ART PROBLEMS: Fairs For the Rich

Installation view at Frieze New York, hosted by The Shed - lead image

In this episode of Art Problems, artist and critic William Powhida joins Paddy Johnson to discuss the context surrounding an expanded art fair cycle in New York. What once lasted a week now spans two, which, in this year's depressed market, amounted to a much longer timeline for dealers to lose money.

We discuss Frieze, NADA, Future Fair, and Spring Break, and why the growing exclusiveness of the fairs hurts art.

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Hat tip to Michael Anthony Farley and Whitney Kimball for their summary of Spring Break in BMore Art.

https://bmoreart.com/2023/05/cigarettes-ceramics-and-curatorial-chaos-spring-breaks-secret-show.html