Two New York panel discussions explore Sickert's legacy and art market size debates

On February 26, New York City was buzzing with two panel discussions happening at the same time. At the New York Studio School, Deborah Rosenthal moderated a talk centered on Walter Richard Sickert. Artists Simon Carr and Mari Lyons joined David Cohen, the editor of artcritical.com, to explore the controversies surrounding Sickert’s later works and their literary implications. Rosenthal also spoke about her contributions to the Arcade imprint, especially in reissuing classic writings like Osbert Sitwell's A Free House. Meanwhile, at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Hrag Vartanian led a student-driven panel titled "Size Matters," featuring Gavin Brown, Roberta Smith, Peter Halley, and KAWS, who discussed a rising artistic movement in spectacular art.