Wet Paint: Frank Ocean Moves Into a Storied Studio Building, Hong Kong Hits Dealers With New Quarantines, & More Art-World Gossip What artist made a video for the new Balenciaga campaign? Who's the latest mega-dealer to open a gallery in Palm Beach? Read on for answers. Frank Ocean out and about in Manhattan in April 2019. (Photo by Robert Kamau/GC Images) Every week, Artnet News brings you Wet Paint, a gossip column of original scoops reported and written by Nate Freeman. If you have a tip, email Nate at [email protected]
For the last two decades a Chinatown building on Canal Street, surrounded by noodle shops and cut-rate bus services, has low-key held sway as a bustling hub of downtown art-world activity. The legendary run began in 2003, when