Pat Hearn and Colin de Land's galleries were deconstructing themselves and received art history in real time, operating in a constant state of autocritique.
Colin de Land's gallery American Fine Arts, Co. had an outsize presence in the art world of the 1980s and '90s. A.i.A. published nearly thirty reviews of AFA exhibitions by writers including Holland…
Throughout the 1980s and '90s, Pat Hearn operated one of the most innovative galleries in New York, promoting artists such as George Condo and Tishan Hsu to Mary Heilmann and Renée Green. Highlights…
Paul Morris, who directed the Armory Show from 1994 to 2012, revisits the earliest days of the fair, when he bribed a hotel employee with Scotch, scheduled manicure appointments and, per his recollect…
With an apparent disregard for commercial success, de Land (1955-2003) ran a number of innovative and highly influential art galleries for almost 20 years, and was one of the founders of the Gramerc…