The Year in (Partial) Review: A Boundless Thanks to All of You!
Filed Under: artist newsletter On: December 29, 2010 posted by: sara
Final-greetings-of-the-year friends! It's Sara sending this last dispatch from the sunny foothills of Colorado. As Jen wrote yesterday from watery Oahu, team JBP has dispersed for the week to enjoy time with family and friends, wherever they may be, as we savor the holidays and welcome the new year. But we won't ring in 2011 without waving farewell to 2010—what a year it's been!
We brought you 138 editions, by 82 amazing artists!—partied it up at the Brooklyn Museum and Chronicle Books—geeked out and freaked out when we saw Jorge Colombo's drawing on the iPad—infiltrated the art fairs armed with totes and treats—spotted internet stars turned TV stars—talked life and politics with a legend—supported our fine friends at the Brooklyn Museum, Creative Time and Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum—teared up when our friend Matt shared his Roger Ballen print with his postman—hit the road with Todd Hido—were amazed as the Starns took over the roof of The Metropolitan—opened eight shows at the JBG—applauded Nina Berman and Curtis Mann as they were honored by inclusion in the 2010 Whitney Biennial—searched high and low to find the next five most exciting photographers working today—crushed on Alec Baldwin when he dropped $10K for a Joseph O. Holmes photo—created personal 20x200 accounts—smiled as Ms. Jen Bee was compared to Leo Castelli—celebrated the season in black and white—and finally! offered (some) framed prints.
Phew! That wasn't all, there was much more, it's true, this recap's not complete. There are too many good things to mention, both small and grand—emails, talks and meals with artists and collectors—that have made this year remarkable. But, I think, there's too much to be said and not enough done in looking back—sometimes it's best to keep your eyes straight ahead (especially when the future's full of art!). So, with that I'll toast to you—the loyal collectors we couldn't have done it all without. Salut!

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