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Infoshop News - Exxon Hacks the Yes MenOne day after the Yes Men made a joke announcement that ExxonMobil...
Posted Saturday June 30, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

Tax evasion


  This bit of street art seems to be a trend in Chelsea. See also: this photo from Michael...
Posted Saturday June 30, 2007 at 8:08 PM | Full Post

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onNYTurf: More Mass Bike Clippings By NYPD - This Time in WilliamsburgOn June 28, without any warning, officers at...
Posted Friday June 29, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

Paying customers only


James has a post on a proposal from The Mayor's Office of Theater, Film, and Broadcasting to make it harder...
Posted Friday June 29, 2007 at 9:15 PM | Full Post

Van Gogh and Expressionism at the Neue Galerie


Egon Schiele The Artist’s Bedroom in Neulengbach, 1911   This show ends July 2nd. We saw it yesterday (after...
Posted Friday June 29, 2007 at 1:31 PM | Full Post

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Anti-Murdoch protest from reporters at the Wall Street JournalWall Street Journal reporters across the country chose not to show...
Posted Thursday June 28, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

This does not seems like a recipe for a good police department


Smaller NYPD class raises fears, AM New York (emphasis mine below) Researchers and city officials Wednesday wondered if an increasingly...
Posted Thursday June 28, 2007 at 12:24 PM | Full Post

Pucci


  Related:...
Posted Thursday June 28, 2007 at 11:55 AM | Full Post

Foxy Production expanding overseas?


Hany Armanious, Lion Eyes, 2004-7 (detail view)   A bilingual announcement of a show in Paris arrived in my...
Posted Thursday June 28, 2007 at 10:55 AM | Full Post

Gone Missing


See! I told you to go. Time Out NY loves it. We're seeing it tonight (Thursday). Yet no mere catalog...
Posted Thursday June 28, 2007 at 1:02 AM | Full Post

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Edward_ Winkleman - The Logic Behind the 50/50 SplitAmazing post by Edward Winkleman about the economics of running an...
Posted Wednesday June 27, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

31 Grand announces its re-opening on the Lower East Side


Tom Sanford, Beckhams diptych [found on his blog] I'm so happy that they've announced the opening date for their...
Posted Wednesday June 27, 2007 at 9:17 PM | Full Post

Jacques Louis Vidal at SUNDAY - more performances


Jacques tells me there will be more performances on July 6 and 7 at SUNDAY. See the previous blog post...
Posted Wednesday June 27, 2007 at 10:44 AM | Full Post

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Germany Bans Cruise Film Project from Military SitesA movie about an assasination attempt against Adolf Hitler has been barred...
Posted Tuesday June 26, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

Two musical videos


Two fun YouTube finds. Dan Deacon! I own a CD of his music. Local television in Savannah/Hilton Head is pretty...
Posted Tuesday June 26, 2007 at 11:43 AM | Full Post

James Kalm's video of the NURTUREart benefit


  It's not as mortifying as I feared, although the bags under my eyes are pretty impressive. He did...
Posted Tuesday June 26, 2007 at 12:59 AM | Full Post

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Media Matters - George Will: Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign spoke "for people furious about the '60s tumults"In his column...
Posted Monday June 25, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

Art dealers as real estate developers


Apparently, Jack Shainman isn't the only art dealer involved in real estate these days. Check out the website for The...
Posted Monday June 25, 2007 at 12:59 PM | Full Post

Ohad Naharin's Decadance at Cedar Lake


The Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet performing “Arab Line.” (Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times)   Cedar Lake Dance, the...
Posted Monday June 25, 2007 at 10:17 AM | Full Post

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About RSS - The Zen of MLMGood description of RSS feeds and why non-geeks should care about themtags: rss...
Posted Sunday June 24, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

Brought to you by the letter A


Posted Sunday June 24, 2007 at 11:09 PM | Full Post

Another chance to see "Taking One For The Team"


I wrote about this excellent short work when we saw it in March. Now there is another chance to see...
Posted Sunday June 24, 2007 at 9:27 PM | Full Post

Jacques Louis Vidal at SUNDAY


  I've uploaded a flickr set from Jacques's opening on Friday. The show is titled "Wood Folks is Good...
Posted Sunday June 24, 2007 at 8:02 PM | Full Post

Operation Azra - online photography auction


  Via Caryn Coleman I learned of this benefit. There is an exhibition tomorrow at the Bubble Lounge, and...
Posted Sunday June 24, 2007 at 4:06 PM | Full Post

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Anti-spam activists strikeour nephew Joe Wagner in the news for (successfully) taking spammers to small claims courttags: spam joewagner...
Posted Saturday June 23, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

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Preserving the 'Texas German'University researchers in the United States are documenting a dying Texas dialect born of German more...
Posted Friday June 22, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

John Connelly Presents joins ArtCat


assume vivid astro focus installation view with happy viewer   ArtCat's relentless march across 27th Street continues. John Connelly...
Posted Friday June 22, 2007 at 4:01 PM | Full Post

Too much to do today!


