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As a seasoned art professional, I’ve witnessed the transformative power of art from every angle—and now, I’m here to share it all with you. Dive into expert insights, uncover smart collecting tips, and discover tricks of the trade that will keep you ahead of the curve. Let’s navigate the art world together and ensure you stay brilliantly “artwise”!

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Emerging Artist Pick: Julia Dault (b.1977, Toronto, Canada)

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FRIEZE OPENING 🖼️ ✨ Join me for a VIP wal FRIEZE OPENING 🖼️ 

✨ Join me for a VIP walk-through of Freize NY at the iconic Shed in Manhattan… 📍👑

The energy was electric despite a cooling market proving that thoughtful curation and bold vision still command attention. Collectors yesterday looked cautious yet calibrated and sales were steady. 

Here’s my roundup of what’s making waves: 

👀Highlights & Booths to Watch 
👉Ropac delivered high with museum-worthy works by #marthajungwirth,#joansnyder and #HansJosephsohn (a large bronze was just acquired by The Met). 
👉#Gagosian brought the drama with #JeffKoons’s “Hulk Elvis” sculptures—one sold for a reported $3M within hours. 
👉#Perrotin’s solo booth of #ClaireTabouret’s luminous portraits sold out quickly, with prices ranging from $65K to $200K. 
💙#WhiteCube placed a #TraceyEmin painting for £1.2M and a bronze sculpture for £80K, while also selling works by #EtelAdnan and #AntonyGormley. 

Although the pace was slower, the intent was deeper. Collectors are taking their time, and galleries are meeting them with patience and precision. 

🌟 Artists in the Spotlight
#Tabboo! (#StephenTashjian) is having a moment. His vivid, queer-coded paintings at #KarmaGallery bridge generations and histories. 
#YehwanSong’s digital installation at #GGallery critiques algorithmic systems with poetic force. 
#LuanaVitra’s eco-political sculptures at #MitreGaleria confront Brazil’s mining industry with raw materiality. 

🔮 Forecast
The fair is a study in contrasts: maximalist spectacle meets minimalist restraint, institutional gravitas meets emerging urgency. The art world is recalibrating, and this fair is a compass.

📍 Frieze New York runs through May 11 at The Shed, Hudson Yards. Don’t miss it.

#FriezeNY2025 #ArtAdvisory #ContemporaryArt #HeidiLeeKomaromi #ArtMarketInsights #EmergingArtists #JeffKoons #ClaireTabouret #Tabboo #YehwanSong #LuanaVitra
FEMININE FLIGHT⁠⁠ ⁠ Highlighting this joyful FEMININE FLIGHT⁠⁠
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Highlighting this joyful installation as a reminder that art can elevate the spirit. ✨💫⁠
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Janet Echelman’s ethereal 1.8 Renwick floats through the Grand Salon of the @americanart at the #Smithsonian, a cathedral of color and light. Woven from knotted twine and suspended in space, the sculpture breathes with movement, shadow, and grace—transformed by a shifting symphony of light.⁠
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It’s a modern resurrection of form, embodying the strength and softness of womanhood, ever-changing and luminous.⁠
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#GreatFemaleArtists #JanetEchelman #ContemporaryArt #Womenartists #ArtThatInspires #LightAsArt #ArtandRenewal #SmithsonianAmericanArtMuseum
LEN & LOUISE🌿 ✨ Sneak peek: The Riggio’s l LEN & LOUISE🌿

✨ Sneak peek: The Riggio’s legendary collection is hitting the auction block at Christie’s this May.⁠
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Flashback to when I had the privilege to visit their Hamptons estate with ArtTable and fellow board members: Imagine stepping into a secret garden where every path leads to a masterpiece. 🖼️🌿⁠ Proof that collecting isn’t just about having art — it’s about living with it. ⁠

 ⁠ [Scroll to see some of the wonderful masterworks from the Bridgehampton estate, as well as works that are coming up at auction from #PietMondrian and #ReneMagritte and #GlennLigon and #KerryJamesMarshall!]⁠

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Save this as a reminder: Great collectors don’t just acquire — they curate a life. 🎯⁠
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About the auction: For over 30 years, Leonard ‘Len’ Riggio, the entrepreneurial founder of #Barnes&Noble, and his wife #LouiseRiggio amassed a formidable collection of #20thcenturyart. Fueled by the couple’s lifelong pursuit of knowledge and spirit of discovery, the collection for sale represents an anthology of the artists who challenged some of our most established ideas about art, culture, and society. From Mondrian’s pioneering approach to abstraction to Marshall's radical African American portraiture, the collection is a roll-call of 20th-century masterpieces in dialogue with one another. ⁠
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#ArtCollecting #ChristiesAuctions #HamptonsArt #ArtAdvisory #LivingWithArt #radicalcreativity⁠
MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL Who's deconstructing ph MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL

Who's deconstructing photography’s illusions most of all? #EileenQuinlan 📸✨

Quinlan isn't just pushing the boundaries of what a photograph is — she’s smashing them, setting them on fire, and coolly rebuilding them in the name of feminist history and radical self-awareness. 

Her images aren't windows into the world; they're mirrors reflecting back all the messy mechanics of how we present, consume, and believe images today.

Equal parts mesmerizing and unsettling (in the best way), Quinlan's work invites you to lean in and pulls the rug out from under you. 

She's exhibited everywhere that matters — the Venice Biennale, MoMA, the Met, the Whitney...(basically, her CV is more stacked than my coffee table during art fair season).

