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A comment has been made on Freight + Volume. Please scroll down. New comment on Bob Nickas. New comment on Charlie Finch. New comment on ATM Gallery. New Comment on Bob Nickas. New comments on Claire Oliver, David Hunt, Zach Feuer. New comment on John Yau. New comment on Omar Lopez-Chahoud. Retracted comment on Matthew Higgs. New comments on Moti Hasson and ATM Gallery. New comments on David Zwirner and Envoy. New comment on Winkleman Gallery. New comments on Holland Cotter, Envoy, Freight + Volume, and Feature. New comments on David Hunt and Feature. New comment on Elizabeth Harris. New comment on Feature. New comments on Moti Hasson, David Hunt, and Winkleman. New comment on Oliver Kamm (bad news, if true). New comment on Leo Koenig. Another new comment on Leo Koenig. New comment on Matthew Higgs. New comment on Mario Naves. New comments on Anna Kustera, Cohan and Leslie, and David Zwirner. New comment on Lauren Ross. New comment on Derek Eller Gallery. New comments on Freight + Volume and Derek Eller. New comment on Oliver Kamm. New comment on Brian Sholis. New comments on F + V and Denise Bibro. New comments on Elizabeth Dee, Feature, and Joe Fyfe. New comment on D'Amelio Terras. New comment on Moti Hasson. New comment on Benjamin Genocchio. New comment on Moti Hasson. New comment on White Columns. New comment on Freight + Volume. New comments on ATM, Clementine, and Daniel Reich. New comment on RARE. New comments on Moti Hasson. New comments on Charlie Finch, Matthew Higgs, Joe Fyfe, Elizabeth Dee, Elizabeth Akkerman, Klaus Biesenbach, David Hunt. New comments on John Yau, RARE, Moti Hasson, David Hunt. I've deleted numerous irrelevant comments, please try to restrict comments which fall outside the requested guidelines. I'm not interested, especially if you are not an artist speaking from your own direct experience. New comments on ATM, BUAI, and Zach Feuer. New comments on RARE. New comments on Elizabeth Akkerman, Holland Cotter, Charlie Finch, Carlo McCormick. New comments on ATM, Matthew Higgs, Walter Robinson, Lauren Ross. New comments on D'Amelio Terras, Freight + Volume, Christian Viveros-Faune. New comments on Winkleman Gallery and David Zwirner. New comments on Maccarone. New comments on F + V, Maccarone, Winkleman, Zwirner. New comment on RARE. New comment on Michael Steinberg. New comment on Roebling Hall. New comment on Freight + Volume. New comments on Elizabeth Dee, Matthew Higgs, RARE. New comment on RARE. New comment on Zach Feuer. New comment on Freight + Volume. New comment on Jerry Saltz. New comment on Michael Steinberg. New comments on Claire Oliver Gallery. New comment on Leo Koenig. New comment on Black & White Gallery. New comment on Bellwether. New comment on Stephen Maine. New comment on Bellwether. New comments on Bellwether. New comments on Andrea Rosen and Daniel Reich. New comment on Leo Koenig. New comments on Zach Feuer, Matthew Higgs, Chrissie Iles. New comment on Matthew Higgs. New comments on Joe Fyfe, Winkelman Gallery, John Yau. New comment on Winkleman Gallery. New comment on Walter Robinson. New comment on McCaig-Wells Gallery. New comment on Lily Wei. New comment on Clementine. New comment on A.M. Richard Fine Art. New comments on Bellwether and Greenberg Van Doren. New comment on Andrew Kreps. New comments on Buia and Winkleman. New comments on RARE, Magnan, and Schroeder Romero. New comment on Winkleman. New comments on Joao Ribas, Katy Siegel, Bridget Goodbody. New comment on Michael Steinberg. New comment on Henriette Huldisch. New comment on John Yau. New comment on Bellwether. New comment from Pete Surace on