“Most excellent documentary… eye-opening in a way that cannot be ignored”
MUSEE Magaine
“succeeds in capturing one thing that everyone featured in the film can agree on: the current structures of the industry do not serve artists and they need radical disruption.”
CULTURED
“offer[s] a more pragmatic, occasionally hopeful, perspective on the visual arts ecosystem and the collectors, gallery owners, curators, critics and artists that play by its rules”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
“The Art of Making It soars when it concentrates, as it often does, on the concepts and the process of making boundary-breaking art.”
THE INDEPENDENT
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ARTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP PODCAST: MAKING ART WORK
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July 18, 2022: “Debi Wisch (Film & Documentary Producer)
” – two-part interview with producer Debi Wisch.
DECLASSIFIED
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May 20, 2022: “‘9. How can media, especially documentary filmmaking, expand the impact of art?” – Interview with producer Debi Wisch.
ART WORLD: WHITEHOT MAGAZINE
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July 9, 2022: “‘Kelcey Edwards – filmmaker, writer and art curator” – Interview with director Kelcey Edwards, with Noah Becker
“Every creative industry should get a survey of its shortcomings as engaging and comprehensive as Kelcey Edwards’ coast-to-coast travelogue of major galleries and the fine artists who struggle to break into them.”
THE MOVEABLE FEST
“Sheds a surprising new light on the commerce of culture”
TOWN & COUNTRY
PRESS
MUSEE MAGAZINE
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July 1, 2022: “FILM REVIEW: THE ART OF MAKING IT (2021) DIR. KELCEY EDWARDS” by Belle McIntyre
TOWN & COUNTRY
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July 28, 2022: “How Does the Art World Really Work?” by Adam Rathe
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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June 29, 2022: “‘The Art of Making It’ Review: Seeking a Bigger Canvas” by Beatrice Loayza
CULTURED
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June 28, 2022: “The Art of Making It Divulges the Art World’s Well-Known Secrets” by Maria Vogel
GOTHAMIST
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June 25, 2022: “Weekend arts planner: Frank Walter, “The Art of Making It,” C4 Trio” by Steve Smith
WNYC NEWS
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June 25, 2022: “Weekend arts planner: A Frank Walter exhibition, the art world documented in ‘The Art of Making It,’ and concerts by C4 Trio in NJ and NYC” by WNYC News
IN REVIEW ONLINE
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March 14, 2022: “The Art of Making It — Kelcey Edwards” by Mattie Lucas
NEON GRAFITTI
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November 30, 2021: “Another Extraordinary Slate of Programming in the Books- DOC NYC 2021 Thrills Again” by Christine Connallon
LA ESTATUILLA
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November 28, 2021: “DOC NYC 2021: “Introducing, Selma Blair”, “The Art of Making It” y “Zero Gravity”” by Ricardo Gallegos
UNTITLED MAGAZINE
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November 26, 2021: ““THE ART OF MAKING IT,” A REVEALING DOCUMENTARY INTO THE ART WORLD ECOSYSTEM” by Maddie Street
UNSEEN FILMS
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November 25, 2021: “DOC NYC 2021 Capsules: NUDE AT HEART, NOTHING BUT THE SUN and THE ART OF MAKING IT” by Steve Kopian
SET THE BAR
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August 6, 2022: “RKS Film: “The Art of Making It”: The Power Structure in the Art World by Steve Kopian
MOVIE JAWN
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November 23, 2021: “DOC NYC 2021: OPTION ZERO, THE ART OF MAKING IT and KEVIN GARNETT: ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE” by Matt McCafferty
THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
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November 19, 2021: “Letter from New York: Watching Films Closely” by Leonard Quart
THE ART NEWSPAPER
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November 16, 2021: “The Top Four Art Documentaries at DOC NYC” by David D’Arcy
THE MOVEABLE FEST
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November 14, 2021: “DOC NYC 2021 Review: Putting Together a Career in the Art World Takes Considerable Creativity in ‘The Art of Making It” by Stephen Saito
UNPAID FILM CRITIC
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November 14, 2021: “‘The Art of Making It’ at DOC NYC – November 10-28, 2021” by Wendy Moscow
CULTBYTES
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November 13, 2021: “The Art of Making It”: New Documentary Sheds Light on an Ecosystem Failing to Support Artists by Annabel Keenan
THE INDEPENDENT
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November 12, 2021: “DOC NYC Nov 10-18 – Critic’s Choice” by Kurt Brokaw
FILMWAX RADIO/TV
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November 12, 2021: “Filmwax TV (THE ART OF MAKING IT) Interview with Kelcey Edwards” by Adam Schartoff
Brooklyn Magazine
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November 9, 2021: “What to Watch at the DOC NYC 2021 Film Festival” by Sasha Shapiro
FF2
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November 9, 2021: “DOC NYC Hits Our Fifty Percent Target in 2021” by Elisa Shoenberger
Art News
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October 28, 2021: “Collector George Wells on How His Gift to Morehouse College Raises Hope for Future Generations” by George Wells
Artnet
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October 20, 2021: “What Does It Take to Succeed as a Young Artist Today? A New Documentary Asks Industry Players—and Finds the Answer Is Bleak” by Taylor Dafoe
EAST HAMPTON STAR
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October 14, 2021: “Kelcey Edwards: The Art Film Woman” by Jennifer Landes
WUSB-SOUNDS OF FILM
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October 14, 2021: “Interview with Kelcey Edwards” by Tom Needham
BREEZEWAY PRODUCTIONS
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October 6, 2021: “2021 Hamptons Film Fest – ‘The Art of Making It’ Interview with Kelcey Edwards” by Alexander Helisek
WALL STREET JOURNAL
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October 6, 2021: “‘Jerry Gogosian’ is an Art Critic for a New Generation” by Kelly Crow
PORTRAY
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October 6, 2021: “‘The Art of Making It! An Interview with Director Kelcey Edwards” by Donnalynn Patakos
DAN’s PAPERS
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October 6, 2021: “Local Heroes: The Long and Short of HIFF Films from East End Filmmakers” by Bill McCuddy
27 East
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October 6, 2021: “Disrupting The Art World: Kelcey Edwards asks Big Questions in New Documentary” by Michelle Trauring
AWARDS DAILY
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August 12, 2021: “Heineman’s ‘First Wave’ to Open 29th Annual Hampton International Film Festival” by Clarence Moye
AWARDS WATCH
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August 12, 2021: “29th Hamptons Film Festival to open with world premiere of Matthew Heineman’s COVID doc ‘First Wave'” by Erik Anderson
DEADLINE
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August 12, 2021: “Matthew Heineman’s Covid Doc ‘The First Wave’ To Open Hamptons Film Festival” by Patrick Hipes
EAST HAMPTON STAR
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August 12, 2021: “HamptonsFilm’s Fest Is Live This Year,” by Jennifer Landes
JAMES LANE POST
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August 12, 2021: “The 29th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival To Open With The World Premiere Of Matthew Heineman’s ‘The First Wave’”
NEWSDAY
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August 12, 2021: “‘The First Wave,’ a pandemic doc set at an LI hospital, will open the Hamptons Film Festival” by Rafer Guzmán
YAHOO! ENTERTAINMENT
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August 12, 2021: “Matthew Heineman’s Covid Doc ‘The First Wave’ To Open Hamptons Film Festival” (Pickup from Deadline)
