Category Archive: Insider Talk

Where is Ai Weiwei?

Where is Ai Weiwei?

This week we went to White Box Gallery to join Human Rights Watch for “Where is Ai Weiwei,” an evening of performances, …

 

The Next Generation

The Next Generation

Last week I was asked to sit on a panel of alumni at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art’s Global Open Day, held here in Manhattan …

 

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914

Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking a tour of the Museum of Modern Art’s current exhibition Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914 with the lovely Blair Hartzell, …

 

A Tour with MoMA Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Ann Temkin

A Tour with MoMA Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Ann Temkin

Today I had the pleasure of following the amazing Ann Temkin around the Museum of Modern Art 4th floor galleries while she talked about her …

 

Girls Just Want To Have Funds

Girls Just Want To Have Funds

The Director of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation concluded his introduction by exclaiming to the large audience that he had a very special …

 

Live Tweeting Event Tonight at PPOW Gallery

Live Tweeting Event Tonight at PPOW Gallery

Vlatka Horvat, a winner of the RHM Foundation’s 2010 Visual Art Grant Award in her piece titled Unhinged Tonight we’ll be attending an event at Chelsea’s …

 

Choose Your Mentors Wisely, and Other Lessons from Glamour Magazine

Choose Your Mentors Wisely, and Other Lessons from Glamour Magazine

Arianna Huffington and Padma Lakshmi Last week I attended the “Love Your Work Life” segment of Glamour Magazine’s “Love Your Life” conference. I’m always curious about …

 

(Creation+Innovation)/Irony=Art: An Evening with the Anti-Anti-Establishment

(Creation+Innovation)/Irony=Art: An Evening with the Anti-Anti-Establishment

This is getting exhausting. My brain hurts and I’m reminded of Professor Katie Hauser’s advanced Contemporary Theory course as an undergrad. Let’s try this one …

 

How to Spend an Afternoon with Neil Jenney

How to Spend an Afternoon with Neil Jenney

At the heart of Blaise + Co. is the business philosophy that nobody likes to be pitched. Nothing is more annoying than someone “selling” you. …

 

Picasso: Themes and Variations

Picasso: Themes and Variations

To mount a small exhibition pulled from a museum’s permanent collection is risky business. Shows of this nature have historically run the gamut from boringly …