bloggy: May 2006 Archives

Seeking a web designer for ArtCat

I need help finding a designer for ArtCat. I'm planning to bring everything under one roof -- web hosting, calendar...

Posted Wednesday May 31, 2006 at 12:37 PM | Full Post

Zombies in the Zeitgeist

Sixspace in Los Angeles just opened a show of oil on canvas and oil on paper works by Chad Robertson,...

Posted Tuesday May 30, 2006 at 7:22 PM | Full Post

Parnassus silent art auction - May 30

This looks like a really good art benefit on Tuesday night. Heidi Cho Gallery is hosting a silent art...

Posted Monday May 29, 2006 at 11:49 PM | Full Post

Pablo Helguera's "The School of Panamerican Unrest"

Pablo Helguera [source] James and I came across this very interesting young artist at Julia Friedman's now-closed gallery in...

Posted Monday May 29, 2006 at 12:01 PM | Full Post

Hudson Valley Road Trip

Stone building on grounds of Locust Lawn Ground Hog coffee house and motorcyle company in Wappinger Falls James, Mom,...

Posted Sunday May 28, 2006 at 7:29 PM | Full Post

Plan B Prevails

Jill Auckenthaler I uploaded a few images from the Plan B Prevails opening. Go here to see them....

Posted Saturday May 27, 2006 at 1:10 AM | Full Post

Light posting

Mom's visiting this week, so posting will be light or non-existant. Flickr photos might appear....

Posted Thursday May 25, 2006 at 10:42 AM | Full Post

Comments are now moderated

I don't enjoy coming home to the level of discourse I get when my post on Jean Rohe's speech has...

Posted Thursday May 25, 2006 at 12:41 AM | Full Post

Plan B re-opening covered by Crain's New York

The story is here....

Posted Monday May 22, 2006 at 2:19 PM | Full Post

Sounds like a culture war

"Sounds like a culture war" was James's reaction when I told him about the New York Daily News editorial on...

Posted Sunday May 21, 2006 at 9:25 PM | Full Post

Jean Rohe's graduation speech

Jean Rohe was the speaker at the New School graduation before John McCain. Many of the students were understandably...

Posted Saturday May 20, 2006 at 8:04 PM | Full Post

SONYA Studio Stroll

When I did my weekend events list earlier, I can't believe I forgot to mention this weekend's South Of the...

Posted Saturday May 20, 2006 at 3:09 PM | Full Post

Olafur Eliasson at Tanya Bonakdar

The show is up through May 27th....

Posted Friday May 19, 2006 at 1:45 PM | Full Post

Village Independent Democrats endorse Hilary's primary rival

The Villager has an article on the endorsement of Jonathan Tasini, who is running against Hilary Clinton for the...

Posted Friday May 19, 2006 at 12:12 PM | Full Post

Revolocity: The Bicycle Ball

James Wagner, Critical Mass on 23rd Street Tomorrow Saturday night there is a party / fundraiser for cyclist legal...

Posted Thursday May 18, 2006 at 5:33 PM | Full Post

Weekend events

I don't have a good system set up for these one-time events on ArtCal yet, so here are some pointers...

Posted Thursday May 18, 2006 at 10:37 AM | Full Post

Manhattan User's Guide recommends ArtCal

Check it out....

Posted Wednesday May 17, 2006 at 11:05 AM | Full Post

Jack Pierson at Cheim and Read

This was my favorite work in his show at Cheim and Read. Related: Heart as Arena...

Posted Wednesday May 17, 2006 at 11:02 AM | Full Post

Hotel Chelsea Blog on May Wilson

May Wilson Check out Hotel Chelsea Blog on May Wilson's work in a group show at Pavel Zoubok. Here...

Posted Wednesday May 17, 2006 at 10:54 AM | Full Post

Awesome meal

Switching to more of a personal blog here... James made an amazing meal for me last night: Pasta With...

Posted Wednesday May 17, 2006 at 9:58 AM | Full Post

Anish Kapoor at Rockefeller Center

I learn from the New York Times that the Public Art Fund is sponsoring a new work by him at...

Posted Tuesday May 16, 2006 at 3:04 PM | Full Post

Art and test screenings

Ed Alcock for The New York Times While the Orangerie museum was rebuilt around them for six years, Monet's...

Posted Tuesday May 16, 2006 at 12:44 PM | Full Post

Judy Glantzman at Betty Cuningham Gallery

Judy Glantzman Untitled, 2004 Oil on canvas 90 × 80 inches [installation and detail views] We visited this show...

Posted Monday May 15, 2006 at 7:00 PM | Full Post

Linkage

L. Dennis Kozlowski, the imprisoned former Tyco International Ltd. chief executive officer, will pay $21.2 million in return for...

