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Two recommended benefits are coming up: This Monday May 12 you should join us for The Civilians' benefit titled "Paris...
Posted Friday May 9, 2008 at 1:56 PM | Full Post

Event recommendations


Elevator Repair Service in "The Sound And The Fury" James and I have been busy attending music and theater...
Posted Friday May 9, 2008 at 1:36 PM | Full Post

Flora Wiegmann performance during Whitney Biennial press preview


Here is my quick video of Flora Wiegmann's performance during the preview of the Whitney Biennial as part of...
Posted Wednesday March 12, 2008 at 12:35 PM | Full Post

Cinema Zero at The Kitchen


performance by Flora Wiegman at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, 8/14/2007 James and I already bought our tickets to this. Can't...
Posted Thursday February 21, 2008 at 5:03 PM | Full Post

Performance recommendation


James and I just bought tickets to see David Gordon's "Uncivil Wars: Collaborating with Brecht & Eisler" at The Kitchen....
Posted Wednesday November 28, 2007 at 10:20 AM | Full Post

Ed Hamilton reading / Asian Contemporary Art Fair


Ed Hamilton, of the Hotel Chelsea Blog, will be reading tonight from is new book, Legends of the Chelsea...
Posted Thursday November 8, 2007 at 1:50 PM | Full Post

improvisational dance performance by Felicia Ballos and Flora Wiegman


This is going on until 6pm today at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, so you have about half an hour to...
Posted Tuesday August 14, 2007 at 5:23 PM | Full Post

Two performance recommendations tomorrow


As we move into the middle of August and Chelsea starts shutting down for the month, there are still some...
Posted Monday August 13, 2007 at 5:41 PM | Full Post

Barricades


If I could believe that going to a barricade would affect man's fate in the slightest I would go to...
Posted Monday July 30, 2007 at 9:47 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

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

Art & Performance recommendations


June 1 The artist Austin Thomas is having an opening for her new gallery space, called Pocket Utopia (site coming...
Posted Thursday May 31, 2007 at 12:23 PM | Full Post

Tribeca Film Festival at The Reeler


Check out my friend Stu's The Reeler for all of your Tribeca coverage. We -- I'm the tech consultant...
Posted Wednesday April 25, 2007 at 2:17 PM | Full Post

Benefits - support art, music, and theater


Here is a reminder to buy tickets to the benefit events of Rhizome (April 16) and The Civilians (April 18)....
Posted Friday April 13, 2007 at 3:09 PM | Full Post

Mirandy July website


  I love the website for Miranda July's new book of short stories....
Posted Sunday April 8, 2007 at 2:59 PM | Full Post

The Civilians benefit - Resurrection Vaudeville


I see today that The Civilians are listed in Time Out New York as one of eight Off-Off Broadway...
Posted Wednesday April 4, 2007 at 4:48 PM | Full Post

Another performance recommendation


Keigwin Kaberet is coming up at Symphony Space in early April. We first saw Larry Keigwin dance a beautiful Nijinsky...
Posted Monday March 19, 2007 at 1:02 PM | Full Post

Performance recommendations


James and I are going to two dance/theater works soon. They're both people we love and have seen before: Ann...
Posted Sunday March 18, 2007 at 6:39 PM | Full Post

Idiocracy


Idiocracy is one of my favorite films of the last couple of years. Speak Up has a great write-up on...
Posted Saturday March 17, 2007 at 1:56 PM | Full Post

Taking One for the Team / Catalogue of Ships


Given the recent Scooter Libby trial, now seems like a good time to mention a short theater work that James...
Posted Monday March 12, 2007 at 5:09 PM | Full Post

Berlin Alexandeplatz coming to MoMA


Yeah! The Reeler informs us that the newly restored print of Fassbinder's "Berlin Alexanderplatz" is coming to MoMA in April....
Posted Monday February 12, 2007 at 8:17 PM | Full Post

Video teasers for dance on YouTube


This is a good idea. Pallisimo is presenting a new dance work at PS122, December 7-10, and put up a...
Posted Wednesday November 22, 2006 at 12:59 PM | Full Post

If I were going to study some interesting sound design techniques


... I would sign up for the class that John Moran is teaching at 3rd Ward. Introduction to Soundtrack Instructor:...
Posted Wednesday November 1, 2006 at 11:51 PM | Full Post

Body on the platform


James and I went to a couple of openings last night at Apex and KS Art before seeing Adam Bock's...
Posted Thursday October 19, 2006 at 3:37 PM | Full Post

You mean there are creative women?


Wonder what that headline's about? Check out Art Fag City and Jen Bekman on the idea of a "Creativity Now"...
Posted Wednesday October 11, 2006 at 10:33 PM | Full Post

The Reeler


I helped S.T. VanAirsdale with all of the tech work to launch his new and improved website covering all kinds...
Posted Saturday September 30, 2006 at 10:19 PM | Full Post

Vinegar Hill slideshow


James and I walked around DUMBO and Vinegar Hill today. In addition to seeing some great buildings, we also...
Posted Sunday September 17, 2006 at 9:57 PM | Full Post

Poetry


If a people have never spoken, the first words they utter are poetry. -- Ferdinando Camon in La Stampa, December...
Posted Tuesday August 29, 2006 at 6:52 PM | Full Post

I hope I like it better than "The Gates"


From Crain's NY: A major public art project will be unveiled in January as part of the mayor's plan to...
Posted Tuesday July 25, 2006 at 3:57 PM | Full Post

More on economics and emerging artists in NYC


No, I'm not dead. Just slowed down by the weather (except today) and a huge number of projects. As a...
Posted Thursday July 6, 2006 at 3:49 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Momenta Benefit - get your tickets now


James and I visited White Columns today to see the works in the Momenta benefit which happens Saturday night. There...
Posted Friday April 28, 2006 at 1:00 AM | Full Post

The Civilians: Patriot Acts


Regular readers of bloggy know that I'm a fan of this wonderful theater group known as The Civilians. Here...
Posted Wednesday April 26, 2006 at 4:50 PM | Full Post

Michael Rakowitz - Taking back the streets


This is great. I've always been amazed by the idea of free street parking in New York, especially in...
Posted Wednesday April 26, 2006 at 12:01 PM | Full Post

