Anita Z: Art Diary

8th-14th October

This week was crazzzy, but incredibly rewarding. We were so proud to see an incredible buzz in 176, even Alan Yentob (we found him flat on his back as he had nearly impaled himself on a wooden box, a scary sight I thought he was a dead man) was interviewing us for his Imagine programme for the BBC. Frieze was awesome and we made a commitment to two artists both married to each other, Alex Heim and Nicole Wermers (a very exciting moment). The 176 team completed the most amazing project in the RA with Zoo, I was totally in heaven when I saw all that had been achieved. Everybody wanted to know who is Dan Attoe and who is Jimmy Baker?! I bought yet another Graham Dolphin with Seventeen and a bronze shovel in some dirt by Ken Trukovich with Museum 52. In PULSE we bought an amazing cardboard sculpture of Queen Victoria sitting on her throne, which I could not resist.

There were some amazing parties but alas we were just too tired to visit them all, we managed only to stop by at Larry Gagosian and Simon and Carrie Lee. We dropped by to see Simon de Pury in action. It was amazingly glamorous watching this handsome man in action yielding his hammer followed by a huge party with 500 people queuing to get in (one poor guy shouting at security “I buy in your auctions and you will not let my wife in!!”). Lizzie and I were on our knees, we had gone through colds, bronchitis and exhaustion but it was worth every minute.