bloggy: December 2004 Archives

Regarding Clementine

Regarding Clementine, the next show at Clementine (one of the pioneers of Chelsea and still going strong), should be a...

Posted Friday December 31, 2004 at 9:47 PM | Full Post

Tsunami

I'm not planning to write anything about it, but James and Joy Garnett have good posts on the subject....

Posted Wednesday December 29, 2004 at 8:34 PM | Full Post

More on Susan Sontag

The NY Times has an odd obituary, including an entire paragraph of adjectives used to describe her. I prefer Newsday's...

Posted Wednesday December 29, 2004 at 12:07 AM | Full Post

Samuel Tredwell Skidmore House on East 4th Street

If the city can use eminent domain to take away people's houses to build a stadium in Brooklyn, why...

Posted Tuesday December 28, 2004 at 11:01 PM | Full Post

Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag has died, aged 71. She was born in here in New York, and died here. She was one...

Posted Tuesday December 28, 2004 at 9:35 PM | Full Post

Software upgrade and server move

I'm moving our blogs to a new version of the blog software and putting them back at Pair so that...

Posted Sunday December 26, 2004 at 8:17 PM | Full Post

Congratulations to James

He has achieved fame in the print media. He is one of twelve art bloggers in a write-up in the...

Posted Friday December 24, 2004 at 6:06 PM | Full Post

New York Times - selective ethics

I have written before about Jay Blotcher being fired as a stringer for the New York Times because he did...

Posted Wednesday December 22, 2004 at 11:38 AM | Full Post

Get Your War On #43

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Posted Tuesday December 21, 2004 at 12:45 AM | Full Post

Michael Jackson's Thriller - as Lego animation

Awesome. All 15 minutes, with choreography, as stop-action Lego animation. You can download it for safe-keeping. It's the link that...

Posted Friday December 17, 2004 at 11:15 PM | Full Post

Gay marriage is so evil it taints the straight ones

I'm not making this up. I have to quote the whole article. The Social Security Administration is refusing to recognize...

Posted Friday December 17, 2004 at 12:36 AM | Full Post

The Tristan Project

Bill Viola The death of Tristan, from Tristan und Isolde 2004 Disney Hall, Los Angeles artnet has a feature...

Posted Thursday December 16, 2004 at 2:10 PM | Full Post

Cinema Zero - new Williamsburg Art Space

The web site just says "Coming Soon," but I have a flyer for the opening event....

Posted Wednesday December 15, 2004 at 10:23 AM | Full Post

New art purchases

Last night we went to one of our favorite art benefits, the DUMBO Arts Center winter auction. We did quite...

Posted Sunday December 12, 2004 at 10:52 PM | Full Post

Animal Magazine show at Chelsea Market shut down

Via Wooster Collective, I learned that the Animal Magazine show at Chelsea Market was shut down. Apparently this image (by...

Posted Sunday December 12, 2004 at 1:45 PM | Full Post

Mistress of Modernism

I checked this book out of the library today. If you've seen our apartment, you can understand why I'm...

Posted Saturday December 11, 2004 at 11:26 PM | Full Post

People of Crete unite to buy work of El Greco

The Baptism of Christ by Domenikos Theotokopoulos, the Cretan better known by his Spanish name, El Greco. Photo: Ian...

Posted Friday December 10, 2004 at 9:59 PM | Full Post

Barry McGee: Smash the State

Article via contrasts.net. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, who has thumbed his nose at the establishment...

Posted Friday December 10, 2004 at 9:24 PM | Full Post

Koch scholarships

From Crain's Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday announced the establishment of the Edward I. Koch scholarships at the City College...

Posted Friday December 10, 2004 at 6:02 PM | Full Post

Please, just make it stop

First it was cows, then apples, and now kangaroos....

Posted Thursday December 9, 2004 at 11:05 PM | Full Post

Human Rights Campaign

HRC, the gay rights organization too in the closet to have something like gay in its name, and whose symbol...

Posted Thursday December 9, 2004 at 5:53 PM | Full Post

Scalia To Synagogue - Jews Are Safer With Christians In Charge

Catholic Bishops giving the Nazi salute in honor of Hitler From Common Dreams Antonin Scalia, the man most likely...

Posted Wednesday December 8, 2004 at 12:16 PM | Full Post

Coen / Xmas ?

Brooke Coen sang Christmas carols on Saturday during the Parade of Lights in downtown Denver. Steve Peterson for The...

Posted Monday December 6, 2004 at 3:20 PM | Full Post

Notes from the gym

It's only Monday, but I think I just saw the worst workout ensemble of the week: white polo shirt, collar...

Posted Monday December 6, 2004 at 3:09 PM | Full Post

MoMA - where is Nan Goldin?

So, I never got around to writing my MoMA post, as James did. OK, here is one thought: While I...

Posted Sunday December 5, 2004 at 8:13 PM | Full Post

Paul P. in Vienna

Paul P., Untitled, 2004 graphite on paper, 13 1/4 × 11 inches Paul P. just keeps getting better. We're...

Posted Sunday December 5, 2004 at 6:06 PM | Full Post

Andy at Tiffany

I was near Tiffany today after going to the dentist. I went by to see the windows, which are...

Posted Friday December 3, 2004 at 4:08 PM | Full Post

Holiday shopping

We don't really "do" Xmas or any other big gift-giving holidays, but that doesn't mean we don't like to buy...

Posted Thursday December 2, 2004 at 7:44 PM | Full Post

Apparently they managed to find someone more stupid than Ridge

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Posted Thursday December 2, 2004 at 7:26 PM | Full Post

East Village Art Scene

Tonight Next Wednesday we're going to the members' preview of East Village USA at the New Museum (Chelsea location). I...

Posted Thursday December 2, 2004 at 3:21 PM | Full Post

Charles Goldman in Portland

If you're in Portland, Oregon over the next couple of months, check out Charles Goldman's exhibition/performances at the PNCA Feldman...

Posted Wednesday December 1, 2004 at 11:54 AM | Full Post