I'm beyond grateful to have had the opportunity to place her work into a permanent collection, ensuring these reflections (and disruptions) endure for generations to come. ✨

Thank you @miguelabreugallery for championing such powerhouse talent. 🚀

#ContemporaryArt #Photography #FeministArt #ArtAdvisorFavorites
ART & PROCESS 🖌️ “I work on a lot of piece ART & PROCESS 🖌️

“I work on a lot of pieces at once and it becomes a meditative process… It’s almost like a mantra every day… less thinking, less judgment… that’s when the work breathes. Accept where you are and work with it.” – Nick McPhail

McPhail’s layered architectural paintings are rooted in observation and repetition. Blending memory, environment, and intuition, his process evokes a mindful rhythm—where form, light, and time coexist.

Xylor Jane’s paintings are intricate constellations of numbers—grids of hand-painted digits that map time, emotion, and logic. A quiet geometry pulses beneath the surface. Working with prime numbers, Fibonacci sequences, and calendrical systems, Jane’s work occupies a space between math and mysticism, order and obsession.

Both artists are deeply process-driven: McPhail’s intuitive mark-making parallels Jane’s continuous systems. In their own way, each suspends time—one through breath and brush, the other through numbers and structure. Together, they invite a different kind of looking—one that lingers, listens, and lets the logic of the work unfold slowly.

I’m elated to have place these exceptional works with an important permanent collection—where rigor, resonance, and quiet beauty find their place.

#ContemporaryArt #XylorJane #NickMcPhail #ArtCuration #PaintingAsProcess #ArtThatBreathes #PrivateCollection
#LAartists #landscapepaintings #artandmeditation 
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EXISTENTIAL STILL LIFE 🍶⁠🍏 ⁠ You think y EXISTENTIAL STILL LIFE 🍶⁠🍏
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You think you’re looking at leftovers. Half-eaten fruit, a crumpled napkin, maybe a rogue spoon teetering on the edge. But #LauraLetinsky’s photographs are less about what's there, and more about what’s gone. 🍽️✨⁠
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Channeling the #Dutchmasters and subverting them with the precision of someone who’s read #RolandBarthes, Letinsky’s still lifes hum with absence, longing, and beautiful chaos.⁠
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I’m delighted to have recently placed her work in a major permanent collection—proof that crumbs, when curated properly, can be forever. 💫⁠
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#LauraLetinsky #HLKartacquisition #StillLifePhotography #PostFeastPoetry #ContemporaryPhotography #ArtAdvisorApproved #TableForNone⁠
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⁠ 🎨✨ Innovative Women Artists: Spotlight on ⁠
🎨✨ Innovative Women Artists: Spotlight on Agathe Snow ✨🎭💜💛💚⁠
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Art can elevate the mundane into the remarkable, and Agathe Snow’s work beautifully exemplifies this.⁠

⁠I've admired her artistry for years and have had the good fortune to meet her on multiple occasions. She consistently displays warmth, openness, and a readiness to share, whether it involves her visual art, culinary skills, or homegrown @mattituck.mushrooms!🍄‍🟫

Her diverse artistic approach includes live performances like the 24-hour celebration at the Guggenheim (see last slide!), alongside text, sculpture, installation, and painting. She skillfully transforms found items, such as Mardi Gras beads and other unconventional materials, into striking and thought-provoking sculptures. Her creations address themes of moral decline while celebrating resilience and creativity, instilling a sense of hope and optimism. 🌎🔄⁠
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Agathe’s work inspires and pushes boundaries. I feel truly fortunate to have played a small part in helping place her work in the #GuggenheimMuseum’s permanent collection and to have acquired the above work for another major institution. Witnessing deserving artists secure a permanent space is always fulfilling. 💫⁠
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I can’t help but smile and feel the vibrant energy captured in this piece. Much like the annual New Orleans celebration, Agathe's work is a joyful fusion of spontaneity, culture, and creativity. 🎭💜💛💚 ⁠
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Let’s take a moment to celebrate and elevate the remarkable women artists shaping today's art scene!⁠
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Who’s a female artist that inspires you? Drop their name in the comments! 👇✨⁠
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#AgatheSnow #Womenartists #MardiGrasenergy #ArtReimagined #CreativeVisionaries #SupportWomenArtists #womenshistorymonth #hlkartacquisition #guggenheimcollection #permanentartcollection #instutionalartcollections #collectingcontemporaryart #dashsnow #liveartfully ⁠
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✨ YOUR HOME YOUR STORY ✨⁠ ⁠ Art isn’t ju ✨ YOUR HOME YOUR STORY ✨⁠
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Art isn’t just decor—it reflects our lives, histories, and the voices that shape them. Art deepens our connection to the spaces we inhabit and the stories we choose to surround ourselves with.⁠
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Every detail in this stunning interior by #SandraWeingort speaks to the power of living with art. A powerful figurative painting by #AliceNeel commands attention, embodying her lifelong commitment to capturing humanity in all its raw, unfiltered depth. Neel’s portraits, often of those overlooked by society, pulse with empathy and presence—challenging conventions and making space for women’s perspectives in art history. ⁠
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The art infuses the space with warmth, character, and a profoundly human presence where comfort and creativity coexist.⁠
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✨ What story would your curation tell?⁠

#AliceNeel #powerofart #greatfemaleartists #ArtHistory #ArtfulLiving #MaryCorse #LouiseBourgeois #CollectingWomenArtists #SandraWeingort #AWGArtAdvisory #ArtCollectors #HLKArtGroup #MidCenturyModern #DesignInspiration #CulturedMag #ArtForLife #artandwellness 

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