“I really feel extra snug bringing an artist that makes difficult work after I don’t have an enormous overhead hanging over me,” stated Salamone. In a current ARTnews interview announcing Hauser & Wirth’s “collective impact” partnership with Nicola Vassell, President Marc Payot described the present haves and have-nots ecosystem. “I came to the realization that the art world is in a state where the few very massive successful galleries have gotten increasingly more profitable and bigger, and for the relaxation of the ecosystem, things are very robust,” he mentioned. Meanwhile, in 2018, Art Basel implemented sliding-scale booth pricing to make …