Everything in the art world is built on top of something else, an ancient city where all the buildings are supported by ruins lying upon further ruins; ruins all the way down.

I spoke to artist Jason Derek North who recently participated in Satellite Art Fair, Miami. Publisher Charlene Stevens’ popular art magazine Arcade Project was a sponsor at the event which took place during Art Basel week 2018.

While at the West Los Angeles College Gallery I bumped into art dealer and curator Molly Barnes. Her grandfather was a shipbuilder and helped construct the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Keeping the common thread of adornment as its unifying concept, Pen and Brush presents On Adornment, a group show featuring photos, paintings, videos, and 3D sculptures.

On view through October 27 at Hauser & Wirth’s W. 22nd street space, The Deserted City, which spans more than three decades in the development of interdisciplinary artist Fausto Melotti, seems to hail from a different historic timeline.

Brush strokes that elicit a span of time, no matter how brief, should appear with breathless ease; steady is the hand that makes a rushing moment breeze by. Carly Silverman’s blurred images stand in contrast to—and belie the truth of—a bustling metropolis.