Gallerist NY

Happenings: This Week in New York
Goldstein at the Jewish Museum

By Dan Duray 11/21/11 8:49pm

Joseph Nahmad (L) and Roy Nachum (R) (Photo courtesy of Billy Farrell Agency)

Mighty Young Joe: Joe Nahmad, Newbie Gallerist and Scion to a Fortune in Impressionist Paintings, Has Arrived on the LES

When Joseph Nahmad was in his teens his father told him to take up gambling. The 21-year-old member of one of the world’s most prolific art-dealing families is soft-spoken, perspicacious and not the type you’d expect to have a past that includes high-stakes cards, but by age 16 he was hitting the poker tables of Monte Carlo. Read More

By Sarah Douglas and Dan Duray 11/02/11 12:40am

Auctions

"Le premier cri" by Constantin Brâncuşi, which sold for a purchase price of $14.9 million (Photo courtesy of Christie's)

Christie’s Imp-Mod Sales Fizzles, With 82 Lots Earning Just $141 Million

The fall auction season kicked off last night with a disappointing Impressionist and modern art sale at Christie’s that filled the auction room with murmurs and tut-tuts, as fewer than half of the 82 lots on offer sold within or above their pre-sale estimates. Read More

Across the Wire

Crowdsourcing

Get Life Advice From AJ Jacobs And His Facebook 'Friends'
Grave Developments

Building On a Boneyard? Preservationists Beg Steiner Not To Put Luxury Condos On Former Cemetery Site
Up & Down the Street

Permission to Splurge: Whole Foods Isn't Just About Where You Buy Your Food; It's About Who You Think You Are
Abercrombie's Public Face

Abercrombie and Fitch Finally Apologizes for CEO's Awful Comments
Petty Politics

Andrew Cuomo Shares Fred Dicker’s Private Email With All His Competitors