bloggy: March 2005 Archives

Art Lovers New York - the relaunch

Like most people, I am more likely to look at the photo reports from Artnet.com's magazine section than the articles...

Posted Wednesday March 30, 2005 at 5:41 PM | Full Post

Richard Butler @ Van Brunt

White King 50" × 56" Oil on canvas We saw one of Butler's paintings when we visited Van Brunt...

Posted Wednesday March 30, 2005 at 5:04 PM | Full Post

Religion in America: Guilty until proven innocent

I haven't posted much about politics lately, since I don't think there is much point in doing so. However, I...

Posted Tuesday March 29, 2005 at 10:57 PM | Full Post

Note to self, re: MoMA

Never, ever go to MoMA on a day when one wants to use the coat check. There was a 20+...

Posted Monday March 28, 2005 at 5:19 PM | Full Post

Video blogging

I look at several photo blogs, but Mica Scalin's Hello? is the first video blog I've seen. She has some...

Posted Monday March 28, 2005 at 1:15 PM | Full Post

Courses at MoMA / reading list

I'm intriuged by the courses in modern and contemporary art at MoMA. The member price of $130 is quite good....

Posted Monday March 28, 2005 at 1:11 PM | Full Post

Congratulations to Joe Ovelman

Joe is now part of the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum, according to Artnet. Collectors Janice and Mickey Cartin have...

Posted Monday March 28, 2005 at 12:50 AM | Full Post

Quote

A photograph of a celebrity is a thing, not a picture. - Rachel Harrison...

Posted Sunday March 27, 2005 at 1:39 AM | Full Post

Despair

I don't actually feel this way. I've found denial to be very effective. I just like the comic....

Posted Saturday March 26, 2005 at 12:34 AM | Full Post

Public Art

Improv Everywhere's latest action, titled Look Up More at Union Square. [photo from the site] -- Via Wooster Collective,...

Posted Thursday March 24, 2005 at 10:42 AM | Full Post

Good stuff last Saturday in Chelsea

We had a good day in Chelsea on Saturday. I told a gallerist that we had seen no duds that...

Posted Wednesday March 23, 2005 at 1:43 PM | Full Post

Keeping up the phone cam tradition

The last time I put up a photo from a Foxy Production Paper Rad show, I used my phone cam....

Posted Saturday March 19, 2005 at 8:25 PM | Full Post

Still Life, 22nd Street, Chelsea

Posted Saturday March 19, 2005 at 7:41 PM | Full Post

Renee Riccardo - ARENA online

Curator extraordinaire Renee Riccardo has put up a page on Artnet with images of artists within her purview, including Michelle...

Posted Saturday March 19, 2005 at 1:37 PM | Full Post

Posting to resume soon

Sorry I haven't posted much. I'm working and feeling a bit under the weather after all of the art excitement...

Posted Friday March 18, 2005 at 5:05 PM | Full Post

Eric Doeringer

We saw some good stuff today (now yesterday) at Eric Doeringer's one-day show at Apex Art....

Posted Sunday March 13, 2005 at 1:30 AM | Full Post

DiVA Art Fair

We went to the DiVA Art Fair today, and it was definitely the most pleasant experience of all of my...

Posted Saturday March 12, 2005 at 11:49 PM | Full Post

Armory Show 2005, Part 2

Some more quick notes, before I head out to the DIVA fair and Apex Art: Two of the best overall...

Posted Saturday March 12, 2005 at 1:53 PM | Full Post

Don't pay retail

Don't pay retail at Armory! Get thee to Apex Art today to check out the Eric Doeringer Cattalan-inspired installation,...

Posted Saturday March 12, 2005 at 12:57 AM | Full Post

Scope

Astrid Bowlby installation (Gallery Joe) Too tired to post much, but the galleries that made the biggest impression on...

Posted Saturday March 12, 2005 at 12:38 AM | Full Post

Armory Show 2005, Part 1

My shoes on Logo no. 16 (2005) by Richard Woods at Kenny Schachter An impressionistic account of our first...

Posted Thursday March 10, 2005 at 11:44 PM | Full Post

Artful Dodgers

No, this is not why we wanted press credentials for Armory. Trust me, we are not likely to ever be...

Posted Wednesday March 9, 2005 at 5:49 PM | Full Post

List of art events this week

For details on Armory, Scope, DiVA, Art Rock, etc., check out this artnet.com page. Armory update: Regarding press access, James...

Posted Tuesday March 8, 2005 at 4:35 PM | Full Post

Buy some art, get your dharma on

Remy Toledo Gallery is hosting a moderately-priced art benefit for Queer Dharma featuring a lot of emerging artists on Wednesday,...

Posted Tuesday March 8, 2005 at 2:29 PM | Full Post

Art Rock - contemporary art at Rockefeller Center

Yeah for Clementine Gallery! After being rejected by The Armory Show, they took matters into their own hands and ended...

Posted Monday March 7, 2005 at 6:09 PM | Full Post

Love those gates!

Spotted in my subway station....

Posted Monday March 7, 2005 at 5:32 PM | Full Post

Downtown theater

We watched Hi, Mom (1970) by Brian De Palma, with Robert De Niro, tonight. My reaction to the Be Black...

Posted Saturday March 5, 2005 at 12:07 AM | Full Post

Tribeca Gallery Association - Second Wednesday March 9

There is a lot going on March 9, including the latest Second Wednesday downtown. I doubt we will make it,...

Posted Friday March 4, 2005 at 9:46 AM | Full Post

Learning more about Lorna Simpson

I have been intrigued by her work when I see it, but I would like to read some more about...

Posted Friday March 4, 2005 at 8:49 AM | Full Post

Hurrah! Wessel + O'Connor reopens this month in DUMBO

Their web page isn't updated, but we got an invitation for the first show, so check it out on ArtCal....

Posted Thursday March 3, 2005 at 10:36 PM | Full Post

Hey! They left us off!

Jules de Balincourt, Land of Many Uses, 2003 I was looking at the New York Magazine article titled The...

Posted Thursday March 3, 2005 at 9:32 PM | Full Post

Joe Ovelman at Conner Contemporary in DC

Snow Queen (9) 2003, c-print, 11 × 17 inches For those in the DC area, or those that feel...

Posted Tuesday March 1, 2005 at 10:40 AM | Full Post

The things a gallery will do to get noticed

Yesterday we received a postcard from a gallery addressed to: St. James Wagner...

Posted Tuesday March 1, 2005 at 10:01 AM | Full Post