For all those bidding on the phone/internet or just unable to be in Manhattan, I snapped some shots of the important work inside this Saturday’s Saturday @ Phillips Auction.  It should be exciting as the NY Art Book Fair coincides in the same arena, bringing lots of traffic.  After the jump, visual evidence.

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In a bid to expand his gallery’s reach across the Atlantic, the Evening Standard reports that Steve Lazarides is in negotiations to open up a permanent home for his Gallery in New York City.  Welcome.

Read about it here

Yes, this auction is today.  No, it should not be taken as a market indicator. Yes, That Gemeos painting is dope.  The good pieces will sell, the not-so-great ones probably will not.

PaperMag.com has just published an enjoyable read titled ‘For The Love of Art.’ I especially enjoyed Marc Schiller’s piece on Commerce.

In their words…

“Here our favorite artists and players in the art world tell us who and what they care about now and why, and by doing so, give us much to think about in the wider community of ideas and sensibilities that ultimately bind us together. Terence Koh and Cecily Brown talk about sex and sexuality in art; the inimitable Tauba Auerbach writes a passage of scientific genius; Shepard Fairey visits the increasingly provocative and populated terrain of political art; and more — RoseLee Goldberg on Performance Art, Anne Pasternak on public art, Mark Tribe considers the world of digital art and representation, James Fuentes interviews Rob Pruitt on humor, Michael Nevin explores his love of drawing, Shirin Neshat addresses feelings of exile, and Marc Schiller talks art and commerce by revisiting his earlier thoughts on “The Banksy Effect.”"

Read it all here

via the consumerist