Sotheby's Curated Auction, Armory Modern Women Artists, and Art Dubai's Central Asian Focus Highlight Curatorial Trends

On March 7, Sotheby's Contemporary Curated auction in New York will showcase selections from influential figures such as Tamara Mellon, highlighting works like Sol LeWitt's 1988 Wall Piece (Sixteen Modules High). Concurrently, during Armory Week, Armory Modern will feature a special exhibition dedicated to women artists, including a live wall drawing by 73-year-old Pat Steir, a co-founder of Printed Matter and former board member of Semiotext(e). Additionally, Art Dubai has invited Slavs and Tartars to oversee the Marker section, which will present art from Central Asian venues, including the North Caucasus Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Art, featuring Stanislav Kharin. Jens Hoffmann's latest book, Show Time: The 50 Most Influential Exhibitions of Contemporary Art, includes Sensation but excludes his own Alien Nation exhibition. The late Jan Hoet, celebrated for his unconventional curatorial methods, such as allowing Jan Fabre to adorn columns with ham and organizing a boxing match at SMAK in Ghent in 1999, exemplifies genuine curatorial practice. The piece critiques the excessive use of 'curated' in commercial settings like art fairs and auctions.