Marion Maneker

New York

Wall Power, Correspondent at Puck

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Articles

What to See in the Met’s Reopened Rockefeller Wing

1 week ago | puck.news | Marion Maneker

As I walked through the Met’s new, light-filled Rockefeller Wing early Wednesday morning just before the press preview—one of several events welcoming press, donors, and the many representatives of Indigenous groups whose artworks are on display in the wing—I could not help but notice all the people, often wearing some form of ceremonial or native dress, having their pictures taken next to the wall text and vitrines.
Nick Acquavella on Bringing J.P. Engelen Over From Phillips

1 week ago | puck.news | Marion Maneker

Last week, Jean-Paul Engelen announced that he would be leaving his position as president of the Americas at Phillips, a company he joined 10 years ago and helped scale to a billion dollars in sales. In July, he will be joining Acquavella gallery—one of the oldest art galleries still in business in America. His return to the private market seemed to me a good opportunity to learn more about Acquavella, and how dealers are operating these days.
How Dasha Zhukova’s Ray Brings Art to Everyday Life

1 week ago | puck.news | Marion Maneker

Dasha Zhukova, the art collector and museum benefactor, has discovered the joys of linoleum. “It’s a great material,” she told me as we toured the latest project developed by her real estate company, Ray, on 126th Street and Fifth Avenue in Harlem. She attested to linoleum’s wide variety of colors and patterns, all of which were versatile and inexpensive. The material is not quite a metaphor for Ray, but her appreciation of it speaks to her focus on a larger goal.
Art, Identity & A Meteor at the Met: Lorna Simpson’s Exhibit

2 weeks ago | puck.news | Marion Maneker

We’re coming to the end of an awkward museum season in which two large, immovable cultural fronts have converged to create some strange and unexpected localized effects. On the one hand, we have the ferocious populism of the MAGA movement, back in power and hell-bent on erasing what it sees as the special pleading of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
Auction Report: The Downturn Goes On

2 weeks ago | puck.news | Marion Maneker

I’m not going to lie to you: I was hoping for a lot more this season. After November’s positive print in the art market, I thought the healing would continue, bolstered by the Leonard and Louise Riggio estate. But the downturn that began in 2023, after interest rates rose so sharply in 2022, still hasn’t ended. This season’s auction numbers, based on data provided to me by ARTDAI, show $1.26 billion in sales with a weak hammer ratio of .89.
Why Art Basel Is Coming to Doha

2 weeks ago | puck.news | Marion Maneker

As soon as I saw the press release this morning that Art Basel would be launching a new fair in Doha, Qatar, to take place in February, I texted a prominent art advisor to gauge the interest of the community. “I love Doha, a very chic place” was the response. “Good hotels, restaurants, shopping, beach. Nice time of year. I’d definitely go.”These days, where there is money, there’s art.
Spring Art Auctions Reveal Cautious Bidding

3 weeks ago | puck.news | Marion Maneker

How’s everyone feeling after the week we’ve had? Yeah, me too. I would say it was a roller coaster, but perhaps it was simply a week filled with a little false drama, some wary hopes, and a bit of good old-fashioned commerce. I’ll have more to say next week, probably in Wednesday’s Inner Circle email (you can sign up here). But the overall impression was of a market where there were many bidders, but few who would go past a clear, predetermined limit.
Basquiat, O’Keeffe Lead Strong NY May Auctions

3 weeks ago | puck.news | Marion Maneker

Sotheby’s modern sale on Tuesday night opened with aggressive bidding. A Los Angeles art advisor competed with three other bidders for a Jean Arp sculpture that eventually sold to another woman in the room for almost two and a half times the estimate. Beaumont Nathan’s Emma Lasry bid on a colorful Robert Delaunay still life that was bid up over the estimate range. There were four bidders on František Kupka’s Flux et reflux, even though it was backed by an irrevocable bid.
Christie’s Riggio, 20th Century Sale Reflects Market Caution

3 weeks ago | puck.news | Marion Maneker

Judging from my conversations while touring the auction houses on Sunday afternoon, a number of active market players spent the weekend refreshing the Christie’s website to see whether the dealmakers were making any progress in laying off the house’s risk by offering third-party guarantees on the lots for sale.
David Zwirner Christens New 19th Street Location

4 weeks ago | puck.news | Marion Maneker

At the beginning of this marathon week for the art world, which already seems like a long time ago, I was leaving a press preview when I ran into an important art advisor—the kind of person nobody says no to—who mentioned having just seen the Michael Armitage show at David Zwirner’s new 19th Street gallery. Armitage has near-mythical status in the art market as a painter whose work is extremely hard to acquire. I asked the advisor how the show was.