Rob Fields
@robfields.bsky.social
Connecting people, art, and ideas via arts consulting, marketing and art advising.
Boards: @uniondocs, Volta Art Fair, @abgmf
Image: Joana Choumali, "Whose Peace Is It Keeping?" 2024
https://linktr.ee/robfields
Boards: @uniondocs, Volta Art Fair, @abgmf
Image: Joana Choumali, "Whose Peace Is It Keeping?" 2024
https://linktr.ee/robfields
One of the biggest offenders when it comes to bad faith arguments, Bret Stephens, is at it again. Basically, folks like Stephens believe they should be able to say anything, without consequence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
September 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
One of the biggest offenders when it comes to bad faith arguments, Bret Stephens, is at it again. Basically, folks like Stephens believe they should be able to say anything, without consequence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
The Dallas shooter, Joshua Jahn. If he were Black/Muslim, we'd already be hearing things like, "Where were his parents?" or, "Where was he radicalized?" Right-wing trolls would be implying the inherent criminality in our community. Where's the national convo on what's going on w White men & boys?
September 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Dallas shooter, Joshua Jahn. If he were Black/Muslim, we'd already be hearing things like, "Where were his parents?" or, "Where was he radicalized?" Right-wing trolls would be implying the inherent criminality in our community. Where's the national convo on what's going on w White men & boys?
This, and Schumer, Jeffries, and Gillibrand STILL haven't endorsed Mamdani.
The Democratic Party’s Voter Registration Crisis www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
The Democratic Party’s Voter Registration Crisis www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
August 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This, and Schumer, Jeffries, and Gillibrand STILL haven't endorsed Mamdani.
The Democratic Party’s Voter Registration Crisis www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
The Democratic Party’s Voter Registration Crisis www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
When I try to go to threads.net, I get sent to threads.com, where I get this error. Not that it matters to me. Just interesting to note, since it's been happening for the past few days.
July 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
When I try to go to threads.net, I get sent to threads.com, where I get this error. Not that it matters to me. Just interesting to note, since it's been happening for the past few days.
Worth reading by the ever-thoughtful @ykhong.bsky.social
Oppressors Live in Constant Fear ykhong.substack.com/p/oppressors...
Oppressors Live in Constant Fear ykhong.substack.com/p/oppressors...
May 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Worth reading by the ever-thoughtful @ykhong.bsky.social
Oppressors Live in Constant Fear ykhong.substack.com/p/oppressors...
Oppressors Live in Constant Fear ykhong.substack.com/p/oppressors...
April 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In happier news: Tonight, @bridgettmdavis.bsky.social launches her new memoir (via @harpercollins.bsky.social ) at @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social with a conversation with @lindavillarosa.bsky.social
www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/bridge...
www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/bridge...
March 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In happier news: Tonight, @bridgettmdavis.bsky.social launches her new memoir (via @harpercollins.bsky.social ) at @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social with a conversation with @lindavillarosa.bsky.social
www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/bridge...
www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/bridge...
Seeing is fundamental in art collecting.
"The other important thing that comes from seeing art regularly is that it helps u clarify what you like & what you don’t. And when it comes to collecting, it’s probably more important to be clear about the latter."
iamrobfields.substack.com/p/how-to-col...
"The other important thing that comes from seeing art regularly is that it helps u clarify what you like & what you don’t. And when it comes to collecting, it’s probably more important to be clear about the latter."
iamrobfields.substack.com/p/how-to-col...
March 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Seeing is fundamental in art collecting.
"The other important thing that comes from seeing art regularly is that it helps u clarify what you like & what you don’t. And when it comes to collecting, it’s probably more important to be clear about the latter."
iamrobfields.substack.com/p/how-to-col...
"The other important thing that comes from seeing art regularly is that it helps u clarify what you like & what you don’t. And when it comes to collecting, it’s probably more important to be clear about the latter."
iamrobfields.substack.com/p/how-to-col...
My latest on Substack: Recommended art exhibitions to check out; @bridgettmdavis.bsky.social's #NakedActs now available on BluRay, DVD and streaming; and take private art classes with Grace Lynne Haynes
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
February 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My latest on Substack: Recommended art exhibitions to check out; @bridgettmdavis.bsky.social's #NakedActs now available on BluRay, DVD and streaming; and take private art classes with Grace Lynne Haynes
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
My latest on Substack: How galleries can stop missing the mark when it comes to engaging new or potential collectors.
Dear Galleries: Your Marketing Sucks. Respectfully.
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Dear Galleries: Your Marketing Sucks. Respectfully.
open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
January 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My latest on Substack: How galleries can stop missing the mark when it comes to engaging new or potential collectors.
Dear Galleries: Your Marketing Sucks. Respectfully.
open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
Dear Galleries: Your Marketing Sucks. Respectfully.
open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
Biographer @sethabramson.bsky.social, offers a sobering assessment of Elon Musk. And, to say it's a bit concerning, is an understatement. But forewarned is forearmed.
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January 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Biographer @sethabramson.bsky.social, offers a sobering assessment of Elon Musk. And, to say it's a bit concerning, is an understatement. But forewarned is forearmed.
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Rest well, Lorraine O'Grady, 9/21/34 - 12/13/24, a creator who produced foundational pieces of the Black avant-garde conceptual art.
