Deanne Moser 9/1/26 Deanne Moser 9/1/26

DIRECT MESSAGE: The Art I Live With

26 works. One condo. No more walls.

Somewhere along the way, buying art became building a collection. For the latest DM, I’m turning the lens on my own walls: the artists I live with, what I keep coming back to, and the thread I didn’t realize was connecting it all.

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Deanne Moser 8/23/26 Deanne Moser 8/23/26

DIRECT MESSAGE: WHAT IF THE CITY BECAME THE MUSEUM? PARIS IN AUGUST EDITION

What if the city became the museum?

Paris in August gave me a different way of looking at the city. Slower, quieter and with enough time to actually notice things.

I stayed in Pigalle and followed my curiosity from contemporary art to collectible design, flea markets, fashion, interiors and, unexpectedly, Chartreuse.

Sceners became the design gallery. Paul Bert Serpette, the decorative arts wing. The Marais, the design shop. Bourse de Commerce, Fondation Louis Vuitton and the galleries were simply other rooms.

The best part? You don’t have to buy anything. Looking is enough.

My new rule for Paris: walk more, plan less, look through windows, go into the gallery you’ve never heard of and pay attention to what people are drinking at the table next to you.

A city can be a museum if you decide to look at it like one.

Deanne Moser 8/15/26 Deanne Moser 8/15/26

DIRECT MESSAGE: Detroit Is an Art City Worth Paying Attention To

48 hours in Detroit, looking at art, architecture and the people shaping the city’s creative scene. A trip organized by Mia Nielsen—and a reminder that Detroit never left.

Deanne Moser 4/12/26 Deanne Moser 4/12/26

SPRING ART FAIRS: The Canadian edition

Spring art fairs aren’t just about what you see—it’s how you move through them.
Collect the work, but also the rooms, the rituals, the reset.
Toronto to Montreal, consider this your program.

Deanne Moser 3/14/26 Deanne Moser 3/14/26

STUDIO VISIT: Québec City

STUDIO VISIT: Québec City

A city where contemporary art, winter landscapes, and centuries-old architecture intersect.

I spent 48 hours exploring the Québec City Biennale — the only winter contemporary art biennale in North America — along with Wendake, the Ice Hotel, and some incredible restaurants.

Think: installations along the St. Lawrence River, Indigenous perspectives, Arctic landscapes, and long dinners after a day of gallery hopping.

The full Direct Message travel guide is now live.

Deanne Moser 2/21/26 Deanne Moser 2/21/26

Welcome to directMESSAGE

This isn’t a “PR newsletter”.

I’ve built a career making other people visible.

Brands. Museums. Festivals. Tourism boards. Orchestras. Artists.
I know how to position a city. I know how to land a headline. I know how to move a story from Toronto to New York to Hong Kong.

What I don’t often share is how I see it all.

So this is that.