RARE. New comment on Freight + Volume. New comment on Michael Steinberg. New comments on Andrew Kreps, ATM, Daniel Reich. New comment on Maccarone Gallery. New comment on Clarissa Dalrymple. New comment on Sandy Heller. New comment on Mary Boone. New comment on Aqua. New comments on Bonakdar and Christian Rattemeyer. New comment on Matthew Higgs. New comment on Freight + Volume. New comment on Charlie Finch. New comment on F+V. New comment on Christian Viveros-Faune. New comment on David Cohen. New comment on Todd Levin. New comments on Team and Paula Cooper. New comment on Sperone Westwater. New comment on Zieher Smith. New comments on Aqua, Bonakdar, Mixed Greens, Kim Heirston, Winkleman. New comments on Aqua. New comment on Jack the Pelican. New comments on Momenta, Morgan-Lehman, Friedrich Petzel, Scope. New comments on Bellwether, Tanya Bonakdar, Higgs, Never Work, Lauren Ross, Team Gallery. New comment on Armory Show. New comments by James Kalm on most of the critics, Jack the Pelican, Katy Siegel, Winkleman. New comments on BUIA, Jack the Pelican, Charlie Finch, David Hunt, Eric Shiner, and a response from "The Crew @ F+V" on Freight + Volume. New comments on BUAI and Jack the Pelican. New comment on Winkleman Gallery. New comment on Roberta Smith. New comments on Roebling Hall and Zach Feuer. New comment on Bellwether. New comments on Laura Hoptman, Sara Reisman, PaceWildenstein. New comments on Diva, Painting Center, John Yau. New comment from Don Carroll on Jack the Pelican. New comments on Cheim & Read and DCKT. New comments on Feature, Friedrich Petzel, Martha Schwendener. New comments on George Adams, Elizabeth Grady, Stephen Maine. New comments from Mojo (the art movers?) on Anna Kustera, Andrea Rosen, Bellwether, Elizabeth Dee, Klaus von Nichtssagend, Lombard Fired, Perry Rubinstein, Postmasters, Sikkema Jenkins, Tanya Bonakdar, Tracy Williams, Zwirner and Wirth. New comments on Leo Koenig and Team. New comment on Zach Feuer. New comment on PaceWildenstein. New comments on Kim Heirston, Sandy Heller, Todd Levin. New comment on Armory Show. New comment on Sideshow. New comments on Tanya Bonakdar and White Columns. New comments on James Kalm and Pavel Zoubok. New comments on LMAK, Roebling Hall, Lauren Ross, Stux. New comments on Christian Viveros Faune, Freight + Volume, Roberta Smith, Sunday. New comments on David Gibson, David Nolan, F + V, ATM. New comments on Lisa Cooley and Stux. New comment on Stux. New comment on Jack Shainman. New comment on Elizabeth Akkerman. New comments on RARE. New comment on Mario Naves. New comments on 31Grand, Klaus Biesenbach, F+V, Lisa Cooley, Marianne Boesky, Tracy Williams. New comments on David Zwirner and F+V. New comments on Thelma Golden, Zach Feuer, David Zwirner, Matthew Marks, RARE, Klaus von Nichtssagend, Plane Space. New comments on Aqua, Next, Parker's Box, James Kalm, Roberta Smith, Armory Show, Pierogi, Phong Bui. New comments on Todd Levin, Marlborough, Sunday, Taxter and Spengemann, more. New comments on Claire Oliver and Marlborough. New comments on Charlie Finch and McKenzie Fine Art. New comments on Bellwether and Freight + Volume. New comment on Jerry Saltz. Some back-and-forth on F+V and Sunday. New comments on NADA, Miguel Abreu, Lisa Cooley, Benjamin Godsill, DCKT, CANADA, Pearl Albino, F+V, Taxter & Spengemann. New comments on Harris Leiberman and Lowell Pettit. New comment on ISCP. New comments on ATM, Claire Oliver, Cheim & Read, Harris Lieberman, Phillips de Pury. New comment on 303. New comment on Tonya Bonakdar. New comment on Southfirst. New comment on 303. New comments on Bellwether, 303, Roebling Hall, Maccarone. New comments on