The Slow Death of the New York Art Scene ニューヨーク・アートシーンの緩慢な死
For about 5 years there has been a growing feeling that it is not important for artists to exhibit in New York.
To put it bluntly: New York is out.
The music plays somewhere else.
With the establishment of international art fairs in Basel, London, Hong Kong, Paris, Seoul and Tokyo, the gravitational pull of contemporary art has shifted away from New York, away from American artists, towards Europe and Asia.
The USA also cannot offer a Venice Biennale, documenta Kassel or Gwangju Biennale. Berlin plays a more important role for artists than New York.
The article about the Armory Show in New York is symptomatic of the plight of the New York art scene.
Tokyo, 2024/9/10
Mario A
What Happened to the Armory Show?
Is this year’s fair a reflection of a tired, oversaturated, and complacent art market, or am I looking for excitement and discovery where they can no longer be found?
Hakim Bishara September 6, 2024
Armory Show, mon amour, what happened to you? I hardly recognize you anymore.
You used to be the best of the best, the jewel in the crown, the flagship, the mothership, the talk of the town. How did you become so bloated and dull?
I used to think of you as the Rolls-Royce of art fairs; now you feel like a Tesla at best. During the VIP preview yesterday, September 5, I had to skip over every five or six booths before finding something worth stopping for. By God, even the coffee was bad. The sandwiches were even worse.
Also, why are you suddenly selling jewelry and mattresses? Where’s your famous refinement and class? Who are you?!
more @
https://hyperallergic.com/948571/what-happened-to-the-armory-show-2024/
Check also:
Tokyo Perspective: Chronicle of a Death Foretold regarding a respected American Art Dealer
奈良美智や村上隆を巡って：「FUCK YOU」や「お前、授乳中なんだから、俺のビジネスパートナーにはなれない」
https://art-culture.world/articles/blum/
スイスの「ハウザー＆ワース」が香港に新スペースオープン：「マーク・ブラッドフォード個展」、東京にギャラリー進出も間近？
Hauser & Wirth opens with Mark Bradford in Hong Kong, could be Tokyo next?
https://art-culture.world/articles/hauser-wirth-ハウザー-ワース-香港/
アメリカはいかにして信用を失ったか How the US lost its credibility
https://art-culture.world/articles/how-the-us-lost-its-credibility/
ダメ、ソシオパス男たち、自分のナラティブ、イメージを高める、ボイス vs トランプ
Bad men, sociopaths Beuys and Trump, cultivating their narratives
https://art-culture.world/articles/beuys-trump/
Art world darling, cool Kenny Schachter @ Art Basel
アート界の寵児、クール ケニー・シャクター ＠ アート・バーゼル
https://art-culture.world/articles/kenny-schachter/
Extremely boring, pretentious, outdated works by “American Artist” Cady Noland @ GAGOSIAN GALLERY Park & 75, New York City, “AMERICA”
キャディ・ノーランド
https://art-culture.world/articles/cady-noland/
#USABS U.S. ARTY BULL SHIT. NFTデジタル・アーティスト ビープル：「美術史の流れを変えたい」や「悪役である」というメリット
#USABS。NFT Digital Artist Beeple: “I want to change the course of art history” and the merit of “being the bad guy”
https://art-culture.world/articles/nft-beeple-digital-artist-ビープル/
New York’s Arty American Bullshit Spreads Around The World: KAWS.
KAWS。ニューヨークのアメリカン美術ウンコを世界へ。
https://art-culture.world/articles/new-york-arty-bullshit-kaws/
五木田智央のニューヨークのアートディーラー、メアリー・ブーンは刑務所に30ヶ月間
GOKITA Tomoo’s New York Art Dealer Mary Boone sentenced to 30 Months in Prison
https://art-culture.world/articles/gokita-tomoos-new-york-art-dealer-mary-boone-sentenced-to-30-months-in-prison/
“Bribed” journalism at Wall Street Journal: Gagosian pushing up Grotjahn for U.S. Art Flippers, 6 days before the exhibition
https://art-culture.world/articles/gagosian-grotjahn-for-u-s-art-flippers/
ジョアン・ミッチェルのアート・ディーラーが突然変更に：「このアート界はとても野蛮になった」/ (＋ ポンピドゥー・センター・メッス画像)
In the context of recent changes by Joan Mitchell’s art dealers: : “This art world has become so uncivilized” // (+ pics from the Centre Pompidou-Metz)
https://art-culture.world/articles/joan-mitchells-art-dealers-problem-this-art-world-has-become-so-uncivilized/
Hedge fund titan Israel Englander pays 1 billion US$ to ex-wife and photographer Caryl, who left him for art dealer Dominique Lévy
New York’s High Society + its Art Scene: Prestige, Sex, Collectors and Money…
https://art-culture.world/articles/dominique-levy/