COLLECT The Payoff
By 5:00 pm Thursday the painful memory of set-up is fading. Drawn, bug-like, to Saatchi’s glamorously-lit digs, we arrive for the VIP Preview of COLLECT 2010. Inside there is just about everything...
View ArticleCOLLECT Inside Out
Friday inside the Saatchi Galleries, it’s all business. Sales are stronger than we’ve seen in years. Without a doubt the most satisfying clients are the ones who return a year later to say they deeply...
View ArticleReCOLLECTing
By the last day of COLLECT we’re running out of time. After years of working at Bullseye Gallery, Jamie announces she’s never seen glass blown (it is possible to take this...
View ArticleOut of Place
I’m back home in Portland, Oregon after five weeks bouncing around Britain, juggling everything from an art fair in London to lamb watching in the Scottish Highlands. Smack in the middle of it all I...
View ArticleThe Blog Bog
The difference between a blog and Facebook? On a blog, no one talks to you. Ask a question? Good luck. On Facebook everyone is so busy yabbering that your questions are drowned out by all the other...
View ArticleMore Moving Pictures from SOFA
Saturday. Day 2.5 of SOFA. Brain dead. No time. Hoarse. Here’s 16 quick pics to do the talking. Roughly split into five categories….. #1. What it looks like when they open the doors to preview night,...
View ArticleSOFA: Conversations
As much as we all relish the visuals at SOFA Chicago, it’s often the words that linger. The last three days have been a banquet of conversations. I’d like to name names and share insights that were so...
View ArticleSOFA Closes: Int’l Scandal Bubbles Up
As we’re waiting around for our break-down materials at SOFA last night, the dealer across the aisle calls my attention to a bit of international hanky-panky brewing behind the scenes. Apparently her...
View ArticleAnother Art Fair
Watching paint dry. Even worse. Watching someone painting a booth two aisles away via a photo posted on the gallery’s Facebook page. How distant can we make being this close? On the topic of...
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