Carry Moyer on Blalla W. Hallmann at Thomas Erben


Blalla W. Hallmann, Vater, Vater, warum haßt Du mich verlassen! (Father, Father, why Hate You Forsaken Me!) 1990, acrylic...
Posted Sunday April 23, 2006 at 10:06 PM | Full Post

William Powhida in Seattle


Medium NYC has a post on William Powhida's show at Platform Gallery in Seattle. Check it out. Here is a...
Posted Sunday April 23, 2006 at 8:44 PM | Full Post

Where Art and Life Collide: Ron Athey - Franko B - Vaginal Davis


Vaginal Davis Jonathan Berger has organized series of premiere performances, lectures and events running April 28 - May 5...
Posted Monday April 17, 2006 at 6:02 PM | Full Post

Echo Eggebrecht at Sixspace in Los Angeles


I am a fan of Echo Eggebrecht's work, as I have written before. She has a solo show at Sixspace...
Posted Tuesday April 11, 2006 at 3:41 PM | Full Post

John Weir: What I Did Wrong


Gothamist has a small review of John Weir's new book, What I Did Wrong. The best part about the...
Posted Monday April 10, 2006 at 1:39 PM | Full Post

Going to Hell at P.S. 122


Icelanders, photo by Dona Ann McAdams Michael Turay as The Gnome, photo by Dona Ann McAdams It's a cheesy...
Posted Thursday April 6, 2006 at 11:35 AM | Full Post

ArtCal - now with weekly e-mail announcements


I have just added weekly e-mail announcements for ArtCal. Go here to see a sample and sign up....
Posted Thursday March 30, 2006 at 1:44 PM | Full Post

Standards


Hermann and Juan source A question asked by the character Hermann Simon (a young composer), in Heimat 2: Are...
Posted Monday March 27, 2006 at 12:55 PM | Full Post

Fake Jack Piersons at Barneys


This is pretty crass. Tyler already posted it (Don't miss his image), but I got the email too and wanted...
Posted Monday March 27, 2006 at 12:37 PM | Full Post

Physical Plant's "Not Clown" at Soho Rep


NOT CLOWN by Steve Moore + Carlos Treviño DIRECTED by Carlos Treviño In a time when clowns are tortured...
Posted Friday March 24, 2006 at 11:05 AM | Full Post

Like Starlings


Like starlings on a trash-strewn field the hipsters alight together, peck intently for a time, and at some indiscernible signal...
Posted Thursday March 23, 2006 at 10:30 PM | Full Post

Saturday highlights in Chelsea


Favorite things seen in Chelsea on Saturday: Brock Enright & Ivan Hürzeler's Forest at Cynthia Broan You have one more...
Posted Monday March 20, 2006 at 8:07 PM | Full Post

Froth happens: Thoughts on the art fairs and "the market"


I was surprised by the number of people who had really negative things to say about the Scope fair....
Posted Saturday March 18, 2006 at 8:13 PM | Full Post

Photos from the art fairs


I have finished uploading and labeling 192 photos from last week's art fairs to my Flickr feed. Go here...
Posted Saturday March 18, 2006 at 7:53 PM | Full Post

Interview with Art Fag City's Paddy Johnson


ARTList has a great interview up now with Paddy Johnson of Art Fag City, one of my daily blog...
Posted Friday March 17, 2006 at 4:52 PM | Full Post

Sophie Scholl at Film Forum


Memorial at Geschwister Scholl Platz   We saw Sophie Scholl at Film Forum yesterday. It's a very powerful film...
Posted Wednesday March 15, 2006 at 8:40 PM | Full Post

On the MTA's attempted murder of Williamsburg's gallery scene


image source I don't normally recommend reading the New York Sun, but my friend Madge the Manicurist sent me...
Posted Wednesday March 15, 2006 at 7:57 PM | Full Post

LA = divas?


The funniest thing I heard about the art fairs was said to me last night at the closing party at...
Posted Tuesday March 14, 2006 at 7:42 PM | Full Post

A new gallery website as ArtCat spreads beyond New York


I've just launched a new gallery site running on the ArtCat system: Thomas Robertello Gallery (Chicago) To give you a...
Posted Tuesday March 14, 2006 at 6:47 PM | Full Post

Don't miss Scope


I'm too tired to post more at the moment, but based on all that I've seen so far, the Scope...
Posted Friday March 10, 2006 at 11:37 PM | Full Post

Art Fairs Day one


Valerie Hegarty installation at Guild & Greyshkul   We attended the press preview of the Armory Show today. It...
Posted Thursday March 9, 2006 at 11:38 PM | Full Post

In March We Remember


I know everyone is distracted by the Whitney Biennial and the art fairs, but it has now been three years...
Posted Tuesday March 7, 2006 at 1:37 PM | Full Post

Artist & Gallery RSS feeds


Sorry to be commercial here, but I wanted to announce that the sites I host on ArtCat (see clients list)...
Posted Monday March 6, 2006 at 10:08 PM | Full Post

Two recommendations for people in Boston


We'll miss them, but I recommend two shows in Boston: Chris Martin at Bernard Toale - up through March 18...
Posted Monday March 6, 2006 at 8:31 PM | Full Post

Mindy Tucker's The Lance Project


Mindy Tucker The artist's description of the project: The Lance Project consists of images of young men who resemble...
Posted Sunday March 5, 2006 at 2:16 PM | Full Post

Odd Couple


This is the funniest photo I've seen so far from the Whitney Biennial....
Posted Saturday March 4, 2006 at 12:15 AM | Full Post

The visibility of Altria at The Whitney


I forgot to mention one thing that surprised me about the press remarks at the Whitney Biennial press preview. The...
Posted Thursday March 2, 2006 at 1:48 PM | Full Post

Too much for one day!


