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After a rejuvenating stay in South Tyrol I
hobbled my way to New York
I made it to Gagosian to take in Albert Oehlen’s wonderful Elevator Paintings: Trees. We celebrated later with a fantastic dinner
Then to Armory with Tiffany where we were met at the door by Toby Ziegler, Laurel Nakadate and the Rebaudengo clan lead by Eugenio and Patrizia. I felt a little carted around but I did manage to see a few things
Like this great work by Yanyan Huang at Downs & Ross
Ethan Greenbaum’s work at Lyles & King caught my eye
My favourite moment was seeing that Stuart Shave and Alison Jacques had joined forces. Their stand was curated to perfection and we managed to acquire a gem of a work by Linder for the collection
Another eye-catcher, this marble tongue
We took home this little treat from Ghebaly Gallery by Kelly Akashi
Kamel Mennour introduced us to the interesting work of Mohamed Bourouissa
The next morning I hosted a special breakfast for 50 likeminded professionals working with digital art. Here’s Lizzie in conversation with Jacky Connolly at the Daata Editions launch of her work
And right after the breakfast I headed for a surprise knee operation
Many artists stopped in to see us including Janet Biggs and Saya Woolfalk who has an impressive show at Leslie Tonkonow
A couple of days to recover and then I was stupidly up and about in -8 Celsius. It gave me one of those long lingering chills that I have only now recovered from. Turbo-wheeled to NADA with a relay of people feeling sorry for me I was met with Jesse Wine at Galerie Hussenot. He has moved on again in leaps and bounds, experimenting as always in ceramics
Later on in the comfort of my own home, I had the pleasure of watching the performance artist FLAUNT on Live Instagram. It was incredibly fascinating and I was in awe of the strength, power and aggression these two ladies put into the work
The new Lisson Gallery had an incredible show by Pedro Reyes. He had created some wonderful volcanic stone sculptures that sat amongst mesmerising drawings
We all adored Haroon Mirza’s new work ‘ããã - Fear of the Unknown remix’ and can’t wait for his solo exhibition with us later this year. The work addresses the current political climate and looks at key events that have occurred internationally over the course of the past fifteen years. As we Brits enter into our Brexit phase such poignant past world statements really strike a chord
Amalia Ullman’s show ‘Dignity’ at James Fuentes was interesting and once again pressing on the subject of self and fragility, which felt rather apt as I was being wheeled around
We had a really exciting meet up with Ed Fornieles where he showed us his new work based on these cute little creatures whose emotions are manipulated by the stock exchange
Home sweet home and so happy to be at Tate Britain and reunited with our very first gift to the Tate, ‘Concorde Grid’ by Wolfgang Tillmans
