academic, journalist, curator and collector specializing in post-Pop art. specialized interests in both mexico and russia.

Important Exhibitions Attended

2020

“Art Now, Art Forever: Damon Zucconi,” at Independent Collectors.com

https://garden.work.damonzucconi.com/

2019

\"WORD PLAY : language as medium,\" featuring Fiona Banner, Benjamin Bellas, Mel Bochner, David Moreno, Kay Rosen and Damon Zucconi, The Bonnier Gallery, Miami (opening June 6)

2015
\"Crunchy,\" featuring Andisheh Avini, Anna Betbeze, Heather Cook, Ethan Greenbaum, Adam Henry, Kathleen Jacobs, Jutta Koether, Jason Matthew Lee, Anthony Pearson, Michael Rey and Borna Sammak, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York

2011
\"Speak to my ass, the octopus is sick,\" solo exhibition featuring Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York

\"Mike Paré / Roland Schappert / Sara van der Heide,\" Anna Kustera Gallery, New York

“Material Witness,” featuring Charlotte Becket, Andy Coolquitt, Isa Genzken and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York

2010
\"The Raw and The Cooked,\" featuring Carla Arocha – Stéphane Schraenen, Joe Graham-Felsen and Dominic Nurre, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York

\"25°85\'08\" N - 80°12\'03\" W,\" featuring Carla Arocha – Stéphane Schraenen, NADA Miami Beach

2009
\"FIVE,\" at BAIBAKOV art projects, featuring Walead Beshty, Matthew Brannon, Wade Guyton, Sterling Ruby and Kelley Walker, Moscow, RU

Important Exhibitions Organized

2020

“Art Now, Art Forever: Damon Zucconi,” at Independent Collectors.com

https://garden.work.damonzucconi.com/

2019

\"WORD PLAY : language as medium,\" featuring Fiona Banner, Benjamin Bellas, Mel Bochner, David Moreno, Kay Rosen and Damon Zucconi, The Bonnier Gallery, Miami (opening June 6)

2015
\"Crunchy,\" featuring Andisheh Avini, Anna Betbeze, Heather Cook, Ethan Greenbaum, Adam Henry, Kathleen Jacobs, Jutta Koether, Jason Matthew Lee, Anthony Pearson, Michael Rey and Borna Sammak, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York

2011
\"Speak to my ass, the octopus is sick,\" solo exhibition featuring Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York

\"Mike Paré / Roland Schappert / Sara van der Heide,\" Anna Kustera Gallery, New York

“Material Witness,” featuring Charlotte Becket, Andy Coolquitt, Isa Genzken and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York

2010
\"The Raw and The Cooked,\" featuring Carla Arocha – Stéphane Schraenen, Joe Graham-Felsen and Dominic Nurre, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York

\"25°85\'08\" N - 80°12\'03\" W,\" featuring Carla Arocha – Stéphane Schraenen, NADA Miami Beach

2009
\"FIVE,\" at BAIBAKOV art projects, featuring Walead Beshty, Matthew Brannon, Wade Guyton, Sterling Ruby and Kelley Walker, Moscow, RU

Publications

A complete summary of more than 100 on-line essays and reviews can be seen at: http://linnpress.com/activities/.

Books and catalogs:

2020

Gérman Venegas, contributor, Museo de Tamayo, Mexico City

Minerva Cuevas: Disidencia

Cuevas, Minerva, Alaina Claire Feldman, Gabriel Bogossian, Solange Farkas and Clayton Press. Minerva Cuevas: Disidencia. New York: Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York

2018
Press, Clayton, Bailey Scieszka, and Kat Herriman. The Collected Plays of Bailey Scieszka. What Pipeline: Detroit, Michigan.

Press, Clayton. REDS. Mnuchin Gallery: New York, New York.

2017
Press, Clayton, Lucy R. Lippard, Rosalind Krauss, and John Gruen. Robert Mangold, A Survey 1965-2003. Mnuchin Gallery: New York, New York.

