Fall Forecast

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New directors: Jerry Saltz for the Guggenheim, Mayor Bloomberg for the Met.

RoseLee Goldberg, director, Performa

Looking forward to: Fall weather in New York. The light is gorgeous and the temperature perfect. I’m very excited about our special gala that we produce each November, and this one, the Metal Ball, will be very special indeed! In 2006, the evening was all white, and for ’08, it will be silver and gold. The Metal Ball is inspired by Oskar Schlemmer’s event at the Bauhaus, and ours will be an entirely new take on metallic! We’re planning a great evening of nonstop surprises. Stay posted!

Big trend: Performance is everywhere! Even when it’s not live, it’s implied. I am really looking forward to Nancy Spector’s “theanyspacewhatever” at the Guggenheim, which brings wonderful artists who know each other well and who’ve worked together in the past (Angela Bulloch, Maurizio Cattelan, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Liam Gillick, Pierre Huyghe ....) in a show that will surely make terrific use of that dramatic space. I am also looking forward to Jerome Bel’s lecture at the French Institute. Anything by Jerome is worth the trip.

New directors: I certainly have my own wish list of directors for these two important positions, but for now, let’s congratulate Dia on filling their directorship with the terrific Philippe Vergne. I can’t wait to hear about his plans.

Sundaram Tagore, gallerist, New York/Beverly Hills/Hong Kong

Looking forward to: I think this fall season is going to be a little unpredictable, because everyone is going to be glued to their televisions watching the elections. I think everyone is waiting for a new chapter to begin. I’m going to be spending the entire fall in Hong Kong. It’s one of the largest art auction markets in the world and a great place to see what’s happening with contemporary Asian art. We're traveling to Taipei, Seoul, and Singapore between September and November to attend art fairs, so I expect to see some exciting new work. Back in New York, we’re opening a show at the gallery called "New Walls from Europe," which has been curated by a Berlin artist, Fré Ilgen. It's a collection of work from young artists all over Germany. This will be followed by an exhibition of new work by the renowned Mexican artist Ricardo Mazal. It’s jointly organized by our gallery and the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C. So, I’m pretty much scanning the globe this fall.

Big trend: I've said it before and I'll say it again, the trend is globalism. We've been at the forefront since we opened in 2000, and now, everyone is catching up. There are exciting things happening around the world. Who would have thought that Damien Hirst’s work would be previewed in New Delhi? My favorite show in recent memory is the Nandalal Bose exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He was a great Indian modernist. One must look beyond conventional Western art.

New directors: Who can follow Philippe de Montebello? He has an all-embracing cultural viewpoint and a certain refinement that will be very difficult to replace. I don’t know who can fill either role, but I do hope in both cases it will be an individual with exceptional art-historical knowledge and an international mindset. A lot of people claim to have a global view, but very few actually possess it.

Helen Allen, founder and director, Pulse

Looking forward to: I’m really excited about Calder at the Whitney and the Van Gogh and Miro exhibitions at MoMA. There also seem to be a dozen fairs happening in Asia this September, so I’ll be following what is happening in that market. Most of all I’m looking forward to autumn in the city and seeing my daughter start preschool.

Big trend: We’re seeing a lot of artists working in a variety of different media and experimenting with new methods in things like moving sculptures and three-dimensional animation — and young collectors seem to actually be stepping out of their comfort zones and buying those pieces. Indian, Russian, and Eastern European art will continue to grow, and of course we’ll still see plenty of interest in east Asia.

New directors: When I was little, my dream was to be director of the Metropolitan Museum, so maybe they should hire me! As for the Guggenheim, that'll take some thought. Ask me again in a year.