Just Call Me the Queen of the World 'Cause Just Got ROYALLY FUCKED!, 2004, Ken Weaver Oil pastel on...
Posted Thursday March 2, 2006 at 12:04 PM | Full Post

Whitney Biennial


Urs Fischer installation view, with Kenneth Anger's room visible in the background James and I attended the press preview...
Posted Wednesday March 1, 2006 at 5:39 PM | Full Post

Midtown highlights


James and I ventured up to midtown on Tuesday to see several shows. The highlights: Pablo Bronstein, Theatre, 2005, ink,...
Posted Thursday February 23, 2006 at 6:56 PM | Full Post

Charlie Finch / Artnet


I don't think I can think of anything to add to the good blogosphere writing on the subject of Finch's...
Posted Tuesday February 14, 2006 at 2:52 PM | Full Post

Biltmore Syndrome


Via Culturebot I found this great slapdown by David Cote in Time Out New York of mediocre, safe uptown theater....
Posted Friday February 10, 2006 at 3:53 PM | Full Post

Contemporary Artists Meet Himalayan Art at the Rubin Museum in Chelsea


Andrew Maerkle is curating a series of (free!) informal talks and tours of the Museum’s galleries on Friday evenings...
Posted Friday February 10, 2006 at 2:41 PM | Full Post

Amy Grant + Stefan Tcherepnin at Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery


I'm trying out a new feature on my cell phone -- video with sound! Windows people should be able...
Posted Thursday February 9, 2006 at 9:27 PM | Full Post

Art New York cancelled


I'm not sure if I had even heard of this. The Crain's story has a rather interesting headline: Cancelled art...
Posted Monday February 6, 2006 at 2:00 PM | Full Post

Jeremy Wade and Dance Theater Workshop


Jeremy Wade Last night we went to a great dance performance by Jeremy Wade. Not only was his choreography...
Posted Friday February 3, 2006 at 12:06 PM | Full Post

Little Red Schoolhouse art benefit


I've updated my list of favorite art benefits to add the Little Red Schoolhouse benefit on February 2nd. The...
Posted Wednesday January 25, 2006 at 9:37 PM | Full Post

You may see this quote again


The Angel of the Revelation, ca.1803–5 William Blake (British, 1757–1827) Watercolor, brush and gray wash, pen and black ink...
Posted Monday January 16, 2006 at 6:33 PM | Full Post

Priorities!


I went looking at Columbia University's website to find information on an upcoming exhibit at the Miriam and Ira...
Posted Sunday January 15, 2006 at 8:12 PM | Full Post

Two more Miami items from Pulse


At Pulse we saw two things I forgot to mention. First, an artist from Conner Contemporary (Washington, DC) named Zach...
Posted Friday January 13, 2006 at 4:25 PM | Full Post

The Civilians: Nobody's Lunch


Illustration by illustration by Josh Neufeld (www.joshcomix.com) We're headed to the new incarnation of Nobody's Lunch by The Civilians...
Posted Thursday January 12, 2006 at 4:18 PM | Full Post

The Studio Visit at Exit Art


I think the highlight of The Studio Visit is the artists with studios in the windows of the space, rather...
Posted Thursday January 12, 2006 at 11:31 AM | Full Post

West 27th Street preview


We were fans of the people now relocated to 27th Street before Time Out New York did its big spread...
Posted Wednesday January 11, 2006 at 10:53 PM | Full Post

Spotted on the 'net


I noticed the blog Studio of Ashes after someone from there commented on an earlier post. It has some...
Posted Wednesday January 11, 2006 at 10:19 PM | Full Post

Miami highlights - one more post


No, really, I did mean to do another post when I wrote "to be continued" at the end of the...
Posted Sunday January 8, 2006 at 2:40 PM | Full Post

Art Fag City on The Believer's art event at PS1


Like me, the artist/blogger who writes Art Fag City is a huge fan of Cory Arcangel. His Her write-up...
Posted Wednesday December 14, 2005 at 3:43 PM | Full Post

ArtKrush on art blogs


If you don't already subscribe to ArtKrush, now would be a good time if you're interested in art blogs....
Posted Tuesday December 13, 2005 at 6:00 PM | Full Post

Dam, Stuhltrager: William Powhida & Kristen Jensen


William Powhida, detail of installation Kristen Jensen We saw these two shows on Saturday, and I highly recommend you...
Posted Tuesday December 13, 2005 at 4:57 PM | Full Post

Miami art highlights


In no particular order, with an emphasis on art for which I have images... We did not make it to...
Posted Monday December 12, 2005 at 7:38 PM | Full Post

ArtCal - now with RSS and calendar feeds


For those so inclined, ArtCal now has RSS feeds. You can also add an openings subscription to your iCal or...
Posted Monday December 12, 2005 at 7:10 PM | Full Post

Miami - Gallery House


One of our great discoveries in Miami, thanks to our host Michael, was the Gallery House project. It's an early...
Posted Monday December 12, 2005 at 2:24 PM | Full Post

Miami - The Collections


Donna Dennis Subway with Silver Girders, 1981-82 Wood, metal, mixed media Margulies Collection I wish New York had private...
Posted Monday December 12, 2005 at 1:33 PM | Full Post

Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize acceptance speech


Go read Sir Pinter's speech while I'm working on my Miami posts....
Posted Thursday December 8, 2005 at 11:57 AM | Full Post

Event recommendations from the Hotel Chelsea Blog


If you're not headed to Miami (or already there), here is your TODO list from the Hotel Chelsea Blog....
Posted Monday November 28, 2005 at 8:18 PM | Full Post

Fun Miami / art discount quote


The de la Cruz collection belongs to one of the grandes (and most gracious) dames of the art scene,...
Posted Monday November 28, 2005 at 5:23 PM | Full Post

Performances in Miami


I don't know how much we'll manage to see in Miami, but there are several performances I want to recommend....
Posted Monday November 28, 2005 at 12:59 PM | Full Post

White Columns excitement


Colter Jacobsen, installation view We visited White Columns on Saturday, and I have to say the current set of...
Posted Monday November 28, 2005 at 12:32 PM | Full Post

Harrel Fletcher, "The American War"


January Blog has a post on a new project by Harrel Fletcher, in which he documents the War Remnants...
Posted Saturday November 26, 2005 at 11:33 PM | Full Post

Yes we're headed to Miami


We're headed to Miami, as James says, November 30th to December 4th....
Posted Friday November 25, 2005 at 8:28 PM | Full Post

Good art in Chelsea, Part Two


Part one is here. At Jessica Murray group show, a new discovery for me was Ivelisse Jimenez. Here is a...
Posted Monday November 21, 2005 at 4:13 PM | Full Post

Good art in Chelsea, Part One


Earlier in the season, I wasn't feeling so excited by the work I was seeing in Chelsea, except for a...
Posted Sunday November 20, 2005 at 9:03 PM | Full Post

Fun interview with Daniel Reich


I found the Hotel Chelsea blog via BlogChelsea. They have a short interview up now with gallerist Daniel Reich. I...
Posted Thursday November 17, 2005 at 11:02 PM | Full Post

