bloggy: June 2006 Archives

27th Street, Chelsea

Posted Friday June 30, 2006 at 2:37 PM | Full Post

EAI open-air video screening tonight on the Hudson River

Assuming the weather doesn't totally suck, this looks like a fun event tonight. Wednesday, June 28th 9:00 pm Pier 63...

Posted Wednesday June 28, 2006 at 12:20 PM | Full Post

Wendy Heldmann on ArtCat

Wendy Heldmann, Finding noon sleep in winter 4, 2006 acrylic on paper, 20" × 30" I first spotted Wendy's...

Posted Friday June 23, 2006 at 5:22 PM | Full Post

Williamsburg's Galapagos to lobby for aid for emerging artists

When I first came to New York in 1989, I found it hard to believe that artists -- whether visual...

Posted Thursday June 22, 2006 at 12:23 PM | Full Post

"Dead City" extended

I wrote about the show at the beginning of June. It has been extended until June 30th, so you have...

Posted Monday June 19, 2006 at 5:49 PM | Full Post

Like a "Keystone Stasi"

I just read an op ed in Newsday by Ray Lemoine. Ray LeMoine is co-author, with Jeff Neumann and Donovan...

Posted Monday June 19, 2006 at 11:51 AM | Full Post

Goth at Gramercy Park

Carol "Riot" Kane, Sanguine: New Madonna, 2005, plaster and mixed media Seen at this show curated by 31 Grand...

Posted Sunday June 18, 2006 at 11:35 AM | Full Post

Doesn't this read like a parody?

I was reading this article in the New York Times on artists leaving their long-time galleries for others just now....

Posted Saturday June 17, 2006 at 11:55 PM | Full Post

NY Times: "Honor system" is enough

One would think a newspaper that gave the world Jason Blair and Judith Miller as "trusted sources" would be more...

Posted Saturday June 17, 2006 at 5:26 PM | Full Post

Video of Justin Lowe installation at 5BE Oliver Kamm

show info...

Posted Wednesday June 14, 2006 at 10:33 AM | Full Post

Fifth Avenue / Flatiron area

Posted Tuesday June 13, 2006 at 8:49 PM | Full Post

John Copeland at 31 Grand

This is a beautiful show. His use of color and his drawing / painting technique is quite impressive....

Posted Tuesday June 13, 2006 at 10:00 AM | Full Post

"[Enter] Nature" at Galería Galou

Two works from a great show, curated by Marco Antonini, at GalerÃÂa Galou. It's up through June 25. James Paterson:...

Posted Monday June 12, 2006 at 6:46 PM | Full Post

Gyorgy Ligeti, 1923-2006

Gyorgy Ligeti, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, died today. This is one of my favorite...

Posted Monday June 12, 2006 at 6:30 PM | Full Post

'Amadeus' as a riff on Pushkin

Tom Hulce as Mozart in Milos Forman's Amadeus Before today, I never knew that Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus, which...

Posted Sunday June 11, 2006 at 11:53 PM | Full Post

W Magazine's first-ever art issue

Related to my earlier post on the rich and their hunger for art/bohemia, I learn that W Magazine will have...

Posted Friday June 9, 2006 at 12:52 PM | Full Post

Forty!

I turn 40 today. If you run into me tonight at the openings, wish me a happy entry into middle...

Posted Thursday June 8, 2006 at 1:11 PM | Full Post

The Human Rights Campaign: dangerous to homos

I have never cared for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). On a superficial level, I really dislike their equal...

Posted Wednesday June 7, 2006 at 3:58 PM | Full Post

Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia

Portrait of Alexander Herzen (1867), Painted by Nikolai Gay [source] Ooh! Ooh! I want to see this! Lincoln Center...

Posted Sunday June 4, 2006 at 7:42 PM | Full Post

J.T. Kirkland drawings on archival scrapbook paper

J.T. Kirkland Bulb I Ink on archival scrapbook paper 12" × 12" I spotted this on his blog, Thinking...

Posted Saturday June 3, 2006 at 4:44 PM | Full Post

Roebling Hall is closing its Williamsburg location

Gustavo Artigas, Rules of the Game, 2000-2001, video still I think this has already been mentioned on Artnet, but...

Posted Friday June 2, 2006 at 11:18 PM | Full Post

What now for bored rich people? More art / bohemia

Flush with cash from all of their tax cuts and asset appreciation, the rich need new ways to entertain themselves....

Posted Friday June 2, 2006 at 10:47 AM | Full Post

Update on slashed terror funding

I didn't get around to adding these two things yesterday to my previous post. First, the excellent New York Post...

Posted Friday June 2, 2006 at 10:39 AM | Full Post

Dead City by Sheila Callaghan

While Mom was visiting, we took her to see a wonderful new play by Sheila Callaghan, titled Dead City....

Posted Thursday June 1, 2006 at 1:33 PM | Full Post

Working with Republicans is suicidal for New York

I often see arguments that New York needs to work with the GOP, since they control all three branches of...

Posted Thursday June 1, 2006 at 12:21 PM | Full Post