Earlier this week, Hol Art Books, a publisher in Tuscon, Arizona, created what it called a “bootleg” version of Artforum‘s summer issue, with all of the articles and none of the advertisements. Two days later, it was hit with a cease-and-desist letter from Artforum‘s lawyers, who alleged copyright infringement: no more bootleg Artforum. Read More
An artist named Henry Codax currently has a show of his paintings on view at the Carriage Trade gallery on Walker Street in TriBeCa. That seems simple enough, but there is a problem: a source tells The Observer that Mr. Codax does not, in fact, exist. According to the source, the name is a Read More
BASEL, SWITZERLAND — It should come as no surprise to observers of the contemporary art world that the youngest artist on display at the curated Art Unlimited section of the Art Basel fair, which opened to VIP guests today in Basel, Switzerland, is none other than 26-year-old wunderkind Jacob Kassay. Last month, a silver Read More
