Nina Burleigh just published a piece in The Observer about the German Jewish art dealer Alfred Flechtheim, whose business, life, and legacy were virtually erased with the rise of Nazi Germany. Flechtheim was once considered Weimar Germany’s “preeminent dealer, representing dozens of modern masters from Picasso to Klee.” Though we rarely hear his name today, the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection houses at least six Flechtheim works, including a Picasso and a Braque, and his face even appears in a few modernist artworks. Read More

Recently, the artist Matthew Weinstein was thrown off Facebook for posting Gustave Courbet’s The Origin of the World—the work having been deemed too racy by the nerdy overlords who run Facebook. New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz quickly jumped in with an email defense of Mr. Weinstein that read as follows: Read More

THURSDAY JANUARY 5

Opening: “Rotary Connection” at Casey Kaplan, curated by Loring Randolph
In what is probably Chelsea’s first big group show of 2012, a huge group of talent—Andrew Kuo, Arthur Ou, Benoit Maire, Etienne Chambaud, Isabelle Cornaro, Jason Dodge, Jose Davila, Julia Dault, Liam Gillick, Marlo Pascual, Mateo Lopez, Pietro Roccasalva, Ryan Gander—will Read More