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It's a rainy night in New York City. I can hear sirens coming through the sound of rain thumping on the rooftop. I've been meeting with many high...

Ever get curious about how an art career happens? Struggling artists are more common than successful ones in the competitive high stakes world of art. Let's look at one recent example of an artist's rise for near obscurity to museum shows and New York gallery openings. Artist Trevor Guthrie is...

Dan Colen's exhibition at Gagosian has been called all sorts of names, making his show the finest example of a new tone currently captivating New York. His show entitled "Poetry" features large-scale paintings made from chewing gum, a row of tipped over motorcyles, a skate ramp and various other objects...

The fact that Jerry Saltz is involved in Sarah Jessica Parker's new Bravo reality TV art contest Work of Art gives it added credibility. I'm ok with the show if they have realistic challenges. Here are my suggestions for realistic art world challenges:

1. Competing artists try to...

Most art enthusiasts outside of New York will never visit the Guggenheim, the New Museum, MoMA or the Whitney. People will read the major New York art critic's opinions of these exhibitions via the web before they see the show. New York art writers have become an extension of the...

There is more writing surrounding writing and writers than writing surrounding art these days. Recent articles or reviews put forward about the New Museum, the Guggenheim and Jeff Koons have generated large scale discussions on social media sites like Facebook and on important art blogs.

Some of these important...