Press, Clayton and Gregory Linn. Crunchy. Burckhardt Boles publishing: Ewing, New Jersey.
2016
Press, Clayton. Next to Nothing. Close to Nowhere. [Kathleen Jacobs]. Burckhardt Boles publishing: Ewing, New Jersey.

2014
Press, Clayton, Agnes Husslein-Arco, and Anne de Boismilon. LOVE STORY, Anne & Wolfgang Titze Collection. Verlag für Moderne Kunst: Nürnberg, Germany.

2012
Press, Clayton. \"Noah Horowitz, Art of the Deal: Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market,\" X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, Volume 14, Number 3, pp. 65-67.

2010
Press, Clayton, Maria Baibakova, Kate Sutton, and Sarina Basta. ПЯТЬ {FIVE}. Publishing Group just design/ROST media: Moscow, Russia.

2006
Press, Clayton and Ombretta Agrò Andruff. \"Il fundraising per la cultura: la situazione negli Stati Uniti d\'America,\" Il Fundraising per la Cultura. Meltemi Editore: Milan, Italy, pp. 25-92.

Art events as jury

none.

Talks and lectures

The Art Market: New Realities and New Strategies
New York University, School of Professional Studies

6:30 to 8:30 pm, Tuesdays

October 6 - November 10, 2020

Core Courses: 2012 to present

New York University, School of Professional Studies

Art Markets and Sales Channels

Innovations and Disruptions: Fairs and Technologies

Fine Art as a Financial Asset

Determining Value in Contemporary Art

Impressionism to Modernism: Movements, Markets and Money

Postwar and Contemporary Art: Movements, Markets and Money

The Russian Century in Art: 1917 to 2017

Non-Core courses: 2018 to present

Art Collecting in America: Trailblazers, Taste Makers, and Market Makers

Black Artists in the Global Art Market

Latin American Art in the Global Art Market

Other important events and mentions

As collectors, we believe we are caretakers of art. We primarily support museums with works of art—in all media—that build or further expand collections. Without exception, our gifts and bequests are made without restriction. We entrust museums to access, manage and deaccess works of art in accordance with their needs and resources.

2020 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Thater, Diana. Scarlet Macaw Crayons, 1995. 1 laser disc, installation for 1 projector and 1 laser. Edition 2/2

Thater, Diana. Moluccan Cockatoo Molly #1 (from the series #1-10), 1995. 1 laser disc, installation for 1 video cube, and 1 laser disc player. Edition 1/10.

2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Weiner, Lawrence. Twixt One (&) The Other. 1992.

2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Jankowski, Christian. Point of Sale, 2002. Three-channel video installation (1 Digital Betacam, 3 DVD), 14:17 min, PAL, 4:3, color, sound. Edition of 5, II. Given in honor of the 150th anniversary of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Leckey, Mark. Are You Waiting, 1996. VHS tape, edition 1/5.

2016 The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Wilcox, T.J. Twenty-two films stills from: The Escape (of Marie Antoinette) (1995), The Death and Burial of the First Emperor of China (1997), Stephen Tennant Homage (1998), R-print from single 16mm film, sizes variable.

2014 The Art Institute of Chicago

Peterman, Dan. Ground Cover, 1995. Post-consumer plastic tiles and nylon straps. Dimensions variable; pallets: 55.8 x 40.64 x 50.8 cm (22 x 16 x 20 in.)

2013 The Art Institute of Chicago

Wilcox, T. J. The Escape (of Marie Antoinette), 1996. 16mm color film, sound, 11:30 min. loop; edition number 4/5.

Wilcox, T. J. The Death and Burial of the First Emperor of China, 1997. 16mm color film, sound, 11:40 min. loop; edition 3/5.

Wilcox, T. J. Stephen Tennant Homage, 1997, 16mm color film, sound; 13 min. loop; edition number 1/5.

