What The New York Art Fairs Tell Us About Art

Art media does a great job at looking forward to art events, yet rarely looks back to reflect on what these happenings say about the cultural moment. In this episode of Explain Me, co-hosts Paddy Johnson and William Powhida do a deep dive into the fairs to discuss the deeply conservative sales landscape we've been sinking into over the past ten years. ARTISTS DISCUSSED Carlos Jacanamijoy’s 2020 ab ex painting “Carminos de Luz” at Harper’s Laurie Reid’s “Ballast” at Et Al. Gallery The Baboon Chair by Margaux Valengin at Pact Paul Gabrelli’s “Everyday Objects” at New Discretions Elliot Reed at Anonymous Gallery Dan Colen at Gagosian Al Freeman at 56 Henry Tessa Lynch’s text-based compositions at Patricia Fleming Gallery Scott Lyal at Migeul Abbreu Gallery Aaron Garber-Maikovska Casja von Zeipel’s Celesbian Terrain Kevin McCoy’s corporate-sponsored display of Quantum and some generative artworks by Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. Pedro Reyes, Alex da Corte, Nayland Blake, Alex Katz, Matthew Wong,

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What The New York Art Fairs Tell Us About Art is an episode from Explain Me by Paddy Johnson and William Powhida.

This episode is 49:47 long.

This episode was published on Jun 14, 2022.

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