'Rewarding Experiments, Strong Relationships, Risky Maneuvers': Art Dealer Nicola Vassell on the Ingredients of Success
Nicola Vassell. Image courtesy Nicola Vassell. Photo: Luigi Cazzaniga. Few people in the art world have had a career as complex as Nicola Vassell’s. After leaving Jamaica for New York in the late ’90s to pursue a career as a fashion model and culture writer, Vassell landed some of the art industry’s most coveted roles, including directorial positions at Deitch Projects and Pace gallery, two New York art-world institutions. While at Deitch, Vassell worked with then-emerging artists such as Sterling Ruby and Dan Colen to curate “Substraction,” an exhibition chronicling the grit of New...
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