Evarts Starts at Di Donna Next Month: Jeremiah Evarts garden leave from Sotheby’s after 14 years in the Impressionist and Modern department ends on March 1st when he reports for duty at Di Donna Galleries. …

The Getty’s Endowment Hits $6.9bn, a New High: Museum budgets and endowments have been getting a fair bit of attention lately as smaller institutions struggle with art sales to shore up operating expenses. With that in mind, it is worth noting that the Getty Museum released its annual report last week which included a chart showing the endowment at $6.9bn, slightly above the two previous peak years at $6.7bn in 2014 and 2015. …

“I sometimes ask myself, why am I compelled to collect certain artists in
depth, and not others?”: J. Tomlinson Hill is putting on a show at the H Queen’s building of Christopher Wool’s work from his own collection. The show opens March 27:

• The non-commercial exhibition will be the first survey presentation of Wool’s work in Asia. It also marks the first time a prominent American collector will show their collection of contemporary art publicly in Asia. J. Tomilson Hill and his wife, Janine, have been among the earliest and most committed supporters of Christopher Wool, and hold the largest private or public collection of the artist’s work in the world. …

How Did the Frieze LA Launch Announcement Get So Bungled? Frieze may or may not be launching a new art fair in Los Angeles a little less than a year from now. But if IMG-WME owned fair does go through with the endeavor, it will have to fight the additional headwinds of negative publicity for the idea of a major LA art fair generated over the last few days. That’s a shame. Although there are admittedly many hurdles to creating another major art fair and doing that in Los Angeles, there are as many or more reasons for Frieze to try.

1. Since IMG-WME bought the fair, there has been no significant move toward expanding its reach either physically or digitally.
2. Los Angeles art collectors (and the sought-after folks up North in SF and Seattle) like to say they bought their art in New York or London but Frieze is one of the few fairs that can bring New York and London to Los Angeles.
3. Los Angeles is the US gateway to the Pacific Rim. Buyers from Seoul, Singapore and Shanghai can get to Los Angeles as easily as they can get to London. And much easier than they can get to New York. These are the buyers galleries seek.
4. FIAC has been rumored to be interested in expanding to Los Angeles. Art Basel is unlikely to add any more fairs. But for Frieze to put itself on a part with Art Basel and keep ahead of TEFAF, taking the risk on Los Angeles would be strategically wise.

If Frieze LA does become a reality, let’s hope the firm puts more thought into the announcement than it did into last week’s leak. …

Phillips Hires a Regional Director in China:  The auctioneer has appointed Zhang Wenjia as Regional Director, China, based in Shanghai, responsible for developing the company’s client base. Before joining Phillips, she was the Senior Advisor to Christie’s Shanghai. She also served as Director of ShanghART Gallery in Beijing and Executive Director at YUAN Space. In addition to Mandarin, Ms. Zhang speaks fluent English and French. …

An Internationally Renowned Artist Based in Brooklyn Needs a Chef: The NYFA job listings has an opening for a Chef who is willing to run a household too. The chef will be feeding 15-20 persons Monday to Friday, provide Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve dinner as well as the occasional dinner party. This person will be expected “to develop, procure and prepare dynamic, delicious and nutritious meals for an internationally renowned Artist’s studio and home, to migrate food and containers from both locations, and to oversee the household staff, such as the housekeeper, regular maintenance contractors, and liaise with various vendors. The role is to establish and maintain clean, organized and above all nurturing spaces that center around food. There should be a strong emphasis on farm to table, organic and ethically sourced food, as well as reduced waste and consciousness toward the environment.”