At high noon on Wednesday, the aisles on Piers 92 and 94 on Manhattan's west side were already packed with eager collectors and celebrity enthusiasts looking to buy.
The night before I was to meet with the artist James Nares, I ran into another artist represented by Paul Kasmin Gallery, Walton Ford. Without prompting, he offered up a little anecdote that, in retrospect, sums up his fellow artist very neatly. Mr. Nares seems like this mild mannered, pleasant man with a soft British accent, Mr. Ford said, but first time he got into a car with him, he drove like a complete maniac.