Recommended: Doreen St. Felix's 2022 @newyorker.com profile: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Photo: Stefan Ruiz
Recommended: Doreen St. Felix's 2022 @newyorker.com profile: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Photo: Stefan Ruiz
December 13, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Rest well, Lorraine O'Grady, 9/21/34 - 12/13/24, a creator who produced foundational pieces of the Black avant-garde conceptual art.
Recommended: Doreen St. Felix's 2022 @newyorker.com profile: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Photo: Stefan Ruiz
Recommended: Doreen St. Felix's 2022 @newyorker.com profile: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Photo: Stefan Ruiz
Well, folks were still spending money at the Christie's Old Masters auction...
December 3, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Well, folks were still spending money at the Christie's Old Masters auction...
An important read via historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social. The second grab--on how we, as citizens, need to adjust our attitudes--is on-point."Yes, some of them did vote to burn it all down. But if it all burns down, we burn too."
Decapitation Strike (December)
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
Decapitation Strike (December)
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
December 1, 2024 at 4:59 PM
An important read via historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social. The second grab--on how we, as citizens, need to adjust our attitudes--is on-point."Yes, some of them did vote to burn it all down. But if it all burns down, we burn too."
Decapitation Strike (December)
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
Decapitation Strike (December)
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
Afternoon, y'all! Check out my first long-form Substack post:
Time for "artists to get to work"? What about the rest of us?
Stop with the Morrison quote telling artists to get to work, especially if you have no plan to be in solidarity with them.
open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
Time for "artists to get to work"? What about the rest of us?
Stop with the Morrison quote telling artists to get to work, especially if you have no plan to be in solidarity with them.
open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
November 21, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Afternoon, y'all! Check out my first long-form Substack post:
Time for "artists to get to work"? What about the rest of us?
Stop with the Morrison quote telling artists to get to work, especially if you have no plan to be in solidarity with them.
open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
Time for "artists to get to work"? What about the rest of us?
Stop with the Morrison quote telling artists to get to work, especially if you have no plan to be in solidarity with them.
open.substack.com/pub/iamrobfi...
A good day is when clients send photos of the work you helped them acquire. Here's Laurena Finéus's "Sightings: Quand Les Murs Tombent (When the walls fall)" (2023) framed and hung in its new home.
#contemporaryart #painting #paintings #womenartists #artcollector #artadvisor #GoSeeArt
#contemporaryart #painting #paintings #womenartists #artcollector #artadvisor #GoSeeArt
November 19, 2024 at 3:45 PM
A good day is when clients send photos of the work you helped them acquire. Here's Laurena Finéus's "Sightings: Quand Les Murs Tombent (When the walls fall)" (2023) framed and hung in its new home.
#contemporaryart #painting #paintings #womenartists #artcollector #artadvisor #GoSeeArt
#contemporaryart #painting #paintings #womenartists #artcollector #artadvisor #GoSeeArt
Way to make a brotha feel old, Apple...
November 18, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Way to make a brotha feel old, Apple...
I'm behind on posting about recent art acquisitions I facilitated on behalf of my collector clients. Case in point: Last week, I helped clients acquire Grace Lynne Haynes's "Sojourner Truth, Founding Mother", which was featured on the August 2020 cover of @newyorker.com.web.brid.gy
November 18, 2024 at 5:02 AM
I'm behind on posting about recent art acquisitions I facilitated on behalf of my collector clients. Case in point: Last week, I helped clients acquire Grace Lynne Haynes's "Sojourner Truth, Founding Mother", which was featured on the August 2020 cover of @newyorker.com.web.brid.gy
Sunday, November 12, 2023. Golden hour in Bed Stuy.
📸: Fujifilm X-Pro2
🔭: Fujinon 35/1.4
#photography #brooklyn #goldenhour #colorphotography #fujixseries
📸: Fujifilm X-Pro2
🔭: Fujinon 35/1.4
#photography #brooklyn #goldenhour #colorphotography #fujixseries
November 14, 2023 at 12:39 AM
Sunday, November 12, 2023. Golden hour in Bed Stuy.
📸: Fujifilm X-Pro2
🔭: Fujinon 35/1.4
#photography #brooklyn #goldenhour #colorphotography #fujixseries
📸: Fujifilm X-Pro2
🔭: Fujinon 35/1.4
#photography #brooklyn #goldenhour #colorphotography #fujixseries
A coupl of recent shots taken during Sunday's Dumbo walkabout. Didn't know any of these folks. The brothas were chillin'on Water Street. For the 2nd shot, I just dug dude's coat.
📸: Fujifilm X-Pro2
🔭: 27/2.8
📸: Fujifilm X-Pro2
🔭: 27/2.8
October 19, 2023 at 4:00 PM
A coupl of recent shots taken during Sunday's Dumbo walkabout. Didn't know any of these folks. The brothas were chillin'on Water Street. For the 2nd shot, I just dug dude's coat.
📸: Fujifilm X-Pro2
🔭: 27/2.8
📸: Fujifilm X-Pro2
🔭: 27/2.8
Finally here and I feel like Thomas Jefferson in "Hamilton": What'd I miss? Thanks, @waterman.bsky.social, for the invite!🙏
October 19, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Finally here and I feel like Thomas Jefferson in "Hamilton": What'd I miss? Thanks, @waterman.bsky.social, for the invite!🙏