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I had a wonderful visit to New York in May, there was much to see!
I headed straight to Bloomberg which hosted a wonderful breakfast for Serpentine. Hans Ulrich Obrist interviewed architect Elizabeth Diller about the voluminous building ‘The Shed’ in New York’s new Hudson Yards. The ambitious architects are also behind the magnificent High Line in NYC
TEFAF art fair was a delight, I enjoyed viewing some wonderful artworks including the collaboration between Stephen Prina and Wade Guyton
I loved this ceramic work by Walead Beshty also at Petzel
The room setting by Yayoi Kusama, ‘Solitude of the Earth’ from 1994, was interesting
I then headed downtown to visit The Brant Foundation Art Study Center - Peter Brant’s stellar new building. I was impressed by how sympathetic the architecture, Richard Gluckman of Gluckman Tang Architects, was to the history of the building and area. The gallery was once the home and studio of the artist Walter De Maria. The Jean-Michel Basquiat show was second to none, an example of how a private foundation can get it right
We then headed to Greene Naftali to see Alex Israel’s installation ‘As it Lays 2’, addressing his native Los Angeles. A weird little sculpture, ‘Idol’, greeted us and directed us towards other offerings on show…
Including four wonderful portrait paintings and an inverted walk through sculpture, a portal into his self-branded show
We then headed straight to Reena Spaulings to witness Alex playing the saxophone, except it was not him but an impressive hologram
Next stop Dover Street Market - yes! We bought the t-shirt and Alex signed it
At David Zwirner and the one that got away, Josh Smith’s Reaper
