see and know everything,” the lunch that Metro Pictures and Pinocateca Agnelli threw for Cindy Sherman on soggy May 30 … READ ON
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Worlds Away
The 55th Venice Biennale
June 2013 VENICE
THE ONLY WAY to negotiate a city built on water is to go with the flow. That was the lesson of Tuesday, May 28—arrival day for the VIPs and art professionals invited to preview the Fifty-Fifth Venice Biennale for three days before its June… READ ON
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All That Glitters
The opening of “Galleria Vezzoli” at the MAXXI
May 2013 ROME
ONE WAY TO THE VENICE BIENNALE is through Rome. A healthy swath of the art tribe took that option last Sunday, when MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts, hosted the gala premiere of “Galleria Vezzoli.” It was the first installment… READ ON
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Keeping It Real
Dinners around Frieze New York
May 2013 NEW YORK
I SOMETIMES WONDER how the guest list for an art event would look if the host did the inviting instead of a publicist. Striking examples of each approach emerged last week during an abundantly social six days in the Frieze New York universe… READ ON
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FOOD and Drink
The Frieze Art Fair
May 2013 NEW YORK
FRIEZE NEW YORK began this year in a downpour. During its early hours on May 9, it rained art, it rained people, and it just plain rained on Randall’s Island Park, soaking Paul McCarthy’s ginormous balloon dog on the northern side of the… READ ON
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Ante Frieze
New York openings before the Frieze Art Fair
May 2013 NEW YORK
THE NEW YORK ART WORLD IS ON FIRE. It’s got spring, it’s got Frieze, it’s got the contemporary auctions. It’s got galleries and artists, and exhibitions opening for seemingly all of them. The only thing it doesn’t have is a night … READ ON
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Tequila Sunrise
The 10th Zona Maco
April 2013 MEXICO CITY
NO MATTER WHAT THE HOUR or how gridlocked the traffic, there is always time for everything in Mexico City. During Zona Maco México Arte Contemporáneo, the art fair with the Aztecan skull logo, four-hour lunches and late-night dinners blend… READ ON
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Danh Patrol
Danh Vo’s opening at Marian Goodman
March 2013 NEW YORK
THE INVITATION CAME on White House stationery. It was the menu for a three-course dinner, cast in slightly outré terms. On arrival at Marian Goodman’s gallery for the March 20 opening of “Mother Tongue,” Danh Vo’s much anticipated … READ ON
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Steppin’ Up
The ADAA and the Armory Show
March 2013 NEW YORK
MARK TUESDAY, MARCH 5, AS A RARE ONE. On that evening, the gala preview of the Art Dealers Association of America’s fiftieth anniversary Art Show achieved a heretofore unimagined peak by delighting everyone present, be they one of the … READ ON