Posted Sunday May 14, 2006 at 2:23 PM | Full Post

Brooklyn College MFA to re-open on May 24th

The Brooklyn College show will have a re-opening on May 24th from 6-9PM at 70 Washington Street in DUMBO. James...

Posted Saturday May 13, 2006 at 1:53 PM | Full Post

Linkage

Speaking of Ashes on beauty and politics in art: one two - the second image makes me think of...

Posted Friday May 12, 2006 at 1:22 PM | Full Post

Jennifer Coates at Feigen Contemporary

Jennifer Coates, Creeper (detail), 2006, Acrylic on canvas, 60" × 72" This is my first posting of an image...

Posted Thursday May 11, 2006 at 10:46 PM | Full Post

Mark Creegan on ArtCat

Mark Creegan Watershed, 2004 used watercolor pans, tape on wall ArtCat has a new artist client, and this time...

Posted Thursday May 11, 2006 at 8:37 PM | Full Post

Victoria Roberts at Marion's

I bet most people didn't know that the New Yorker cartoonist is also a performance artist. This was at...

Posted Thursday May 11, 2006 at 10:00 AM | Full Post

Zach Feuer and the Dana Schutz museum story

The latest ArtInfo interview is with Zach Feuer, and he addresses the story we've all heard about requiring collectors to...

Posted Wednesday May 10, 2006 at 10:23 PM | Full Post

David Noonan at Art Rock 2006

David Noonan Untitled, 2006 Silkscreen on linen, framed 38 × 30 in /97 × 76.8 cm Edition 1/1 Yesterday,...

Posted Wednesday May 10, 2006 at 8:18 PM | Full Post

New York Times working on a NY politics blog

Liza Sabater of CultureKitchen and Daily Gotham, was checking out her stats when she noticed a link from...

Posted Wednesday May 10, 2006 at 1:07 PM | Full Post

Let's hope there will always be a DKS

I'm happy that many people are fans of ArtCal, and the so-called value of "accuracy" is occasionally mentioned. ArtCal may...

Posted Wednesday May 10, 2006 at 12:37 PM | Full Post

Bloomberg is no "arts supporter"

I'm not interested in hearing about how Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a patron of the arts. His response to the...

Posted Tuesday May 9, 2006 at 9:50 PM | Full Post

Robin Foottit at Hagan Saint Philip

Comic on Terror (detail) Comin on Terror (installation view) Installation view, including Kong Stones wall drawing We visited the...

Posted Tuesday May 9, 2006 at 9:07 PM | Full Post

Stefan Brüggemann, "Looks Conceptual"

I was looking at the brochure for Extra City, a new(?) contemporary art space in Antwerp. I had heard of...

Posted Tuesday May 9, 2006 at 8:50 PM | Full Post

New design launched

I upgraded to the latest version of Movable Type and re-designed. Did you notice? Send e-mail or add a comment...

Posted Monday May 8, 2006 at 3:50 PM | Full Post

Joe Ovelman Wall - 10th Avenue and 23rd Street

James and I took photos of Joe Ovelman's wall at 23rd and Tenth Avenue this morning. Yes, I said morning....

Posted Saturday May 6, 2006 at 8:21 PM | Full Post

Brooklyn College show in Crain's

I just got a news alert from Crain's. Link is here, but I'll excerpt the parts I find interesting: Commissioner...

Posted Friday May 5, 2006 at 4:27 PM | Full Post

Brooklyn College MFA show shut down by Parks Dept.

I received an e-mail from Christopher Moss, one of the artists in Plan B, the MFA thesis exhibit for...

Posted Friday May 5, 2006 at 10:29 AM | Full Post

Joe Ovelman - watch for it!

The best reason to be in Chelsea on Saturday? James can tell you....

Posted Thursday May 4, 2006 at 10:17 PM | Full Post

BAM Art auction

Brooklyn Academy of Music has a great silent auction which ends on May 7. You can bid online via...

Posted Thursday May 4, 2006 at 10:10 PM | Full Post

Jersey City as part of the ArtCal world

I should have done it sooner, but I've added Jersey City as a neighborhood for ArtCal, and added the first...

Posted Wednesday May 3, 2006 at 11:47 PM | Full Post

The Civilians benefit - code for $10 off

For the starving artists out there who want to see the likes of DJ Spooky and The Wau Wau Sisters...

Posted Wednesday May 3, 2006 at 9:56 PM | Full Post

New gallery client - DCKT Contemporary

My ArtCat service has a new gallery client: Remember, I host artist pages too if you know anyone looking for...

Posted Wednesday May 3, 2006 at 2:32 PM | Full Post