At the Art Auctions During Tight Economic Times. Yana Paskova for The New York Times A room to mingle in at the opening reception for Andreas Gursky's show at the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea. Mr. Gagosian was circling shark-like amid the well-coiffed art patrons, recruiting for a private dinner he was holding later at his Upper East Side house. “Make sure they know how to get there,” he yelled across the room to a blond woman in black. Meanwhile, a group had gathered under one of Mr. Gursky’s “Ocean” photographs. “I already saw these in Los Angeles,” said a woman in shiny equestrian-style boots, referring to a Gagosian show there last March, before she moved to the next room.
If the mood seemed tense, it was understandable. Cecelia Dean, a founder of Visionaire, was on her way out. The postwar and contemporary-art auctions happen twice a year in New York — in November and May — setting much of the tone for the global art market. Rock bands played to $25,000-a-table crowds. Several works by Mr. Eight Art Gallery Blog | A blog about contemporary art. Art Commotion, The Los Angeles Contemporary Arts Magazine. Join absolutearts.com - Sign up at absolutearts. Trendy Gifts. GroovyFinds's Lensmaster Page. Me. Glass Sculpture | hand blown art glass by Bernard Katz.