Christa Terry

2 weeks ago | observer.com | Christa Terry

Laurie Anderson, Paula Cooper and Lisa Phillips. Yvonne Tnt/BFA.comOn Monday night, Cipriani South Street was the place to spot iconic figures from the worlds of contemporary art and cultural philanthropy. It was, of course, the setting of the 2025 New Museum Spring Gala, which this year celebrated the institution’s highly anticipated expansion (designed by OMA’s Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas) and honored the trailblazing gallerist Paula Cooper.

2 weeks ago | observer.com | Christa Terry

Frieze New York in 2019. Courtesy FriezeArt fair fatigue can start to set in just before May, which is ironic given that May is one of the busiest months in the spring art calendar. Or maybe they’re all busy now. There were loads of April art fairs; even February’s art fair calendar was packed. Like it or not, art is a global affair, and dealers in sometimes underrepresented parts of the world are catching up, making it increasingly a year-round occupation.

2 weeks ago | observer.com | Christa Terry

Philip Smith. Photo: Oriol TarridasIn 1977, artist Philip Smith was part of Douglas Crimp’s original “Pictures” exhibition at Artists Space alongside Troy Brauntuch, Jack Goldstein, Sherrie Levine and Robert Longo—the show that was the seedbed of what became known as the Pictures Generation. But when the Met canonized the movement with Douglas Eklund’s 2009 show of the same name, Smith’s work was conspicuously absent.

4 weeks ago | observer.com | Christa Terry

On April 11, Midtown Manhattan’s Ziegfeld Ballroom played host to the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s always-glamorous Vision Gala. The evening’s honoree was Darren Walker, the soon-to-be former Ford Foundation president whose philanthropic influence has become nearly mythological in arts circles.

1 month ago | observer.com | Christa Terry

Ebony G Patterson with Jeffrey Meris. Photo: Claudio PapapietroIt’s been a busy week for the art world’s see-and-be-seen set! While some of art and philanthropy’s best and brightest spent Monday evening at the Met’s Temple of Dendur raising funds for the YoungArts gala, other cultural and philanthropic luminaries gathered at Tribeca Rooftop for The Bronx Museum of the Arts’ annual gilded get-together and art auction.