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Jon Coffelt, highly acclaimed artist, activist and curator, is a former gallery owner living and working in Manhattan. Coffelt decided to keep his distinctive Southern drawl.

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Monthly Archives: November 2008

“Miami: Here, There, Everywhere’s An Art Fair!”

November 26, 2008
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Seems that lately everywhere you look there is an art fair. Just this next week is the annual pilgrimage to “Art Basel Miami Beach.” In the midst of ABMB, our nations most prestigious art fair, there are literally hundreds of galleries hocking their wares in satellite art fairs. There are more satellite fairs this year [...]

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“It’s The End Of The World As We Know It”

November 17, 2008
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The young MFA reign in art galleries is over!
Since the uber-success seen by art stars Dana Schutz and Jules de Balincourt and very few others, many galleries have bet the bank on a whole collective of new, unknown, MFA toting artists from the top art schools and colleges with no track record nor experience.
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“Will The Art Change?”

November 6, 2008
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“Will The Art Change,” “How Will The Art Change” and “The Art Will Change” are all things I considered as titles for this latest post.
I do know that with our recent election our psyche has experienced a paradigm shift. Our conversations around art have already started to change.  I remember back when Clinton first became [...]

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