Cory Arcangel and Allan D'Arcangelo


Check out Tom Moody's post on Cory and his distant relative Allan D'Arcangelo. Cory Arcangel Allan D'Arcangelo...
Posted Monday November 14, 2005 at 11:38 PM | Full Post

LMDC gives Drawing Center $10 million


That's a lot of money! After losing their space at the (theoretically to be built someday) World Trade Center site,...
Posted Thursday November 10, 2005 at 4:06 PM | Full Post

Mike Weiss calls the police on Eric Doeringer


Eric Doeringer, Bootleg "Damien Hirst" Paintings With The Real Thing You can use the search box on my site,...
Posted Sunday November 6, 2005 at 8:44 PM | Full Post

Photos from the final(?) art show in the Palast der Republik


Der Spiegel has a slideshow of art works from what may be the final exhibit in the Palast der...
Posted Saturday November 5, 2005 at 12:14 PM | Full Post

Favorite art benefits


While participating in the Affordable Art Fair panel on Saturday ("The Art of Collecting"), I mentioned that art benefits are...
Posted Monday October 31, 2005 at 8:30 AM | Full Post

Edward Winkleman on Joe Ovelman


Detail of installation of C-Prints at Oliver Kamm, April 2004 Check out Edward Winkleman's artist of the week post...
Posted Sunday October 30, 2005 at 8:47 AM | Full Post

Affordable Art Fair


Don't forget to come see us tomorrow on the panel at the Affordable Art Fair. The details I posted earlier...
Posted Friday October 28, 2005 at 5:35 PM | Full Post

Street art - Pope on Torstrasse


We spotted this near our apartment two nights ago. He appears to be lifting his... whatever you call that...
Posted Thursday October 20, 2005 at 4:40 AM | Full Post

Busy busy


Sorry for the lack of posting. Too busy seeing stuff to write about it, as we're only home long enough...
Posted Sunday October 16, 2005 at 6:29 PM | Full Post

How do artists live?


Jennifer Dalton, Contemporary Art According to Jen, 2002, Powerpoint presentation in 32 slides One of my favorite conceptual artists...
Posted Monday October 10, 2005 at 12:21 PM | Full Post

Williamsburg recommendations


My favorite shows in Williamsburg right now: Ryan Wolfe, Sketch of a Field of Grass at Dam Stuhltrager, which presents...
Posted Monday October 3, 2005 at 12:59 PM | Full Post

See us in person at the Affordable Art Fair


The lovely and talented Janet Phelps has asked us to be part of a panel on collecting at the Affordable...
Posted Sunday October 2, 2005 at 8:12 PM | Full Post

For my readers in Miami


Two people we know and love have shows in Miami right now: Installation view Carlos de Villasante has a solo...
Posted Tuesday September 20, 2005 at 12:26 PM | Full Post

Austin Thomas's El Camino on eBay


I told you earlier that last Saturday was your last chance to ride Austin's El Camino. It's now up...
Posted Tuesday September 20, 2005 at 11:47 AM | Full Post

Bill Bartman


Bill Bartman, the founder and genius madman of Art Resources Transfer, died this morning after battling all kinds of illnesses...
Posted Thursday September 15, 2005 at 11:15 PM | Full Post

Kitchen / High Line block party Saturday


Austin Thomas, Perchance: A Floating Scenic Overlook, 2003 Start (or end) your Chelsea gallery crawl on Saturday by hitting...
Posted Wednesday September 14, 2005 at 3:02 PM | Full Post

ArtCal now has images


Check it out....
Posted Tuesday September 6, 2005 at 1:57 PM | Full Post

Ostpunk!


We're not going to Berlin until October, so we'll miss Ostpunk, an exhibit revisiting the punk movement in the...
Posted Saturday September 3, 2005 at 1:12 PM | Full Post

Mixed Greens has a blog


It's called The Pit....
Posted Friday September 2, 2005 at 2:46 PM | Full Post

Headed to Berlin


This isn't precisely why we're headed to Berlin, but it is indicative of a free-wheeling artistic culture that we...
Posted Friday August 26, 2005 at 3:05 PM | Full Post

Free the Art


Jason Fox's Jeff by Michael Cambre Check out mentions of James's "Free the Art" project at Tom Moody's blog...
Posted Wednesday August 24, 2005 at 8:51 PM | Full Post

Another PS1 sketch, slow art week


Come on people! We only have two images in the gallery of PS1 Greater New York artist sketches so far,...
Posted Friday August 19, 2005 at 2:25 PM | Full Post

PS1 Greater New York 2005 Artists Sketches


James has invited artists to submit sketches of the works in Greater New York at PS1, since photography is...
Posted Friday August 12, 2005 at 2:45 PM | Full Post

Swoon at Deitch


Installation detail Entrance to larger room of installation The show is only up for a few more days, so...
Posted Wednesday August 10, 2005 at 10:40 AM | Full Post

More on Banksy in the West Bank


Window on the West Bank ... Some of the work by graffiti artist Banksy, painted during a visit to...
Posted Friday August 5, 2005 at 3:22 PM | Full Post

From other blogs


Two things I enjoyed today: First, Tom Moody on Paul McCarthy at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. An excerpt:...
Posted Thursday August 4, 2005 at 8:15 PM | Full Post

Cristobal Dam, "Paint Box"


from the series Paint Box, 2005 Oil and varnish on canvas Installation shot Last Sunday we saw these great...
Posted Thursday August 4, 2005 at 3:36 PM | Full Post

Dysfunctional budgies (parakeets)


Shaun Doyle & Mally Mallinson Cape Disappointment Here are two images from the dissolute budgies of a budgie "housing...
Posted Tuesday August 2, 2005 at 8:15 PM | Full Post

Homomuseum at Exit Art


ak burns fountain of salmacis (a heart for Jack) Rune Olsen Hear me Roar You still have a change...
Posted Tuesday August 2, 2005 at 7:49 PM | Full Post

No theatre please, we're opera fans


While the subject of opera is getting some commments, I should mention this good essay in Sunday's Newsday, titled...
Posted Monday August 1, 2005 at 8:17 PM | Full Post

Begging a Proper Donnybrook at Archibald Arts


Bryan Zimmerman installation view How many people can say they spent the day looking at art on the west...
Posted Saturday July 30, 2005 at 7:36 PM | Full Post

