How to start an art collection in NYCNewsletter Sign UpSharePhoto Credit: Affordable Art Fair New York / Phillip ReedIn a city where you’re surrounded by art — from the classics at the Met to Chelsea’s contemporary art gallery scene to performers on the subway — day-to-day life is an immersive art experience. “The art community is extremely dynamic and diversified (in New York City),” said Ashkan Baghestani, Head of Contemporary Day Sale at Sotheby’s. “People are interested in art and … sophisticated New Yorkers are people who spend time appreciating art. That does not mean they always buy...…How to start an art collection in NYCNewsletter Sign UpSharePhoto Credit: Affordable Art Fair New York / Phillip ReedIn a city where you’re surrounded by art — from the classics at the Met to Chelsea’s contemporary art gallery scene to performers on the subway — day-to-day life is an immersive art experience. “The art community is extremely dynamic and diversified (in New York City),” said Ashkan Baghestani, Head of Contemporary Day Sale at Sotheby’s. “People are interested in art and … sophisticated New Yorkers are people who spend time appreciating art. That does not mean they always buy...WW…

Newtown native Brendan Smialowski got a taste of fame last week when his infamous photo of Bernie Sanders became a"I am not crazy about (my photojournalism) becoming memes but I am glad to have eyes on my work," the 40-year-old father of one, who works for the wire service Agence France-PresseBut that photo is certainly not Smialowski's only feat. He has traveled as a photographer with President George W. Bush to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with President Barack Obama to Nelson Mandela's funeral and with President Donald Trump to his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in...…Newtown native Brendan Smialowski got a taste of fame last week when his infamous photo of Bernie Sanders became a"I am not crazy about (my photojournalism) becoming memes but I am glad to have eyes on my work," the 40-year-old father of one, who works for the wire service Agence France-PresseBut that photo is certainly not Smialowski's only feat. He has traveled as a photographer with President George W. Bush to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with President Barack Obama to Nelson Mandela's funeral and with President Donald Trump to his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in...WW…