Jeffrey Deitch | The New York Observer

Deitch's Good Deed! Gallerist Assembles Auction for Ailing Designer

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:46:45 -0400

On July 15, the Deitch gallery on Grand Street will host a special fund-raiser for 36-year-old designer Tara Subkoff, who, it was recently reported, has been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor that can be fatal if not operated on within two years. Artists and galleries are donating works for auction, with the proceeds going toward covering Ms. Subkoff’s medical costs.

The Art Production Fund, a nonprofit organization that presents art around New York,...

Miami Art Basel Attendees Determined to Have a Good Time, Despite Ominous Signs in the Art Market

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:41:28 -0500

The parties at Miami Art Basel, which this year runs from Dec. 4 through Dec. 7, are always decadent. And judging from this week's underwhelming party scene here in New York, some of our socials departed earlier in the week for the pool and rooftop parties in hotels a little further south. While the mega-fetes begin tonight, a few early comers have already been spotted out and about.

As the Miami Beach Convention Center...

At AIDS Bash, André Balazs Descants on Art Basel

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:59:12 -0500

Last night, we met up with André Balazs—the hotel magnate behind a cartel of boutique sleeperies, which includes the Mercer in SoHo, L.A.’s Chateau Marmont and the Standards. Looking dapper in a form-fitting gray suit that had a subtle sheen, Mr. Balazs, 50, had just flown back to New York after a weekend at Art Basel Miami and was among the guests at the 12th annual holiday dinner benefiting ACRIA, an AIDS research and...

Old, Stiff Oils of Partners Chucked As White-Shoe Firms Get Artsy

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:00:00 -0500

A sprawling abstract artwork greets visitors to the 37th-floor conference center of the high-powered law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Painted directly on a wide, curved wall with marker and acrylic, Double Down was installed by conceptual artist Matthew Ritchie some four years ago in an otherwise-refined office environment, all gleaming, caramel-colored marble floors and raw-silk-covered walls. At first glance, it looks like the chaotic scribbling of a mad scientist, with arrows...

Where the 'It' Boys Are

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:00:00 -0500

Last week at Art Basel Miami Beach, any nervous talk of an art bubble was drowned out by the roar of pens furiously scribbling across checkbooks. But inside this delicious bubble, if you’re one of this season’s art-world “It” boys, you should at least be careful to whom you give your cell number. “Bianca Jagger is on my ass right now,” said Miami artist Hernan Bas. “At first when she called it was flattering,...

Where the ‘It’ Boys Are

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:00:00 -0500

Two Dogs, Big and Small

Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:00:00 -0400

“It was like the most beautiful day ever,” recalled Rachel Glickman. She is 24, a recent New School graduate and a self-proclaimed dog-lover. That day—Sunday, July 24—is seared in the vivacious blonde’s beautiful mind as yet another gorgeous Manhattan day turned horribly dark. The sun was shining, the birds sang merrily, and all seemed right in the brunchers’ paradise outside Nolita’s Café Habana. Ms. Glickman, wearing Mayle shorts, sandals and a Marni top, was...

Terry Richardson's Dark Room

Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:00:00 -0400

Was it an act of God? Photographer Terry Richardson considered this. It was last Thursday, the day before his first major New York show in years, and a flood in a vacant lot on the corner had nudged the Deitch Projects gallery in Soho off its very foundation. The gallery now looked to be condemned, and so-presumably by the order of a higher critic-was Mr. Richardson's show Terry World .

Mr. Richardson knew how to...