Politicians that consider opera part of life


Angela Merkel and her husband arrive at the premier of Tristan und Isolde. dpa photo [source] It's hard enough...
Posted Friday July 29, 2005 at 11:58 PM | Full Post

North 9th Street, Williamsburg


We spotted this near Pierogi on Sunday....
Posted Wednesday July 27, 2005 at 11:13 AM | Full Post

Good stuff in Williamsburg


Lynn Talbot Coalesce, 2004 Oil on linen 18 × 18 inches I apologize for writing about a show that...
Posted Monday July 25, 2005 at 11:40 PM | Full Post

The Five Lesbian Bloggers


The Five Lesbian Brothers have a blog! I found it while looking into tickets for their new play, Oedipus...
Posted Saturday July 23, 2005 at 1:17 PM | Full Post

Dominic McGill


Last week I mentioned how much I liked Dominic McGill's work at PS1's Greater New York. Ed Winkleman has...
Posted Monday July 11, 2005 at 5:31 PM | Full Post

Compare and contrast


I love this paragraph from Walter Robinson's news roundup on artnet: New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who is...
Posted Monday July 11, 2005 at 3:05 PM | Full Post

Sarah Gregg Millman at Silo


Silo has a strong show of video work by Sarah Gregg Millman, with particular attraction for those of us...
Posted Monday July 11, 2005 at 2:00 PM | Full Post

Ara Peterson, Standing Waves


Here is an installation shot of Ara Peterson's Standing Waves in the current show at Greene Naftali. James as more...
Posted Monday July 11, 2005 at 11:10 AM | Full Post

Bill Gusky


I went to look at Bill Gusky's web site because of his comments on James's site. There are some interesting...
Posted Sunday July 10, 2005 at 11:49 PM | Full Post

Wooster Street Party / Red, White, and Blue


We went to Soho tonight for the "block party" on Wooster and the openings at Spencer Brownstone, Guild & Greyshkul,...
Posted Friday July 8, 2005 at 1:49 AM | Full Post

NY1 on Rhizome Art Base


Paper Rad and Matt Barton extreme animalz: the movie: part 1 2005 video and mixed media [detail of installation]...
Posted Tuesday July 5, 2005 at 8:02 PM | Full Post

Oops, didn't mean to let my homepage go blank


If you want to see what work we've been seeing lately and liked most, check out the homepage of ArtCal....
Posted Monday July 4, 2005 at 7:40 PM | Full Post

Artist photos?


While reading John Perrault on doing a Virtual Chelsea Tour, I clicked on the link for Mary Boone since I...
Posted Monday June 27, 2005 at 12:53 AM | Full Post

Fireworks


Oswald Kabasta [source] Right now I can hear the "gay pride" fireworks outside. It's odd to hear something that...
Posted Sunday June 26, 2005 at 10:56 PM | Full Post

Invader: Rubikcubism at sixspace in LA


Invader Big Galaxian, 2005 Installation - mixed media 12 × 18 feet This image has particular resonance for me,...
Posted Tuesday June 21, 2005 at 3:36 PM | Full Post

Just a subway ride away


Front of Morris-Jumel Mansion View of Sylvan Terrace from the front yard of the mansion We took the C...
Posted Monday June 20, 2005 at 12:59 PM | Full Post

Berlin-based Arkansan


As an Arkansas survivor, I think I can safely say I have never heard the phrase "Berlin-based Arkansan" before. From...
Posted Thursday June 16, 2005 at 7:28 PM | Full Post

Sunday in Williamsburg


Welcome, MTAA-RR readers. I'll see if I can do better given such praise. Bloggy has been rather quiet as I...
Posted Monday June 13, 2005 at 8:57 PM | Full Post

Where did Andy learn to silkscreen?


Buried in a New York Times obituary titled Floriano Vecchi, 84, Publisher With Literary and Artistic Bent, Dies, is this...
Posted Thursday June 9, 2005 at 6:47 PM | Full Post

What she said


Roberta Smith in the NY Times on Gregory Crewdson at Luhring Augustine: Mr. Crewdson's images compress the melodrama of an...
Posted Sunday June 5, 2005 at 1:48 PM | Full Post

I fear the show pairing is not ironic


At the entrance of the Chelsea Art Museum One would hope that a pairing of a show of "celebrity...
Posted Thursday June 2, 2005 at 11:12 PM | Full Post

Birds / Paul Urich


As a bird lover, I'm intrigued by the work of Paul Urich I just spotted at Wooster Collective. He...
Posted Thursday June 2, 2005 at 12:41 AM | Full Post

My favorite things on the web today


Jerry Saltz writing about art auctions on artnet David Byrne's streaming radio...
Posted Tuesday May 31, 2005 at 7:08 PM | Full Post

William Powhida on Eric Heist at Schroeder Romero


Eric Heist installation view of Travel Agents I was just reading the May issue of The Brooklyn Rail. There...
Posted Monday May 30, 2005 at 5:11 PM | Full Post

Trevor Wentworth at Plus Ultra


This is a detail from one sculpture. It is almost completely made of paper. The gallery is open tomorrow,...
Posted Sunday May 29, 2005 at 6:53 PM | Full Post

Bunnies


Adia Millett Pre-Fabricated Innocence: Reproduction (Globe with rabbits), 2004 11" × 14" c-print We saw this photograph Saturday at...
Posted Sunday May 29, 2005 at 12:21 AM | Full Post

DEVA


Hello?, the video blog, has a short clip of a performance by DEVA -- the all-girl DEVO cover band....
Posted Thursday May 26, 2005 at 11:48 PM | Full Post

Muster roundup


K8 Hardy, plus others, at The Muster We were out of town, but check out posts by Todd Gibson...
Posted Monday May 23, 2005 at 2:45 PM | Full Post

Meredith Allen - NYFA project


My favorite arts-related newsletter is the one from New York Foundation for the Arts. The latest one pointed me...
Posted Monday May 23, 2005 at 2:28 PM | Full Post

The Muster on Governors Island


We're headed off to a New England vacation tomorrow morning, otherwise we would be at The Muster, and get a...
Posted Friday May 13, 2005 at 7:12 PM | Full Post

9-11 AM on a Saturday?!