Wilcox, T. J. Das Begräbnis der Marlene Deitrich (The Funeral of Marlene Dietrich), 1999. 16mm color film, sound;
5:55 min. (in German), 5:55 min. (in English), loop, edition 2/5.

2013 The Art Institute of Chicago

Rosen, Kay. The River, 1989. enamel sign paint on canvas. 16x 10 in.

2004 The Art Institute of Chicago (in honor of Francis and Clayton Press)

Misrach, Richard. Flooded Snack Bar, Salton Sea, 1984. Dye coupler print. 18.25 x 23.12 in. (46.4 x 58.7 cm.)

2003 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Rhoades, Jason. Swedish Erotica & Fiero Parts, #2, 1994. Vinyl table, F.O.G. Useless Ottoman, recovered bucket seat with sheepskin cover, Tyvek pants, paper carpet, cardboard re-surfaced coat rack, Tyvek jacket, 2 Sheetrock Furniture Kits (half-empty), Styrofoam model shelf (Judd), model builder\'s bench and more. The Escape (of Marie Antoinette), 1996. 16mm color film, sound, 11:30 min. loop; edition number 4/5.

2001 The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (Parkes), Australia.

Frank, Dale. The falls from memory, 1984. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. 188.0 h x 132.0 w cm.

Frank, Dale. Self portrait as the whimsical Dutch jug, 1982. Drawing in black pencil, sheet 110.5 h x 173.0 w cm. image 101.0 h x 167.0 w cm.

Frank, Dale. Self portrait as floating prisims (sic), 1982. drawing in black pencil and color pencils on paper, sheet 70.2 h x 101.0 w cm; image 65.0 h x 96.0 w cm188.0 h x 132.0 w cm.

2000 Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago

In 2000, Clayton Press and Gregory Linn gave the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago an unrequested gift of 64 works of art, which they had acquired between 1980 and 1986. The gift also included a comprehensive archive personal papers; invoices, invitations and ephemera; publications and books, documenting the careers of artists who were active in Chicago between 1980 and 1985 and whose work was shown at Nancy Lurie Gallery, Marian Deson Gallery, Sonia Zaks Gallery, Peter Miller Gallery, Phyllis Kind Gallery and Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.

1999 The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Majore, Frank. Beyond the Reef, 1984. Silver dye bleach print, Sheet (Sight): 19 1/8 × 23 1/4 in. (48.6 × 59.1 cm) Frame: 21 7/16 × 25 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (54.5 × 64.1 × 3.5 cm).

1996 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Bernard, Cindy. Security Envelope (Mrs. Prina), 1987. Black and white photograph with mat and black painted frame. Frame (Black painted wood): 14 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (35.56 x 30.8 x 4.45 cm)Image: 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.81 x 19.05 cm); unique.

Bernard, Cindy. Security Envelope (untitled), 1987. Black and white photograph with mat and black painted frame. Frame (Black painted wood): 14 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (35.56 x 30.8 x 4.45 cm)Image: 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.81 x 19.05 cm); unique.

Syrop, Mitchell. Lift and Separate, 1994. Black and white photographs mounted on board. Each (9 panels): 23 3/8 x 19 1/2 x 1 in. (59.37 x 49.53 x 2.54 cm); unique.

1996 Philadelphia Museum of Art

Tuymans, Luc. Untitled drawing. 1995.

1994 Philadelphia Museum of Art

Becher, Bernd and Hilla. Silo for Lime, Duisburg, Ruhr District, 1972 (negative); printed later. Offset lithograph (4). Image (each): 15 11/16 × 11 13/16 inches (39.8 × 30 cm) Sheet: 20 × 69 inches (50.8 × 175.3 cm).

In addition to art, we are benefactors to:

R. Barbara Gitenstein Library, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey

Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University

Rush Rhees Library, The University of Rochester

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Evaluations made


Diana Thater