We went to Armand Bartos’ final exhibition before closing their doors to operate by appointment only. They chose to end on a high note with Andy Warhol’s soup can series following the artist’s role in transforming the Campbell’s Soup brand into an American icon. Limited edition prints and objects like an actual tin can were on view as were a few treasured relics.

Warhol produced a wide variety of art depicting the Campbell’s soup can image during three distinct phases of his career. The soup can image became known as the ultimate symbol of commerce and mass media and as…

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We were invited to attend a panel discussion hosted by Sotheby’s and the Economist for south asian art experts. Rashid Rana, one of South Asia’s foremost contemporary artist, and Pooja Sood, Director of Khoj discussed the role of art today. The evening was moderated by Ron Diorio, Vice president of product and community development at economist.com.

The discussion took place during Asia Week New York and on the eve of the New York release of THE KHOJ BOOK, exclusively available for a limited time at Sotheby’s. This illustrated compendium, edited by Pooja Sood, contains five essays by eminent art critics…

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HLAA went to check out the inaugural Artist Project fair on March 17th, 2011. It is the first fair featuring only emerging artists. We felt is was a good attempt to give artists a platform outside the gallery system but energy was low.

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Hosted by Montage Finance at NY Projects

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The panel discussion will convene on March 2, immediately prior to the VIP opening of the Armory Show, and will feature a premier group of panelists, including:  Jim Hedges IV (President of Montage Finance), Alex Gilkes (co-founder of Paddle8), Thomas Galbraith (Partner at The Petraeus Group LLC), Hank Willis Thomas (artist), Manish Vora (founder of Artlog) and Heidi Lee (art advisor and founder of EditionedArt).

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Amanda Coulson, the Executive Director of Volta, discusses the history of the Volta Fair with Heidi Lee at the Hub Culture Pavilion with Sportmax in New York City.

Linda Blumberg, the Executive Director of the Art Dealers Association of America, talks to Heidi Lee at the Hub Culture Pavilion with Sportmax. They represent art dealers all around the country, and recently started an initiative called ‘50 Artists for 50 States,’ which allows artists to donate works of art to a museum and get a tax deduction for the market value of the work of art. AXA Art Insurance sponsors their organization.

Ellen Harvey, contemporary artist, joins Heidi Lee at the Hub Culture Pavilion with Sportmax. She was featured in the Whitney Biennial in 2007, and in this interview she discusses her process, the breakthroughs in her career, and her upcoming show.