Ambiance favorable au Master Drawings de New York

The event mounted by British art dealer Crispian Riley-Smith is holding its 17^e edition from January 20 to 28, coinciding with the Old Masters auctions, which are expected to bring in $175 million. Despite Goldman Sachs cutting its bonuses by 40%, high interest rates and the layoff of 200,000 employees by tech companies this month, it has a healthy mix of 25 specialist dealers, with curators from 21 different museums. Newcomers include Patrick Bourne, Marty de Cambiaire, Colnaghi Elliott Master Drawings, Henrique Faria + Herlitzka & Co., The Fine Art Society, David Nolan Gallery and Sprüth Magers. Curators have come from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Chicago Art Institute, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Morgan Library and the Clark…