As members, we just received an invitation to a members-only viewing of a show at the Whitney. It's on a...
Posted Saturday May 7, 2005 at 9:06 PM | Full Post

IAM5! - International Art Market @ Parker's Box


This opens tonight, along with many other shows (see ArtCal), and looks well worth a visit, either tonight or this...
Posted Friday May 6, 2005 at 3:38 PM | Full Post

Columbia, graduate students organizing, and corporate academia


A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a strike by the graduate students at Yale, who do much of...
Posted Friday May 6, 2005 at 12:27 PM | Full Post

James Wagner, curator


Untitled, 1988 Mark Morrisroe three dyed x-rays, 17" × 14" each His new art "career" continues to grow... James...
Posted Wednesday May 4, 2005 at 2:56 PM | Full Post

David Humphrey @ Morsel


Do not miss David Humphrey's installation at Morsel, up through June 5th, titled Oven Stuffer Roaster. The title comes...
Posted Saturday April 30, 2005 at 11:54 PM | Full Post

Momenta benefit this Saturday


Tickets are still available to my favorite art benefit....
Posted Thursday April 28, 2005 at 11:45 AM | Full Post

Grad students on strike at Yale


Photo by Matt Connors from from April 11th march Yale opposes the unionization of graduate students, who do a...
Posted Tuesday April 26, 2005 at 8:14 PM | Full Post

Margaret Evangeline statement


After I mentioned her statement in my last post, several people have asked me about it. Her web site is...
Posted Tuesday April 19, 2005 at 1:20 PM | Full Post

Chelsea snapshots


Shell casings on the floor - Margeret Evangeline at Stefan Stux. Pick up a copy of the artist statement...
Posted Sunday April 17, 2005 at 12:59 PM | Full Post

Momenta Art Benefit 2005


My favorite art benefit will occur on April 30th. Momenta Art is my favorite art non-profit in the city, and...
Posted Saturday April 16, 2005 at 11:45 AM | Full Post

Log rolling


Isn't "log rolling" what Spy called their regular feature where they showed people trading positive reviews? Here is mine: Poet...
Posted Friday April 15, 2005 at 7:24 PM | Full Post

Reagan stamp?!


Today I received some mail from a Chelsea gallery with a Reagan stamp on it. Were they being ironic?...
Posted Friday April 15, 2005 at 6:51 PM | Full Post

ArtCal links updated


I updated my links page on ArtCal today, including the addition of a similar guide in Tokyo called Tokyo Art...
Posted Friday April 15, 2005 at 6:44 PM | Full Post

Eric Heist @ Schroeder Romero


Eric Heist detail Travel Agents (Baghdad), 2005 Pencil on paper 22 3/4 × 29 3/4 inches While I'm on...
Posted Wednesday April 13, 2005 at 4:28 PM | Full Post

Observations regarding art world press releases


The lovely and talented Dante Woo has started helping me keep ArtCal up to date. I'm still the editor (with...
Posted Friday April 8, 2005 at 10:10 AM | Full Post

The Civilians underCOVER Vaudeville


Publicity still from Nobody's Lunch Some of you readers whose mailing address is in my possession will receive an...
Posted Thursday April 7, 2005 at 9:21 PM | Full Post

Abigail Lazkoz @ Monya Rowe / Vicki Sher @ Jessica Murray


Abigail Lazkoz More Medals, Bigger Responsibility, 2005 Indian and pigmented ink on paper 42.5 × 65.5" Vicki Sher Safe,...
Posted Thursday April 7, 2005 at 3:00 PM | Full Post

April 17 Auction to benefit the Critical Art Ensemble Defense Fund


I love Paula Cooper's history of supporting good causes, ranging from ACT UP to the Critical Art Ensemble Defense Fund....
Posted Tuesday April 5, 2005 at 9:48 PM | Full Post

Street Art


Street art is one of my favorite things about walking around in a city. Some recent examples, seen in person...
Posted Sunday April 3, 2005 at 2:42 PM | Full Post

'It is hard to be more sensational than Wagner'


In Brunnhilde's immolation scene in Götterdamerung at the English National Opera, she is a suicide bomber. It makes sense to...
Posted Saturday April 2, 2005 at 9:43 PM | Full Post

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Favorite shows from yesterday in Chelsea


Much madness is divinest sense at Cohan and Leslie, particularly the drawings of Mike Paré and the site specific wall...
Posted Sunday January 30, 2005 at 8:56 PM | Full Post

Rueben Cox at Bespoke Gallery


Rueben Cox, Scaly Mountain, NC, 2004, C-print Thank goodness for Roberta Smith. I probably would not have heard of...
Posted Thursday January 27, 2005 at 10:51 PM | Full Post

Congratulations to Daria Brit Shapiro


Daria, who curated the wonderful Twilife show at Caren Golden, has just become the director of Clair Oliver Fine Art....
Posted Thursday January 27, 2005 at 10:46 PM | Full Post

Get out and intereact with art (and artists)


There is an event at Eyebeam tonight as part of their Produced at Eyebeam: Work in Process exhibition: January 26,...
Posted Wednesday January 26, 2005 at 11:12 AM | Full Post

On the use of Flash for web sites


Regarding that last post, Luke Murphy should be commended for a good web site. Many people skilled in Flash create...
Posted Saturday January 22, 2005 at 6:29 PM | Full Post

Luke Murphy at Canada


I hate writing about shows after they are closed, but nearly a week of having the flu messed up my...
Posted Saturday January 22, 2005 at 5:47 PM | Full Post

File under: I love the world


Via Wooster Collective, a photo of "street art" in the middle of a German forest....
Posted Saturday January 15, 2005 at 4:23 PM | Full Post

I know art when I see it


Must the New York Times arts page have a story on Michael Jackson molesting boys? Can't they find an "Entertainment"...
Posted Friday January 14, 2005 at 5:59 PM | Full Post

Cory Arcangel at Team Gallery


Cory's wonderful show, titled Welcome 2 my Artshow!!!!!!!!! opened tonight at Team Gallery. I did a screen capture for him...
Posted Thursday January 13, 2005 at 9:07 PM | Full Post

Congratulations to Joy Garnett


Anonymous Was A Woman has announced the 10 artists selected to receive the Foundation's ninth annual awards. The "no strings"...
Posted Thursday January 6, 2005 at 10:14 PM | Full Post

Daniel Dueck & Lily van der Stokker at Allston Skirt (Boston)


