Crewdson says she is really involved in psychoanalysis and always loved figuring out what suited a person” Photo: Craig Markus
A life in the art world may have been inevitable for Ivy Crewdson. As the only child of the sculptor Joel Shapiro, she grew up surrounded by art and artists. But finding her own way has been anything but a straight path.
Crewdson started out studying sculpture at Oberlin College in Ohio before transferring to do art history at New York University, and going on to get her masters at the Institute of Fine Arts. She worked for a decade at Barbara Gladstone’s gallery, and as an art adviser for 13 years with Allan Schwartzman, most recently at Art Agency, Partners (AAP) which was bought by Sotheby’s in 2016. But last year, Crewdson branched out alone, leaving to launch her own boutique advisory business.
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December 29, 2020
A protester speaks to a crowd from the pedestal that once hosted the statue of Edward Colston. Photo by Giulia Spadafora/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
There’s no way around it: it’s been a bruising year.
The coronavirus pandemic taught us (as if we needed another lesson) that no one is an island. The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many others reminded us that struggles for political justice are only just beginning. And the election of President Joe Biden suggested a potential return to order but really, how can things ever be as they were?