bloggy: February 2005 Archives

When I read this letter in today's NY Times

To the Editor: Paul Krugman ("Kansas on My Mind," column, Feb. 25) mentions that at a town hall meeting, college...

Posted Monday February 28, 2005 at 9:03 PM | Full Post

DIVA TV Netcasts

Good stuff from the ACT UP web site, courtesy of James Wentzy: DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Video Activists) netcasts! They...

Posted Monday February 28, 2005 at 8:54 PM | Full Post

Not very attractive on a cloudy day

I had my doubts about The Gates on a bright sunny day. They look worse, and the color seems rather...

Posted Monday February 28, 2005 at 2:20 PM | Full Post

Is anyone reading this in Albany?

Our friend Elise Engler has a show at The College of Saint Rose, titled Your Tax Dollars and Other...

Posted Sunday February 27, 2005 at 11:03 PM | Full Post

Amusing Observation

Since my listing on ArtCal of Federico Solmi's wonderful show at Boreas mentions it being inspired by the Italian porn...

Posted Sunday February 27, 2005 at 10:47 PM | Full Post

Something Ephemeral @ Champion in Los Angeles

I'm sorry I won't get to see this show in Los Angeles. It's at the wonderful Champion Fine Arts Gallery,...

Posted Thursday February 24, 2005 at 9:25 AM | Full Post

Williamsburg Wedding @ Open Ground

Christian Grosskopf The wonderful collective Open Ground will be having its final exhibition in March, as the members move...

Posted Saturday February 19, 2005 at 6:44 PM | Full Post

Collectors' Night presented by the City Reliquary

If you've walked around Williamsburg, I'm sure you have noticed the City Reliquary, at the corner of Grand and...

Posted Friday February 18, 2005 at 11:17 PM | Full Post

Nayland Blake curates the Visual AIDS Web Gallery

Afflict the Comfortable, Comfort the Afflicted, 1985 Paul Thek acrylic on canvas, 18" × 24" Good stuff for the...

Posted Friday February 18, 2005 at 11:09 PM | Full Post

Copyrighting public space

Via the handsome and talented artist Robert Boyd, we learn that Christo and Jean-Claude are trying to pull an Anish...

Posted Friday February 18, 2005 at 4:59 PM | Full Post

Keeping out the poor Neo-Nazis

I was reading an article on a new luxury hotel to open March 1 in Berchtesgaden, site of Adolf Hitler's...

Posted Friday February 18, 2005 at 11:45 AM | Full Post

Allison Smith's Public Address at Foxy Production

We expect to see this during one of the next three days. It sounds quite interesting. Allison Smith, 2004 Photo:...

Posted Monday February 14, 2005 at 9:16 PM | Full Post

To the script kiddie at IP address 24.154.231.247

I am not amused by having 2GB of traffic from you this month while you were testing some java to...

Posted Monday February 14, 2005 at 6:22 PM | Full Post

New acquisitions - Jennie Portnof

We bought two works on paper by Jennie Portnof (of mr. trinity fame) at the Regarding Clementine show. Here is...

Posted Thursday February 10, 2005 at 2:54 PM | Full Post

Jerry Saltz on the East Village show

I'm just getting around to reading some older stuff I had saved. I was reading Jerry Saltz's review of the...

Posted Wednesday February 9, 2005 at 8:42 PM | Full Post

Professor of Arts and Culture Journalism @ Columbia

Know anyone out there looking for a job? This one at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism looks interesting. [via Andrew...

Posted Wednesday February 9, 2005 at 7:14 PM | Full Post

Regarding Terror: The RAF Exhibition

Joy Garnett has a round-up of the coverage of this show focused on the RAF (aka the Baader-Meinhof Group) in...

Posted Tuesday February 8, 2005 at 11:54 PM | Full Post

Williamsburg gallery crawl Sunday

My favorites: Claudia Weber at Momenta Art, installation Claudia Weber at Momenta Art, large detail of installation Claudia Weber at...

Posted Tuesday February 8, 2005 at 1:49 PM | Full Post

Tribeca Gallery Association - Second Wednesday

If you've been meaning to visit some of the galleries and art spaces of Tribeca, this Wednesday (February 9) would...

Posted Sunday February 6, 2005 at 1:33 PM | Full Post