From one very under-the-radar art collector to Reese Witherspoons publishing mole.
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Its value will probably multiply.
Now a piece by Hammons goes for millions.
His name has become a shorthand for taste, says the gallerist.
Hudgins has helped shape the collections of some of the citys most prestigious galleries and museums.
Hes not a flipper.
I dont think he resells art, which we love, says the dealer.
Its an investment that transcends the financial transaction, says a New Yorkbased curator.
Its very rare for collectors to be interested at that level.
He was serious about knowing who I was and what I was making, one young California-based artist remembers.
Much earlier than so many other people.
Angelina Chapin
MaketheWhitneyLessWhite
Rujeko Hockley is changing the museum.
Rujeko Hockley was not hired solely to make the Whitneys collections less white.
Since Hockley was hired, the Whitney has promoted more non-white staffers and now has four curators of color.
And artists trust Hockleys feedback.
Theres a way in which the art world expects people to have a certain meanness, says Leigh.
Normally when people are razor sharp, theyre just not able to be as kind as she is.
Then theres Marlene Zwirner.
By contrast, theres Marlene, 30.
Even people who say they know the siblings admit they dont know Marl as well.
Shes been tagged in a grand total of three pictures on the party website BFA compared to Lucass 23.
Marlene does the behind-the-scenes labor that allows the gallery to function.
Shes like an artist whisperer.
They collaborated on a collection that had the sculptor carrying luxury handbags and Kid Cudi wearing Josh Smith.
At the same time, Marlene seems careful not to mix work and play.
Ive never met anyone like Marlene, says Josh Smith, who homed in on her rarest of qualities.
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The megagalleries are always after Ellie Riness finds.
The veteran art dealer Jeffrey Deitch is always on the lookout for young gallerists.
So a few years ago he visited Ellie Rines at her 450-square-foot gallery, 56 Henry.
I walked over and I saw this phenomenal show of Anna Weyant, who had just graduated from RISD.
I said, This is terrific.
Can I buy one?
But everything was sold.
It was marvelous, and I acquired it for something like $6,000.
And through that we made a rapport.
In a world defined by megagalleries, Rines punches above her square footage.
Weyant and Gale have been lured away; others are being courted.
Shes really part of the whole process of how art enters into the culture, says Deitch.
The art world cant develop artists and collectors without people like Ellie.
Roughly speaking, there are now two ways for a comic to break out of the New York scene.
All people ever ask me about is How can I get in touch with Mike and Carlee?
Lavoie went to Georgetown with Mike Birbiglia, where they both performed on the improv team.
(Theyre aware that the similar names are confusing.)
In their niche, Lavoie and Briglia have a reputation for low-key competence and profitability.
That puts a whole lot of cards in the hand of Bob Wankel, Shuberts CEO.
(Say a musical costs $850,000 per week to run and ticket sales are $300,000.
Itll be gone fast.)
When a shows in trouble, were the first ones to reduce the rent, he says.
Its in our interest for you to become successful.
New musicals have had an even tougher time.
A lot of tickets are being bought at the last minute, steeply discounted.
Broadway insiders chatter that a Wankel-authorized rent reduction is the sole factor keeping shows like this from folding.
Will the company ever see that money back?
Someday I hope, he says.
Theater owners have theloooong-term view.
Christopher Bonanos
GetItAlltoReeseWitherspoon
Her book club mints best sellers.
Jon Baker is one of her scouts.
Among those her team hired was a book scout named Jon Baker.
Baker scouts from Jersey City for Bloomsbury U.K., Albin Michel in France, and other clients.
Witherspoons and other celebs book clubs feed the best-seller list and make many a novelists career.
Shawn McCreesh
MainstreamtheQueerestManuscripts
Jackson Howard got a book narrated by a queer mountain lion published by FSG.
The 29-year-old editors power is that he manages to get them past.
My babies as I like to refer to my books finally had a good father to help raise them.
Hes tenacious at every stage, says Purnells agent, Julia Masnik.
And I can send my books to Robyn, the singer.
The 45-year-old agent possesses the rare ability to start a bidding war just by sending over a manuscript.
The world of literary agents can be confusing for authors and editors both.
This she managed by taking on clients early in their careers and convincing publishers to trust her taste.
Dan Gerstle, the editor-in-chief of Norton, agrees.
Her reputation pays off for her writers in other ways.
You know what I mean?
Another agent, you might turn it down out of hand but this is Alia.
Emily Gould
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