  For a Friday in June, there is a lot going on tonight. Some recommendations follow. Chelsea Opening Bayard,...
Posted Friday June 22, 2007 at 2:59 PM | Full Post

legaleagle by Peter Corrie


  A new image from Peter Corrie, found in his flickr feed. He was in the show we curated...
Posted Friday June 22, 2007 at 1:27 PM | Full Post

While on the subject of parade permits


For those of you following along, I'm wondering if the powers that be are realizing that appearing to be hostile...
Posted Friday June 22, 2007 at 12:40 PM | Full Post

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Rockefeller Foundation launches arts fund | Crain's New York BusinessRockefeller Foundation Associate Director Joan Shigekawa says potential grantees could...
Posted Thursday June 21, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

LoVid


    Here are another couple of images from the Renee Ricardo-curated show I mentioned yesterday. The works are...
Posted Thursday June 21, 2007 at 1:27 PM | Full Post

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Trojans Lurking In Fake Video Postings On YouTubeIn the past week, two fake video postings have been set up...
Posted Wednesday June 20, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

Doug Morris


    A full image and a detail of a Doug Morris foam and ribbon sculpture from "Homegrown" at...
Posted Wednesday June 20, 2007 at 3:41 PM | Full Post

More fun Blair news


Related to my previous post, here are a couple of news items of note. President Bush has spoken to UK...
Posted Wednesday June 20, 2007 at 3:18 PM | Full Post

The Trial of Tony Blair


Robert Lindsay as Tony Blair BBC America presented this film on Sunday, but James and I just watched it...
Posted Wednesday June 20, 2007 at 12:21 AM | Full Post

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ArtCal - Leo Koenig, Inc. - You Always Move in ReverseSpecial Performance featuring Lydia Lunch on Thursday, June 28th...
Posted Tuesday June 19, 2007 at 11:35 PM | Full Post

MIX Festival celebrity camera auction on eBay


Joe Ovelman just wrote to tell us about the eBay celebrity camera auction benefiting the MIX Festival. There are...
Posted Tuesday June 19, 2007 at 1:34 PM | Full Post

Full disclosure


Sarah Peters Séance 2005 pen, pencil and charcoal on paper 18" × 24"   On Friday, James and I...
Posted Monday June 18, 2007 at 3:40 PM | Full Post

Iraq Veterans Against the War - NYC Memorial Day


Operation First Casualty, Memorial Day 2007. Photo by Lovella Calica. (From the Brooklyn Rail)   I can't believe I...
Posted Monday June 18, 2007 at 2:23 PM | Full Post

Black Flag / Flag Day (found on Flickr)


Black Flag at the Fireman's Hall in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. June 14, 1985. Henry was all giggly excited about...
Posted Sunday June 17, 2007 at 12:49 PM | Full Post

NYPD: in charge of your liberties


Am I the only one who finds it odd that the New York Police Department is in charge of deciding...
Posted Sunday June 17, 2007 at 11:03 AM | Full Post

Buy Art


Taken on the roof of the excellent party for Paige West's new book....
Posted Saturday June 16, 2007 at 7:39 PM | Full Post

Breaking news - Bard Family forced out at the Hotel Chelsea


Hotel Chelsea Blog reports that the Bard family has been forced out of their management role. The family has...
Posted Saturday June 16, 2007 at 6:39 PM | Full Post

Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick


Entrance of Pocket Utopia, with a salon poster intervention by Jonathan VanDyke The page on ArtCal formerly know as...
Posted Saturday June 16, 2007 at 5:28 PM | Full Post

The Civilians "Gone Missing"


"I Gave It Away" Maria Dizzia, Jennifer R. Morris, Alison Weller The Belt Theater Photograph: Leslie Lyons The Civilians...
Posted Thursday June 14, 2007 at 3:31 PM | Full Post

Jonathan VanDyke at Pocket Utopia


One of Jonathan VanDyke's "trees" at Pocket Utopia. Read James's post for more information, and check out my flickr...
Posted Wednesday June 13, 2007 at 2:53 PM | Full Post

Museum Mile tonight


Daniel Isengart at the 28th Museum Mile Festival, 2006   Tonight is Museum Mile, when 23 blocks of Fifth...
Posted Tuesday June 12, 2007 at 11:24 AM | Full Post

"a gathering of squirms" by snailbooty on flickr


  I stumbled across this on flickr and liked it....
Posted Monday June 11, 2007 at 12:03 PM | Full Post

Democrats vote to fund abstinence-only sex education


Via Digby. Abstinence-only sex education is basically another way to send tax dollars to right-wing fundamentalist organizations. Remind me again...
Posted Sunday June 10, 2007 at 11:11 PM | Full Post

Larissa Bates work at Monya Rowe


  I spotted this piece in the office at Monya Rowe Gallery yesterday. Go here to see a larger...
Posted Sunday June 10, 2007 at 7:10 PM | Full Post

Williamsburg Giglio


The Dancing of the Giglio will take place this year on July 8th and 15th. Here is a link...
Posted Saturday June 9, 2007 at 7:42 PM | Full Post

Amy Sillman & Gregg Bordowitz tonight


  This looks like a good thing to attend tonight. We're stopping by before hitting a play at Atlantic...
Posted Thursday June 7, 2007 at 1:45 PM | Full Post

Mix recommendation


Via Blentwell I found this mix which is made up of sounds found via shortwave plus other songs. Visit lowlightmixes...
Posted Wednesday June 6, 2007 at 2:56 PM | Full Post

NURTUREart Benefit


Reminder: The NURTUREart benefit is tomorrow (Monday) at CUE Art Foundation on 25th Street in Chelsea. Come see us and...
Posted Sunday June 3, 2007 at 11:32 PM | Full Post

Baroque Sphinx


  Spotted at La Granja de San Ildefonso, only 34 miles north of Madrid....
Posted Saturday June 2, 2007 at 10:43 AM | Full Post

Bushwick Open Studios & Arts Festival


It's happening this weekend, June 1-3. Check out the website for a map and schedule....
Posted Friday June 1, 2007 at 1:23 PM | Full Post

Contemporary art at Saks Fifth Avenue


Rune Olsen, Kissing Wolves   Our friend Rune Olsen's sculpture of "Kissing Wolves" goes on display today in a...
Posted Friday June 1, 2007 at 1:14 PM | Full Post
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