– Art Basel in Hong Kong opened its inaugural edition, registering strong sales on VIP day and after sustaining that momentum once the fair opened to the public. We picked our 10 favorite booths at the new fair, and offered some photos of VIPs.
– Meanwhile Tim Cheung checked into Asia Contemporary Art Show, a satellite fair inside the JW Marriott hotel.
– Benjamin Genocchio argued that the current boom of new art fairs will have to come to an end, if only for the well-being of exhausted dealers.
– Julia Halperin spoke to Inge Reist about the Center for the History of Collecting at the Frick Collection, which collects oral histories of patronage and provenance.
– Modern Painters got an early peek at 10 national pavilions at this year’s Venice Biennale, while Ben Davis chatted with Carey Lovelace, the co-curator of Sarah Sze’s exhibition in the U.S. Pavilion.
– Rozalia Jovanovic checked out the portraits of Playmate of the Year Raquel Pomplun that Playboy commissioned from contemporary artists Alex Israel, Malerie Marder, and Aaron Young.
– Benjamin Sutton spoke to High Museum of Art curator Michael Rooks about the institution’s acquisition of major works by Sarah Sze and Julie Mehretu.
– Alanna Martinez asked author Rachel Kushner about the sources of inspiration for her new novel “The Flame Throwers,” which is set in the 1970s art scene in Soho.
– Janelle Zara picked the three smartest designs at the 2013 International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York.
– Word got out about Doug Aitken's plans to take a massive art-filled train across the U.S. this summer.
– “Curiosity” opened at Margate’s Turner Contemporary, with fittingly curious objects like a historic stuffed walrus, diagrams by da Vinci, pictures of popes and cardinals staring at the stars, and more.
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