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Go see SplitStream (April 30-May 1 at 7pm) at Dance Theater Workshop. It includes Ann Liv Young, of whom I've...
Posted Friday April 30, 2004 at 5:46 PM | Full Post

Art to see in LA


We just got a mailing about two shows at Marc Selwyn Fine Art in Los Angeles curated by Simon Watson/Scenic....
Posted Tuesday April 27, 2004 at 11:26 PM | Full Post

Why the Democrats are wrong about Iraq


Go read Steve Gilliard's post on the subject....
Posted Sunday April 25, 2004 at 8:20 PM | Full Post

On Arab culture and literature


Newsday has a nice essay today by Matthew Shenoda on Arab culture and literature. An excerpt: A survey of any...
Posted Sunday April 25, 2004 at 2:42 PM | Full Post

Mr. David Zinn


Handel's Tamerlano at 2003 Spoleto Festival U.S.A. photos by Lenore Doxsee Our good friend David Zinn, costume and set...
Posted Sunday April 25, 2004 at 1:58 PM | Full Post

Queercore


Triple Creme There I was, reading an article on queercore bands in Newsday. I thought I recognized the woman...
Posted Sunday April 25, 2004 at 12:35 AM | Full Post

Tons o' art


Head over to James's site. He just put up several posts on recent art we've seen, with images....
Posted Friday April 23, 2004 at 6:39 PM | Full Post

Deb Margolin interview


Culturebot.org has an interview with the brilliant Deb Margolin. Her wondeful book "Of All The Nerve" is really expensive, since...
Posted Friday April 23, 2004 at 12:52 PM | Full Post

Get Fuzzy


Even the comics I read for fun are getting political....
Posted Thursday April 22, 2004 at 5:11 PM | Full Post

Oh no, can't have any "difficult" homos at the convention


Remember when I wrote about how Jay Blotcher can't be a stringer for the NY Times because he did media...
Posted Thursday April 22, 2004 at 4:31 PM | Full Post

Williamsburg Friday openings


Openings we're going to tomorrow: Eyewash @ Boreas - group show that includes Joan Linder Jennifer Dalton at Plus Ultra...
Posted Thursday April 22, 2004 at 3:08 PM | Full Post

Tax them out of existence


Let's have a holy war! If churches want to engage in politics, they need to be taxed just like everyone...
Posted Thursday April 22, 2004 at 12:56 PM | Full Post

A police state won't protect us


Bush went to Buffalo yesterday to promote the Patriot Act. He chose it because it was the location of the...
Posted Wednesday April 21, 2004 at 12:04 PM | Full Post

Art Linkage


James and I went to the "new and improved" Brooklyn Museum on Sunday. I don't know if I like the...
Posted Tuesday April 20, 2004 at 5:13 PM | Full Post

Good stuff


We saw two shows worth recommending in Chelsea today, before heading to the Paper Rad opening -- which is definitely...
Posted Saturday April 17, 2004 at 11:57 PM | Full Post

Paper Rad @ Foxy Production


Two camera phone photos from tonight's opening of Paper Rad at Foxy Production:...
Posted Saturday April 17, 2004 at 11:28 PM | Full Post

Pool Art Addict: A New York Underground Art Fair


Cool. A small art fair in a small new hotel (a Sheraton Four Points!) in Chelsea. Pool Art Addict, May...
Posted Saturday April 17, 2004 at 1:13 PM | Full Post

Get Your War On 34


Go here for the rest....
Posted Saturday April 17, 2004 at 1:01 PM | Full Post

Last chance


Here is your "last chance" reminder on a couple of things. The Civilians: Gone Missing (Back: Jennifer Morris, Maria Dizzia,...
Posted Wednesday April 14, 2004 at 2:26 PM | Full Post

Mao's official photographers


At ease: Hou Bo's portrait of Mao and family at the seaside When Mao Zedong proclaimed his new Socialist...
Posted Wednesday April 14, 2004 at 2:14 PM | Full Post

19th Street assemblage


I think it's just trash rather than a scatter art installation. As we walked by this someone was sitting...
Posted Monday April 12, 2004 at 4:04 PM | Full Post

The malling of NYC continues


From Crain's: Ian Schrager's Paramount Hotel, at 245 W. 46th St., will be bought by the Hard Rock Hotel chain...
Posted Monday April 12, 2004 at 3:54 PM | Full Post

A little tussle regarding the cutting edge


However, not everyone is impressed with Williamsburg's economic potential. Some, like Bellwether Gallery's director, Rebecca Smith, see more limitations than...
Posted Saturday April 10, 2004 at 9:53 PM | Full Post

Joe Ovelman - the buzz


detail of installation of C-prints Joe Ovelman has a solo show at Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery. James has a post...
Posted Saturday April 10, 2004 at 3:09 PM | Full Post

Les Brutes Épaisses


Last September, James and I spent much of a week hanging out with two charming young French men, Nicolas...
Posted Friday April 9, 2004 at 2:33 PM | Full Post

"Not skiing"


After two days of firefights, a marine packed the personal effects of 12 fallen comrades at the combat outpost...
Posted Friday April 9, 2004 at 12:11 PM | Full Post

If Albert Speer had worked for Donald Trump


... he might have done something like this. Actually, that's not fair to Speer. He was a pretty good architect....
Posted Thursday April 8, 2004 at 6:13 PM | Full Post

I hope the taxpayers didn't pay for any of this trip


From CNN/AP: HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (AP) -- Two reporters were ordered Wednesday to erase their tape recordings of a speech by...
Posted Thursday April 8, 2004 at 2:38 PM | Full Post

RIP Keith Cylar


Keith Cylar, co-founder of Housing Works, has died. I have never known of an organization that started out as a...
Posted Wednesday April 7, 2004 at 5:08 PM | Full Post

Happy Tartan Day from Chelsea


Spotted on Eighth Avenue today. Happy Tartan Day!...
Posted Saturday April 3, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post

Adam Cvijanovic in Philadelphia


Adam Cvijanovic's mural of Osage Avenue in "Ideal City" at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts We have seen...
Posted Saturday April 3, 2004 at 2:03 PM | Full Post

Tim Hailand


Tim Hailand, Untitled (SLUT) 1996 ¡Mira, mira! I didn't know Tim Hailand had a website!...
Posted Saturday April 3, 2004 at 12:58 AM | Full Post

The Horts, collectors


I want to be like the Horts when I'm a grown-up collector. We own a few artists in common, and...
Posted Saturday April 3, 2004 at 12:53 AM | Full Post

Sports! I'm writing something about sports!


Marge Laszlo Well, sort of. Our friend Conrad Cummings, one of the most thoughtful and politically aware composers I...
Posted Saturday April 3, 2004 at 12:24 AM | Full Post

Maybe I will re-subscribe


I stopped my subscription to The Economist last year because I felt they were being intellectually dishonest with their unquestioning...
Posted Saturday April 3, 2004 at 12:12 AM | Full Post

Only the GOP ones are important Catholic positions


In this helpful New York Times article, we learn what really matters to the Catholic Church. The senator is aligned...
Posted Friday April 2, 2004 at 11:29 AM | Full Post

James in the Washington Post


I should have posted this yesterday. James was in the Washington Post yesterday in an article on gay marriage, quoted...
Posted Thursday April 1, 2004 at 4:04 PM | Full Post

Chelsea Openings


My recommended openings for the next few days, all in Chelsea: Today (Thursday): Stuart Hawkins at LFL Gallery Paper Chase...
Posted Thursday April 1, 2004 at 11:40 AM | Full Post
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