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Sotheby’s Madison blues: December was a rough month capping a rough year for Sotheby’s. The company announced last autumn that it had closed on the former site of the...

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The Art World’s New Manhattan Clubhouse

The folks at Hauser & Wirth want you to experience the art
collecting lifestyle in a down-to-earth, casual setting, complete with a very mindful seasonal locavore menu. Can a simple concept of art gallery-as-restaurant bring new collectors into the fold?

Marion Maneker

After a day spent trudging from gallery to gallery, and with a couple of hours to
kill before dinner, Mrs. Wallpower and I stopped in SoHo a couple weeks ago for a holiday drink at Manuela, the Hauser & Wirth restaurant that opened at Prince and Wooster in late October. Our companion, a glamorous young art advisor, had spent the day packing for a multi-leg holiday jaunt to Paris and England to meet her vaguely aristocratic (and newish) boyfriend and his family. Together, the three of us were the exact target clientele for Manuela, where the vibe is meant to be “art-world
hangout,” and where industry players (the glamorous art advisor) rub shoulders with...

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