All the gallery folk in Chelsea apparently haven't heard the memo that it's January; not because of the freezing temperatures or blustery winds, but because of the herd of people out and about on a Thursday night at openings in Chelsea. Going to openings at 535 West 24th, firemen had to come because too many people were packed in to the elevator to get to the upper floors. Once up to the galleries, the show at Cynthia Reeves space was a lovely mixture of tough aesthetics by johnny Swing and minimal canvases by Anne Lindberg that are supposed to tap into the viewer's "non-verbal place."
As you can see from the image below, the gallery goers at Cheim and Read were in quite the festive mood. The hordes of people inside, so many so you couldn't see the artwork on display (hence my visit only lasted 30 seconds) made it is easy to see there was nowhere else to put their wine cups:
Pretty exciting if you work in the art world, as it hopefully means the renewed interest
in buying artwork is here to stay!
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