By Kim Velsey 11/29/12 3:50pm

Manhattan Transfers

Ms. Gladstone.

A Done Deal: Barbara Gladstone Abandons Richard Meier’s Glass Tower

Veteran gallery owner Barbara Gladstone doesn’t only love art and artists, she’s also shown a strong commitment to starchitects. After buying a condo at Richard Meier’s 165 Charles Street in 2005, she tapped rising star Annabelle Seldorf to design her Chelsea gallery, which opened in 2008.

But now Ms. Gladstone is leaving behind her glass house along the Hudson River. City records show that she sold her condo, which does not appear to have been listed publicly, for $6.5 million. Not bad, considering that she paid $4.86 million for it, according to city records. Read More

By Staff 12/16/09 12:44am

The Man Who Made Curating an Art

Hans Ulrich Obrist enjoys a level of prominence in the art world that would have been unimaginable for a curator of contemporary art 20 years ago. Back then, curators didn’t get famous, and though they talked among themselves about their work, no one else cared very much about who they were or how they made Read More