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Nina Johnson’s Guide to Miami December 05, 2024
When Art Basel made its South Beach debut, in 2002, Nina Johnson was interning at Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. Miami wasn’t yet on the art world map—dealers considered it a sleepy beach town where galleries like Steinbaum’s represented under-the-radar ...
In Defense of Art Basel January 17, 2024
The first guests show up precisely at the 1 p.m. start time. They grab plates of finger food––croquettes, mini sandwiches, and guava cream-cheese pastries––take a few half-hearted laps around the gallery, and leave.It is the last day of Art Basel Mia...
What Is Bad Art? December 21, 2022
The French-American artist Nina Childress has built a decades-spanning career around the indefatigable interrogation of ‘bad’ art and taste. Shaped by the rebellious spirit of punk rock, her approach has always been heterodox and fluid. Since the 198...
The Art World’s Miami Bacchanal December 15, 2022
Earlier this month, the most elite-tier collectors descended upon South Beach to pay exorbitant prices for objects that the vast majority of people see no value in, amid a landscape of extreme decadence and self-indulgent partying. Welcome to Art Bas...
Never Enough December 06, 2022
Larry Gagosian didn't fly down for the twentieth anniversary of Art Basel Miami Beach. This was described to me by Vanity Fair’s art reporter Nate Freeman as “gossip.” And perhaps, were I an art reporter, it would strike me as such. At a cocktail par...
