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Wet Paint: NFT Collective Whines Over Cryptopunks Sale, Coveted Young Artist Joins Hauser & Wirth, & More Art-World Gossip Which art dealer is sitting courtside at Knicks playoff games? What famed artist-made house hit the market? Read on for answers. Nine CryptoPunks at Christie's 21st-century evening sale on May 13, 2021. Courtesy of Christie's. Every week, Artnet News Pro brings you Wet Paint, a gossip column of original scoops reported and written by Nate Freeman. If you have a tip, email Nate at [email protected]   Love them or hate them—and believe you me, people do hate them!— N...

A rare Black-owned art gallery lands in Chelsea The entrance to Nicola Vassell’s new gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, May 17, 2021. After working with artists like Kehinde Wiley and advising collectors like Swizz Beatz, Vassell bucks the online trend with a brick-and-mortar space. Donavon Smallwood/The New York Times. by Robin Pogrebin (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- At a moment when equity and diversity have become paramount in the art world, Nicola Vassell, a former director of both Pace and Deitch Projects galleries in the New York City borough of Manhattan, on Thursday will open he...

Nicola Vassell. Photo courtesy of Nicola Vassell. Nicola Vassell has been a leading tastemaker in the New York art world for more than a decade. She’s held director roles at Pace Gallery and Deitch Projects, and helped music producer Swizz Beatz and his wife, Alicia Keys, build a world-class art collection and an art fair, No Commissions, where artists take home 100 percent of their sales. Now, the curator, writer, and art advisor is at last opening her own gallery. “This has been a long time coming,” Vassell told Artnet News. “I felt it was the most logical next step in the journ...

Wet Paint: West Coast Power Broker David Kordansky Expands to New York, Cryptopunks Buyers Revealed, & More Art-World Gossip What consignor saw their Jonas Wood increase in value by 14,000 percent? What fair has a new Asia edition to reveal next week? Read on for answers. May 14, 2021 At left, the facade of David Kordansky Gallery in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Mid-City; at right, Kordansky. (Both images courtesy Getty Images.) Every week, Artnet News Pro brings you Wet Paint, a gossip column of original scoops reported and written by Nate Freeman. If you have a tip, email Nate at [email...

In 2002, Art Basel ricocheted Miami into the international art sphere. But Miami had been steadily embedding noteworthy art into its airport, transit system, courthouses, parks, and community centers since 1973, courtesy of an ordinance earmarking 1.5% of the construction cost of new county buildings for public art. This entity, Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places, has overseen more than 700 commissioned installations, while public-private organizations like Wynwood Walls, splashy museum exhibitions, and a slew of visionaries have incorporated art into high-profile outdoor projects. Togeth...