Wonderkind and art prodigy Mikail Akar is making waves in the art world at the tender age of just 10 years old. The talented creator already is a bona fide painter with works found worldwide and showcased in numerous exhibitions around the globe. His colorful work appeals to lovers of contemporary art as the prodigy draws his inspiration from famed contemporary artists including Jackson Pollock, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Gerhard Richter.
On Monday November 14, 2022, RR Auction’s SVP Bobby Livingston & The Chelsea Hotel hosted a private preview of previously unseen paintings, illustrations, and self-portraits from It Girl, actress & Warhol’s SuperStar SuperStar Edie Sedgwick, produced from 1960 through 1970, with several of the works from 1965, Edie’s time as Andy Warhol’s muse at the Factory.
“Bringing Edie Sedgwick and her artwork back to The Chelsea Hotel resulted in a very successful auction that exceeded the expectations of Edie’s widower, Michael Post. “quotes RR Auction VP Bobby Livingston, “Edie’s fan base & enduring fame runs deep and some of her artworks were picked up by notable & international contemporary art collectors. This was an incredible recognition of Edie’s talent as an artist.”
More than 400 guests attended the preview, an eclectic and one-of-a-kind mix of friends and family, of all ages & nationalities, artists, photographers, filmmakers & producers, authors and publishers, collectors, curators, neighbors, and past & current residents of The Chelsea Hotel, where Edie stayed when she was in the city. Edie’s late husband Michael Post, brother John Sedgwick, as well as close friend & legendary music producer Danny Fields, were in attendance, as well as art world and collectors Gillian McCain, Misha Barton, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Spyros Niarchos, Janna Bullock & Michele Gerber Klein, Warhol Foundation Vincent Fremont, Beyeler Museum’s Sam Keller, actors Griffin Dunne & Ezra Williams, producers Jane Rosenthal, Darren Aronovsky, Laura Bickford and John Buffalo Mailer, photographers Craig McDean, Michael Avedon & Mary Ellen Matthews as well as fashion world’s Zac Posen, Christiaan, James Kaliardos, Anne Christensen, Harol Baez, Alix Brown, Freddie Lieba, Di Mondo & Logan Horne. Young socials, collectors & curators included Sophie, Taylor & Lizzie Plimpton, Tali Lennox, Laura Eastwood, Carolina Hoffman, Eugenia Bullock, Haluk Sabanci, Olivia Zabludowicz & Maia Twombly, and publishers & authors Jay McInerney, Michael Henry Adams, David Margolick, Morgan Entrekin and New School’s Anne Margaret Daniel, to name a very few….
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The Sapien Network announced the launch of a radical new business model that applies blockchain technology to a social media platform. In essence, the next generation of social networking. The Sapien Tribe is the world’s first sovereign digital nation, where citizenship is guaranteed through a groundbreaking and game-changing NFT Passport. With only a limited number of passports minted for sale, they are a hot commodity and available for purchase.
Artist Don Hershman debuted his latest collection of original pieces, as part of a retrospective series inspired by the late Victor Arimondi. In the spring show, Donald and Victor: Under The Influence, the inventive artist embodied his visceral need to pursue interests and creative expressions as he paid a loving tribute to his former partner who succumbed to AIDS in 2001. Hershman’s paintings recognize the unique attributes of Arimondi’s work, featuring a display that is compassionate and reflective of our modern times. Arimondi was a famed Italian American model and art photographer whose unique eye and sensuous style captivated the world. At the time of his death, Hershman inherited his estate, including his vast collection of photography and art.
Don Hershman
Painter, sculptor, and former dancer Gabriela Gil closed out her first New York solo exhibition, “Time and Space”, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. The private and covid safe event was held at a gallery on 484 Broome Street. Guests had a chance to view Gil’s collection one last time while enjoying chocolate treats from MarieBelle New York. The Honduras-born, NYC-based artist’s exhibition was extended through January 31st, 2021 to present an introduction of some of the favorite paintings from the Siamese series, the body of work Gabriela Gil made while living in San Francisco. The exhibition encompasses works from the past 3-5 years.
Congratulations are in order to Ryan Gander, the talented artist won the first-ever $20,000 Pommery Prize.
His artwork Het Spel (My neotonic ovoid contribution to Modernism), 2019, presented by Lisson Gallery was chosen among 9 artists in this year’s edition of Platform, curated by Sally Tallant, Executive Director of the Queens Museum in New York.
Ryan Gander pictured with Het Spel (My neotonic ovoid contribution to Modernism), 2019.
New York’s Patti Grabel is a well-known artist who creates her magic in her Water Mill, NY studio. One of her pieces was included in a 2017 benefit event supporting Michael Bolton Charities. Her work Musical Spoons (2017) is in the private collection of Sound Point Capital located in the Seagram building at 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY. Musical Spoons was also selected for the Museum of Arts and Design’s 60th anniversary Diamond Jubilee MAD Ball as part of their silent auction. Grabel’s accolades don’t stop there, her latest collection of timeless pieces, Causing a Stir, are now on display at Chase Edwards Contemporary. This is her second exhibition at the studio.
The art world is buzzing about the innovative New York based art venture MvVO ART. MvVO ART is a New York-based art collaborative that surfaces a cadre of contemporary Artists from Advertising & Commercial Art backgrounds. The movement’s Founder & CEO Maria van Vlodrop, elaborates “AD ART SHOW is a platform for discovering exciting new emerging artists that come from this historically rich landscape —following in the footsteps of Warhol, Magritte, Rockwell, O’Keefe, Hopper, Haring, Rosenquist & so many other renowned artists.”