Suzanne and Rob attended the opening of Friedrich Petzel’s new space on 18^th Street in Chelsea, where the inaugural exhibition was a solo show by Seth Price. Opening on the same night was Gaylen Gerber at Wallspace and Sascha Braunig at Foxy Production. After the excitement and conviviality of these openings, it was heartbreaking to hear of the damages suffered by these galleries due to Hurricane Sandy. Our sympathies are extended to everyone who was affected by the hurricane both inside the art world and out. The remarkable resilience of New Yorkers has never been more apparent.

It was exhilarating for Suzanne, Ashley and Rob to be able to visit galleries in Chelsea and the Lower East Side in the weeks following Sandy. Some of the many exhibitions on view included Ai Wei Wei at Mary Boone, Richard Hawkins at Greene Naftali Gallery, Rosemarie Trockel at the New Museum, Fred Lonidier at Essex Street Gallery and Martin Beck at 47 Canal. An exhibition of large paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland and Frank Stella at Mitchell-Innes & Nash added an historical perspective to the gallery visits.

On a separate occasion, Thea, Ethan, Suzanne, Ashley and Rob spent a day covering recent gallery exhibitions before focusing on preparations for Art Basel Miami. Exhibitions on view included Adriana Lara at Algus Greenspon, British artist Jeremy Deller and Alex Katz at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, new work by John Baldessari at Marian Goodman, Ai Wei Wei at Mary Boone’s 5^th Avenue exhibition space and two series of photographs by Lee Friedlander at Pace Macgill, a truly brilliant artist who is off many people’s radar. More historically minded were exhibitions on the Upper East Side including that of Pier Paolo Calzolari, Phyllida Barlow, Jack Goldstein and Cy Twombly.