The Art Daddy's Weekly Daddy Wrap Up for 3/15/25
All the art daddy news that is fit to print.
This week has taken a new turn, daddies. With a full moon on Friday, I feel like I’m really dealing with the fallout in more ways than one. It was my birthday, I went upstate, saw some art and saw some daddies and some other things happened too.
Daddy has been going through it this week, too. The art world seems to have had its own share of insanity, possibly influenced by the full moon as well. There’s a lot to unpack, and while I can’t cover it all, daddies, I try to do it with an emphasis on daddies and the news.
James photoshopped as a Hells Angles.
The new rating this week is James Cohan, and you’ll have to head to my IG to see my take on him. I may or may not compare him to a Sienna Minivan. Additionally, Daddy James who I often photoshop onto motorized old people scooters, and more recently, as a Hells Angels, has left me on read since January. This is not doing any favors for him and daddy. But daddies will be daddies.
TEFAF Maastricht is happening right now, but I’m not in Europe, and since I did an auction recap last week, I decided to leave that one alone. This week’s Substack will be a little less news-heavy and more focused on the new series I launched last week, Tell Your Dad and some things in that vein. Keep reading for all things daddy.
Art Daddy News Headlines
Sotheby’s in Talks With Pace
In what I initially thought was a slow art news week, a major story broke late Friday afternoon involving Pace Gallery and Sotheby’s. ARTnews is reporting that the auction house and gallery are in talks to form a “new model.” Allegedly, Sotheby’s would be making a “significant investment” in the gallery— which, to Daddy, seems like it should be the other way around.
Pace headquaters looking very ominous with this new deal potentially in play.
Given the financial precarity Sotheby’s has found itself in over the last year and a half—especially after receiving a huge cash injection last fall—this move seems odd. Rumors have apparently been circulating for weeks, but who knows what will actually happen in the end. You can read the full story from ARTnews here.
Lisa Schiff’s Sentencing to Take Place on Tuesday
Last month, disgraced art dealer was the subject of a very well timed NTY profile chronicling what brought her art world demise. She plead guilty in October of last year to over 21 counts of defrauding clients out of $6.5 million. This feels like small potatoes compared to the wire fraud Inigio Philbrick pulled with over $86 m which he served a 4 years of a 7 year sentence.
Mary Boone served 2.5 years for tax evasion and was released in 2021. To me it feels like Schiff will be made an example out of and is facing up to 20 years. Her sentencing is scheduled for March 19th and I started a countdown for. Lisa also loves to read, so it left me wondering if she will work in the prison library. Only time will tell.
A Very Special Daddy Sighting in Chelsea
This week, the art daddy’s favorite little misogynist to hate on—podcast host of Nota Bene, Ben Godsill—was spotted in Chelsea. An eagle-eyed daddy caught sight of Ben looking, well, quite disheveled. The snap made its way to my IG, and people were dead in the DMs over it.
The art daddy source even coined a clever caption: “He looks like he got lost in the teen boys' section at Macy’s.” The anon photographer also noted he was “gherkin-sized,” which is fitting for Ben.
Ben vs. a pickle
In the photo, Ben is sporting an unbuttoned striped button-down with a pink sweater, khakis, brown tie-up oxfords, a green hat, and a black zip-up lightweight jacket over a camo jacket—all while holding a large, nondescript brown paper bag. Quite the spotting and a real treat for daddy-spotting enthusiasts.
Ben Godsill spotted in Chelsea yesterday from an art daddy source.
Ben also dropped a new Nota Bene podcast episode this week, and tbh, it’s always a fresh new hellscape when it lands. I avoid it like the plague and try to tell others to do so as well.
Tell Your Dad
In my newest Substack series, Tell Your Dad, I’m creating a space for art-world gossip, hot tips, and spicy takes. Want something called out? Think something deserves more attention that other outlets are ignoring? This is the place for it.
Send your tips to theartdaddyy@gmail.com or slide into my DMs @theartdaddy_.
Update on Tara Downs Performing CPR at the Felix Art Fair
Last week, an art daddy source tipped me off about Tara Downs, owner of Tara Downs Gallery, performing CPR on a drowning victim at the Roosevelt Hotel Pool. Since then, I’ve received a few updates. Sources who were poolside during install informed me that someone from Lomex Gallery also rushed to assist. Additionally, I’ve been told the person survived the ordeal.
I reached out to the fair, Tara Downs Gallery, and the hotel. Tara Downs Gallery did not provide a comment, and I’m still waiting to hear back from the fair and hotel. I’ll keep you updated, daddies.
Jerry Gogosian Deletes IG: A Brief Post Mortem
By now, it’s no secret that Jerry Gogosian deleted her Instagram. The account, which had 148K followers, quietly disappeared in the early hours of Sunday morning. By noon, my DMs were flooded with people asking where it went and sharing their reactions.
My favorite image of Jerry ever.
Over the past few weeks, Jerry had taken us on a chaotic ride through her personal life, leaving many wondering if she was okay. In just the last two weeks, she went live from her childhood gym, declared it “cleaner than Equinox,” then streamed from a Florida Goodwill. Her final live was from her parents’ house, where she claimed she was staying to prepare for Geneva. But now? That seems like a pipe dream.
A screenshot from what will now be known as the last Jerry Gogo live stream ever. From her parents in Florida.
I had been closely monitoring the Jerry situation since November, after her two-month hiatus ended. I even created timelines and crib notes because the story had so many twists and turns. Please see below for a condensed version.
Jerry Gogosian’s Chaotic Timeline Leading Up to IG Deletion
Early December: After a nearly two-month hiatus, Jerry returns just in time for Miami Basel. Instead of her usual fair coverage, she participates in a Pérez Art Museum talk with Jerry Saltz.
December 27: Jerry hosts an intimate and revealing IG Live. She admits her hiatus was actually a rehab stint for “internet addiction” and confesses she was “addicted to Jerry Gogosian.” She also shares that she broke off her engagement and left her “Stepford wife” life behind.
New Year’s: Chaos intensifies. Jerry starts selling her clothes online and publicly demands free housing in Zurich—preferably at the Park Hyatt—to write a “three-part book.”
Early 2025: Lands in LA with three suitcases, just as parts of the city catch fire. She posts unfazed, ignoring the devastation.
London 2024: Attends the infamous Taylor Swift concert and causes more mayhem.
London 2025: she goes back.
Gstaad: Stays in her beloved Swiss getaway for a few weeks.
March: Returns to Florida. IG Lives from her parents’ house and a Goodwill.
Where does she go from here? That’s anyone’s guess, but hopefully, this next chapter brings her whatever she’s looking for.
Art World Reactions to the Death of Jerry Gogosian’s Account
The reactions in my DMs have been a mix. Some people are relieved. Watching her unravel publicly had been distressing. Others felt the account had become “out of touch” or just “wasn’t funny anymore.” A few were completely unaware the deletion even happened. Some are wondering if she’ll make a comeback.
Interestingly, no major art world outlets covered the deletion—not surprising since it’s not exactly news. Meanwhile, Mags Resch wasted no time moving on, already posting about his new podcast.
That’s it for this week, daddies. Until next time.
In a NYT Style section manner, I also want to set forth some taste making elements.
I am reading: I'm reading Dancing on My Own by Simon Wu
I am drinking: Polar’s single batch dessert winter seltzers.
I am looking at: All the men over 60 with real estate in other countries on daddy apps. I am also going to auctions to meet men over 60 with real estate in other countries so this counts as a form of looking
Omg daddy thank you for your service 🫡