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Ai Weiwei, Colored Vases, 2008, at Faurschou, Copenhagen / Beijing, at the VIP Art Fair
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THE VIP ART FAIR:
INTERNET DATING?

by Kenny Schachter



I’ll say one thing for New York art dealer James Cohan’s new internet-only VIP Art Fair, Jan. 22-30, 2011 -- it was received with great fanfare, as if no one had ever encountered or sold art on the computer before. So I registered, and quickly encountered 15 error messages. Viva la revolution! Maybe the net should stick to what it does best: porn.

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