Daniel Dueck Feeling It Lily van der Stokker This is a show I would definitely see if I were...
Posted Tuesday January 4, 2005 at 1:37 PM | Full Post

Regarding Clementine


Regarding Clementine, the next show at Clementine (one of the pioneers of Chelsea and still going strong), should be a...
Posted Friday December 31, 2004 at 9:47 PM | Full Post

More on Susan Sontag


The NY Times has an odd obituary, including an entire paragraph of adjectives used to describe her. I prefer Newsday's...
Posted Wednesday December 29, 2004 at 12:07 AM | Full Post

Samuel Tredwell Skidmore House on East 4th Street


If the city can use eminent domain to take away people's houses to build a stadium in Brooklyn, why...
Posted Tuesday December 28, 2004 at 11:01 PM | Full Post

Susan Sontag


Susan Sontag has died, aged 71. She was born in here in New York, and died here. She was one...
Posted Tuesday December 28, 2004 at 9:35 PM | Full Post

Congratulations to James


He has achieved fame in the print media. He is one of twelve art bloggers in a write-up in the...
Posted Friday December 24, 2004 at 6:06 PM | Full Post

Michael Jackson's Thriller - as Lego animation


Awesome. All 15 minutes, with choreography, as stop-action Lego animation. You can download it for safe-keeping. It's the link that...
Posted Friday December 17, 2004 at 11:15 PM | Full Post

The Tristan Project


Bill Viola The death of Tristan, from Tristan und Isolde 2004 Disney Hall, Los Angeles artnet has a feature...
Posted Thursday December 16, 2004 at 2:10 PM | Full Post

Cinema Zero - new Williamsburg Art Space


The web site just says "Coming Soon," but I have a flyer for the opening event....
Posted Wednesday December 15, 2004 at 10:23 AM | Full Post

New art purchases


Last night we went to one of our favorite art benefits, the DUMBO Arts Center winter auction. We did quite...
Posted Sunday December 12, 2004 at 10:52 PM | Full Post

Animal Magazine show at Chelsea Market shut down


Via Wooster Collective, I learned that the Animal Magazine show at Chelsea Market was shut down. Apparently this image (by...
Posted Sunday December 12, 2004 at 1:45 PM | Full Post

Mistress of Modernism


I checked this book out of the library today. If you've seen our apartment, you can understand why I'm...
Posted Saturday December 11, 2004 at 11:26 PM | Full Post

People of Crete unite to buy work of El Greco


The Baptism of Christ by Domenikos Theotokopoulos, the Cretan better known by his Spanish name, El Greco. Photo: Ian...
Posted Friday December 10, 2004 at 9:59 PM | Full Post

Barry McGee: Smash the State


Article via contrasts.net. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, who has thumbed his nose at the establishment...
Posted Friday December 10, 2004 at 9:24 PM | Full Post

MoMA - where is Nan Goldin?


So, I never got around to writing my MoMA post, as James did. OK, here is one thought: While I...
Posted Sunday December 5, 2004 at 8:13 PM | Full Post

Paul P. in Vienna


Paul P., Untitled, 2004 graphite on paper, 13 1/4 × 11 inches Paul P. just keeps getting better. We're...
Posted Sunday December 5, 2004 at 6:06 PM | Full Post

Andy at Tiffany


I was near Tiffany today after going to the dentist. I went by to see the windows, which are...
Posted Friday December 3, 2004 at 4:08 PM | Full Post

Holiday shopping


We don't really "do" Xmas or any other big gift-giving holidays, but that doesn't mean we don't like to buy...
Posted Thursday December 2, 2004 at 7:44 PM | Full Post

East Village Art Scene


Tonight Next Wednesday we're going to the members' preview of East Village USA at the New Museum (Chelsea location). I...
Posted Thursday December 2, 2004 at 3:21 PM | Full Post

Charles Goldman in Portland


If you're in Portland, Oregon over the next couple of months, check out Charles Goldman's exhibition/performances at the PNCA Feldman...
Posted Wednesday December 1, 2004 at 11:54 AM | Full Post

Maybe the NY Times should hire me to help


I rarely read the Public Editor column in the New York Times, but since Choire mentioned it I read it....
Posted Sunday November 28, 2004 at 3:26 PM | Full Post

Fresh Tracks at Dance Theater Workshop


My favorite regular event at DTW is Fresh Tracks, as I have said before. It's described on the site as:...
Posted Friday November 26, 2004 at 11:38 PM | Full Post

The alternative alternative fair in Miami


We won't be in Miami for the various art fairs in early December. We're boycotting the state right now. However,...
Posted Wednesday November 24, 2004 at 8:27 PM | Full Post

Crime / Art


It's embarassing to admit that this is the first time I have read William Gibson's Neuromancer. Here is my favorite...
Posted Wednesday November 24, 2004 at 12:42 PM | Full Post

Art, blogging, and intellectual property


Charles Mee, playwright James and I attended the Rhizome Blogging and the Arts event tonight. During the discussion, Lisa...
Posted Wednesday November 24, 2004 at 12:36 AM | Full Post

I love the world!


My favorite link so far to the new ArtCal is one from a discussion board in New Caledonia. The title...
Posted Tuesday November 23, 2004 at 12:58 PM | Full Post

Openings / Events Calendar


I haven't been diligent about updating the openings calendar lately, as I was getting ready to launch my new and...
Posted Thursday November 18, 2004 at 2:44 PM | Full Post

American Fine Arts closing party


American Fine Arts closes its doors for good tonight. There is a closing party from 5-8 with performances. Be there....
Posted Thursday November 18, 2004 at 2:38 PM | Full Post

Today's art world scoop


Zach Feuer of LFL Gallery has bought out his partners and changed the name of the gallery to Zach Feuer...
Posted Tuesday November 16, 2004 at 10:44 PM | Full Post

Wait, I recognize that FrEE MoMA guy!


