Call to Regia Marinho Art Collectors Residents of Texas

Call to all Regia Marinho Art Collectors Residents of Texas. 

When you come back home and find out that your RegiaArt artwork is damaged by the hurricane IKE, don't hesitate to contact me.
I will restore your painting without charge.
You may send it to RegiaArt studios in NY or NJ.
I'll be glad to do that for you. Contact Regia at regiaart@gmail.com for instructions on how to pack and ship your artwork.  regiaart.com

Arario, New Art Gallery in Chelsea by Korean Businessman

Korean businessman C.I. Kim, founder of Arario gallery, a new gallery in New York.
The new 7,000-square-foot branch on West 25th Street is one of city’s largest commercial galleries.

I was there on Friday before the opening, I couldn't see much...I'll come back there this week, I'm very excited about Mr. Kim's Arario gallery.

What other kinds of work are you collecting at the moment?

At a certain point, I became very interested in painting, and I began collecting the Leipzig artists, like Matthias Weischer and Martin Kobe. Then I began focusing on Asian art. Now I am interested in Russia, Latin America—areas where young artists have a lot of potential and are ready to break out. [from artinfo]

The Problem of the Collector-Driven Art World

Jane Kallir, co-director of Galerie St Etienne in New York, offers a "state of the market" analysis in The Art Newspaper recent article. It actually has a bit of constructive criticism for more than just collectors.

For the past century or so, the art world has been supported by four principal pillars: artists, collectors, dealers and the art-historical establishment (critics, academics, and curators). [...] Over the long term, art-historical value is determined by consensus among all four art-world pillars. When any one of the four entities assume disproportionate power, there is a danger that this entity’s personal preferences will cloud everyone’s short-term judgement. Put bluntly, the danger of a collector-driven art world is that money will trump knowledge. Great collectors should ideally become nearly as knowledgeable as the curators and dealers who help them build their collections. But not all of today’s collectors have the passion or the time necessary to develop this depth of knowledge.