Lilly Wei, Moeller Snow, Clarissa Dalrymple, Jack the Pelican, Pavel Zoubok, Pierogi, Bellwether, Bob Nickas, 31Grand, Simon Watson, Craig Hensala, RARE, David Rimanelli. Paparazzi photo posted to 303 Gallery. New comments on Matthew Higgs, James Kalm, Klaus von Nichtssagend. New comments on Mary Boone, Matthew Higgs, Simon Preston, Bob Nickas, Bill Previdi, White Columns. New comments on Andrea Rosen, Benjamin Godsill, Taxter & Spengemann, Ramis Barquet, Elizabeth Dee, Mehr Gallery, Roebling Hall, Scope, Holland Cotter, Mike Weiss, Bellwether, Harris Leiberman, Jack the Pelican, Matthew Marks. New comments on Matthew Higgs, Elizabeth Dee, Carlo McCormick, Pearl Albino, Sperone Westwater, PaceWildenstein, Marian Goodman, Fountain, Cohan and Leslie, Deitch, David Zwirner, Team , and many others. New comments on Deitch, Bob Nickas, 303, David Ebony, Bridget Goodbody. New comments on Bob Nickas, Mary Boone, Phillips, 31Grand, Lehmann Maupin, Cohan and Leslie, The Project, Michael Steinberg, Shamim Momin. Haunch of Venison, Paula Cooper, McKenzie Fine Art, Gregory Volk, David Gibson, Jerry Saltz, Phillips, Pavel Zoubok, Caren Golden. New comments on Pavel Zoubok, CANADA, Claire Oliver, Feature, Yvon Lambert, James Fuentes, Joao Ribas, Sideshow, Holland Cotter, Elizabeth Dee, Alexander Grey, BravinLee, Painting Center, Denise Bibro, Phong Bui, Lowell Petit, Haunch of Venison, Lehmann Maupin, Massimiliano Gioni, and others. New comments on Cohan and Leslie, Tanya Bonakdar, A.M. Richard, Claire Oliver, Zach Feuer, 303, Bill Previdi, Joe Wolin, Roebling Hall, Susan Inglett, Zoo, Lisa Cooley, Kinz Tillou Feigen, Laura Hoptman, Walter Robinson, Tria, Macarone, Paul Kasmin, Painting Center, Julie Saul, David Hunt, James Cohan, Sotheby's, Yossi Milo, more. New comments on Phillips, David Hunt, Zieher Smith, Tanya Bonakdar, David Zwirner, Joe Wolin, Elizabeth Dee, 303, Ramis Barquet, White Columns, Pierogi, Reena Spaulings, Roebling Hall, Luxe, Anna Kustera, Von Lintel, Jerry Saltz, Deitch, Joe Fyfe, Rare, Zach Feuer, Winkleman. New comments on Todd Levin, Matthew Marks, Daniel Reich, FusionArts Museum, Holland Cotter, Bob Nickas, David Nolan, Andrea Grimm, Momenta, White Columns, Maccarone, David Hunt, Simon Watson, Gagosian, more. New comments on Thierry Goldberg, John Yau, Alanna Heiss, Caren Golden, Zach Feuer, Jerry Saltz, Jack the Pelican, Shamim Momim, Reena Spaulings, Bob Nickas, Marianne Boesky, Ramis Barquet, Carlo McCormick, RARE, Walter Robinson, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Lehmann Maupin, Benjamin Godsill, ISCP, David Zwirner, Von Lintel, Anna Kustera. New Comments on Pulse, Red Dot, Scope, Art Chicago, Art Cologne, Winkleman, Mario Naves, Caren Golden. New comments on David Gibson, BUIA, Moeller Snow, John Connelly, Anton Kern, Alanna Heiss, Kathleen Cullen, Daniel Reich, Jack the Pelican, Half Gallery. New comments on Andreas Grimm, Jerry Saltz, Michael Steinberg, Jack the Pelican, Derek Eller, Mixed Greens, White Columns, Yvonne Force Villareal, John Connelly, NADA, McCaig-Wells, Elizabeth Grady, ZieherSmith. New comments on Robert Storr, Anna Kustera, Reena Spaulings, Jerry Saltz, Deitch, Zach Feuer. New comments on Jerry Saltz, Peter Schjeldahl, Harris Lieberman Gallery, Phong Bui, Bellwether, 303, Gallery Henoch, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Sikkema Jenkins, Pearl Albino, art shippers, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Black and White, Los Angeles galleries, Luise Ross Gallery, Zach Feuer Gallery, Smith-Stewart, Lombard Fried, Tilton, Todd Levin, Gagosian, White Columns, Claire Oliver.

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