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Design Miami/Basel, June 2008. More collectors at the fair mean higher prices and increased competition among dealers.
November 2008 The Reporter
As the boundaries
between the fields continue
to blur, design dealers have
begun dabbling in contemporary
art. Donzella started
representing the figurative
painter
Joe Concra a year
ago, and this month Grajales
will present an exhibition of
the Cuban artist
José Parlá’s
graffiti-inspired canvases at
her SoHo space (Design
Miami rules prohibit dealers
from showing “fine art” at the
fair). And artists are trying
their hand in ever greater
numbers at design.
Richard
Prince recently created a
chair for a show at
Galerie
Patrick Seguin in Paris. He’s
“just the latest artist to jump
on the design-art gravy
train,” says Schachter.
"Design Discontent" originally appeared in the November 2008 issue of Art+Auction
. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's
November 2008 Table of Contents.