“Anyone who can sell a painting today deserves a gold medal.” Those were the words I heard this morning from Giuseppe Orler, my biggest client, a dealer based near Venice. With his brothers, Giuseppe owns four galleries and ordinarily sells vast quantities of art via television infomercials with call-in numbers.
ART DEPARTMENT 101 by Charlie Finch
On the occasion of the CAA meeting in New York this week, a true story of the rampant sexism in college art departments.
Jan. 26, 2011
ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
All about the art market, art writing, art and exotic lands, art for teens, and art surfing.
Nov. 4, 2010
ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
Open studios at NYU, Parsons & the ISCP, Plug In Institute in Winnipeg, new art dictionary in Italian sign language, more.
Artnet News
Guatemala art and politics, Fantin-Latour, Cocksucker Blues, Pollock-Krasner grants, more.
Apr. 9, 2009
ARTNET NEWS More on Parsons’ staff mess, John Wesley in Venice, Madrid photo fair, Guggenheim Fellowships, more.
Apr. 3, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Is Coco Fusco purging the faculty at Parsons the New School for Design? Plus more.
Mar. 30, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Venice Biennale lineup, art school highjinks in Philly, Manchester Festival, protest at the Havana Bienal, David Lynch’s Twitter buddies, more.
May 12, 2008
MISSION ABORTED by Charlie Finch The nuances of Yale’s Aliza Shvarts controversy.
May 1, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Yale’s abortion art debate. Plus, James Frey as art-world darling, Whitney by Piano, Burden skyscraper for New York, more.
Mar. 24, 2008
When Cool turns Cold by Jerry Saltz The Whitney Biennial for 2008 -- call it "The Art School Biennial."
