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The Robert Mann Gallery is Leaving Chelsea for the Upper East Side.. Well.. maybe it’s just a sign of the times.. but this week one of the most well respected Art Photography Dealers announced they are leaving their great space in Chelsea for the stuffy Upper East Side. But, do people expect to see and buy new contemporary art photography on 81st street on the upper east side? Well..Maybe.. We shall see! We wish Robert Mann all the best at their new location.. MAO and Chelsea will miss you! Here’s the Press Release… Chelsea R.I.P.? ——————————————————————————— Robert Mann Gallery is…

The Robert Mann Gallery is Leaving Chelsea for the Upper East Side.. Well.. maybe it’s just a sign of the times.. but this week one of the most well respected Art Photography Dealers announced they are leaving their great space in Chelsea for the stuffy Upper East Side. But, do people expect to see and buy new contemporary art photography on 81st street on the upper east side? Well..Maybe.. We shall see! We wish Robert Mann all the best at their new location.. MAO and Chelsea will miss you! Here’s the Press Release… Chelsea R.I.P.? ——————————————————————————— Robert Mann Gallery is…

Nan Goldin is selling some of her personal items At Christies Paris on April 7th… OK.. for all those Nan Goldin photography fans and fanatics (like MAO).. you have to see this! AMAZING! Keeping in the spirit of, Her Art is Nan’s Life (or is that, Her Life is her Art ?).. now is your chance to buy some of the very personal items from the life of legendary photographer Nan Goldin. Nan is selling about 25 lots in an up coming “Arts Decratifs 16eme au 19eme Et Histoire Naturelle” at their Paris Auction house. This auction is a total…

Sotheby’s and Hedge Fund Billionaire Steven A. Cohen… in bed together? So starting on April 2nd, and running till April 14th.. Sotheby’s will be “hosting” a show of Steven A. Cohen’s private art collection. The show is titled “WOMEN” to include 20 works with all female subjects. For Details click here ==> Sotheby’s sells out to big share holder. This show, just so happens to almost coincide with Sotheby’s big Spring Modern and Contemporary Art Auctions.. wow, what a strange coincidence. The claim is none of the work will be offered for sale, and this is just Mr. Cohen’s nice…

It’s not too late to get your VIP MoMA Tickets to the AIPAD preview next week! For those MAO readers who’ve not had enough of art fairs..next week starts the 29th Annual AIPAD Fair. For those who don’t know.. AIPAD is the foremost exhibition and longest running Art Fair dedicated to fine art photography in the USA. It takes place at the Uptown (67th street) Park Avenue Armory. This year promises to be a particularly challenging an interesting photography fair. As expected, in this terrible economy, they’ve had a difficult time filling all the expensive booths in the up town…

Armory Art Fair Week – The MAO Standouts from the Volta Art Fair 2009 So many of our MAO Art scouts said the Volta fair was not as good this year. We actually liked it. We love Art Fairs with solo shows..it’s one of the best ways to get to know the work on a new artist in our not so humble opinion. We only got to Volta on Sunday morning (the last possible day), and it didn’t look like much was sold out at the fair. Every booth, even the best ones had work left. But we guess it’s…

A few things not to miss during NYC Art Fair Mania Week. Yes.. it’s going to be a crazy few days of Art Mania.. with tons of art events fighting for your every dollar VIP time. But there were a few “MAO Must” things to see this week among all the millions of Art events. And FYI… these are extra special, cause these are all FREE! 1. Matthew Pillsbury’s show at The French Institute Alliance Francaise. The show is called “An American in the City of Light” at 22 East 60th street. MAO got a sneak peak yesterday, and it’s…

Kamrooz Aram.. A MAO favorite artist makes the cover of Art In America this month. So we’ve long been a fan of the bright colored exotic Persian influenced paintings of Kamrooz Aram. Kamrooz was by far the biggest up and coming star, of the now, just Gallery Road Kill of the Great Art Recession of 2009 a fond memory, but uber cool, Oliver Kamm 5BE Gallery . While this will not be a big surprise to many wise long time MAO readers. We’ve blogged about Kamrooz before. But this month, Kamrooz Aram’s art career hits a new high, with the…

MAO Art Buy of the Month… a new multiple from Compound Editions is now available! So.. today we have something egg-stra special for my little Art Buying MAO-ettes. Some of you may already have read about this new wonderful series of editioned contemporary art called, Compound Editions. Here’s their website for the project. It’s been hatched as the brain child of Gallery / Art Blogger extra-ordinarier Edward Winkleman, and the innovative chicks at the Schroeder Romero Gallery. Known to their art friends as WinkleSchRoe.. or was that SchroRoWink? Anyway…for those who don’t know, these 2 galleries rule the roost down…

ADAA Art Fair Opened last night.. in the Eye of the Storm. The 21st ADAA Art Show at the uptown 67th Street, Armory. So last night was the big daddy of NYC art fairs.. and for the first time in several years, MAO didn’t attend last nights preview party for the ADAA art fair. Mostly cause we didn’t want to waste the money time and be around lots of grumpy people bitching saying how bad the economy has become. We listen to that all day long in our office! Well, it sounds like a lot more of the same for…