[Explain me podcast] What The New York Art Fairs Tell Us About Art

Carol Bove, installation view, David Zwirner Gallery, Frieze

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, cohosts 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

NADA

• 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

FRIEZE

• 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 art works by Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. 

• Pedro Reyes, Alex da Corte, Nayland Blake, Alex Katz, Matthew Wong