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(X)S vs. (X)L: A Tale of Two Art Fairs, Independent 20th Century and the Armory, 2022

1. Art fairs, like biennials, seek to create large-scale environments that exert their own gravitational pull. For a short period…

art fair, art market, independent 20th century, independent art fair, taste, the armory show, trendspotting

Copy and Original: Drawings

A while back, I posted two sets of drawings on Instagram. Each pair consisted of a copy after an Old…

albrecht durer, art history, brief lessons in connoisseurship, connoisseurship, hans hoffmann, history of drawing, michelangelo, old master drawings

Like A Dream : Li Qingzhao’s Poetry

Part I : Encounters I first encountered Li Qingzhao’s poetry in Robert Hass’s translation workshop at Berkeley. I was very…

classical chinese, classical chinese poetry, kenneth rexroth, li qingzhao, poetry in translation, ronald egan

Due North – A Long Weekend in Portland, Maine

The heat came early this spring. By May, it was already hot. I was happy to head north in early…

art history, kennebunkport, maine, ogunquit, portland, tourism, travel, traveling with dogs

Copy and Original

Set A A.1 : Albrecht Durer, Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples, from The Small Passion.  c. 1508. Woodcut. Sheet:…

albrecht durer, art history, brief lessons in connoisseurship, connoisseurship, marcantonio raimondi, old master prints, original and copy, printmaking, prints, raphael, woodblock print, woodcut

New York in the Pandemic Years: 2020-2022(?)

I studied photography in college. I loved the process: going out to shoot, developing the film in my kitchen, quiet…

documentary photography, film photography, New York, photography, street photography

Stack (after Felix Gonzalez-Torres)

Somewhere in my things, I think I still have a sheet from of paper that I took from a Felix…

contemporary art, felix gonzalez-torres, new york streetscape, venice biennale

The Leonardo Business

There’s been a bit of noise in the media around the high prices achieved during the Spring 2022 Auction Week…

art business, art market, art valuation, auctions, connoisseurship, diane modestini, leonardo, leonardo da vinci, martin kemp, the economics of art, value and valuation

Held on the Tongue

When the war began, I realized that I knew almost nothing about Ukraine. I could barely find it on a…

books, claudia roden, food and memory, food history, olga koutseridi, olia hercules, ukraine

Old Master Drawings – Pricking and Pouncing

A few weeks ago, I finally took the plunge and started taking a wax carving class. I’ve wanted to learn…

art history, design history, drawings, history of drawing, medieval drawings, metropolitan museum of art, old master drawings, Renaissance drawings, works on paper

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