It's the talented young painter Dan Levenson. I saw the photo here on From the Floor, and then I looked...
Posted Tuesday November 16, 2004 at 2:21 AM | Full Post

Bad Flash attack


I was looking at Casey Kaplan web site just now. It's new. It's flash. It's awful....
Posted Saturday November 13, 2004 at 12:21 AM | Full Post

Derek Jarman at the British Library


Derek Jarman's manuscripts are featured in an exhibit titled The Writer in the Garden at the British Library. I read...
Posted Friday November 12, 2004 at 1:00 PM | Full Post

Democracy Forever


No, this isn't a political post. Democracy Forever is the name of the current exhibit at Plum Blossoms, a gallery...
Posted Friday November 12, 2004 at 12:22 PM | Full Post

MIX benefit


MIX, the queer experimental film/video festival, is having a benefit on November 21, featuring various ticket levels, including silent and...
Posted Tuesday November 9, 2004 at 2:20 PM | Full Post

FrEE MoMA


Posted Monday November 8, 2004 at 1:43 PM | Full Post

Queens International 2004


Queens International 2004 opens tomorrow at the Queens Museum, 3-6pm. We plan to be there. All are invited as the...
Posted Saturday November 6, 2004 at 10:29 PM | Full Post

Night of 1,000 drawing this Saturday!


One of the best benefits in NYC for art buying is this Saturday, 3-8, at Artists Space. Hopefully I will...
Posted Tuesday November 2, 2004 at 2:29 PM | Full Post

Things to see in Chelsea


In no particular order other than north to south: Despite the Sun at Foxy Production, 547 West 27th Street --...
Posted Tuesday November 2, 2004 at 12:13 AM | Full Post

Any Pittsburgh readers in the house?


This looks like a great show at the Three Rivers Arts Festival gallery -- Daydream Nation, opening November 5, runs...
Posted Monday November 1, 2004 at 2:32 PM | Full Post

What I did with my weekend


I went to some galleries (more on that later), launched a web site for Joe Ovelman, got Joe mentioned on...
Posted Monday November 1, 2004 at 12:24 AM | Full Post

Joe Ovelman photos up


I told you earlier to go. Here is my gallery of photos of the work. All but one were...
Posted Saturday October 30, 2004 at 7:57 PM | Full Post

Joe Ovelman - this time there's a map


Joe just called to let me know that this time there is a map, because he has spread the work...
Posted Saturday October 30, 2004 at 1:14 PM | Full Post

Election night events


I hope to be celebrating, not drowning my sorrows, on election night. I actually hope we know who the "winner"...
Posted Friday October 29, 2004 at 9:50 PM | Full Post

Julian Montague's Stray Shopping Cart Project


I previously mentioned Julian Montague's appearance in the summer group show at Black and White. I just found out he...
Posted Friday October 29, 2004 at 7:14 PM | Full Post

More Echo Eggebrecht images/details


When I wrote about her show earlier, I hadn't realized she had a web site. She has more images and...
Posted Tuesday October 26, 2004 at 7:19 PM | Full Post

Sports


I don't get it. To me, caring about who wins a baseball game is like screaming "Yeah! Coke beat Pepsi!"...
Posted Saturday October 23, 2004 at 12:45 AM | Full Post

Is that George Clinton at the DanceMob?


From John Perry Barlow Following our forays during the Republican National Convention, many in our DanceMob declared that dancing...
Posted Saturday October 23, 2004 at 12:04 AM | Full Post

Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Open Studios


Another event this weekend is the open studios event at Elizabeth Foundation on West 39th Street. Saturday, October 23, 2004...
Posted Friday October 22, 2004 at 9:49 PM | Full Post

Art in the Bronx


The first annual Mott Haven Artist Studio Tour happens this Saturday and Sunday. It also includes performances, video, and music....
Posted Friday October 22, 2004 at 9:45 PM | Full Post

One more Saturday opening


Now that Foxy Production mentioned their new exhibition on their web page, I can mention it as one of my...
Posted Thursday October 21, 2004 at 10:25 PM | Full Post

Speaking of openings...


There are a lot of openings the next few days. My picks: Today, Thursday Larissa Bates, Attack/Rescue of the Little-Tiny-Babies,...
Posted Thursday October 21, 2004 at 12:17 PM | Full Post

Happy Second Viennese School Month!


Read this to learn what I'm talking about....
Posted Monday October 18, 2004 at 2:30 PM | Full Post

Photo-Op: political opera


Go see Photo-Op, by Conrad Cummings, next week. It's being presented on October 28-29. We went to a performance with...
Posted Saturday October 16, 2004 at 11:18 PM | Full Post

Joe Ovelman - Wall on Tenth Avenue


Joe Ovelman did one of his guerilla art walls in Chelsea early this morning on Tenth Avenue between 22nd...
Posted Saturday October 16, 2004 at 8:46 PM | Full Post

Affair @ The Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR


I wish this had happened while we were in Portland!...
Posted Saturday October 16, 2004 at 12:11 AM | Full Post

Echo Eggebrecht at Sixtyseven Gallery


Macro/Micro. Maybe it's my economics degree causing me to use such words, but that was in my thoughts after I...
Posted Thursday October 14, 2004 at 11:28 PM | Full Post

Nobody's Lunch


I wrote about the show a couple of days ago. It has been extended a few days, until Sunday the...
Posted Thursday October 14, 2004 at 4:28 PM | Full Post

Last week for Nobody's Lunch


We saw The Civilians' Nobody's Lunch last Thursday, and I've been remiss in not writing it about it sooner. A...
Posted Monday October 11, 2004 at 7:18 PM | Full Post

Champion Fine Art - now in Los Angeles!


Champion Fine Art is now in Los Angeles, Culver City to be precise. Their first show, curated by Matt Johnson,...
Posted Monday October 11, 2004 at 7:09 PM | Full Post

Two photography shows at Yancey Richardson


They both close Saturday, so get on over there. Yancey Richardson is on 22nd Street in Chelsea. Mitch Epstein's show,...
Posted Monday October 11, 2004 at 7:06 PM | Full Post

Evan Schwartz


I said I was going to write about a new young artist at Schroeder Romero, but James beat me to...
Posted Friday October 1, 2004 at 6:28 PM | Full Post

Scather


Zach from LFL mentioned a culture blog I hadn't heard of at the Echo Eggebrecht opening tonight: Scather. Add it...
Posted Thursday September 30, 2004 at 10:42 PM | Full Post

Top picks in Chelsea


Current favorites: David Noonan at Foxy Production - see write-up from James Phoebe Washburn and Simone Shubuck at LFL -...
Posted Thursday September 30, 2004 at 10:32 PM | Full Post

New acquisition: Dan Rushton painting


Dan Rushton untitled 10 (2004) 40" × 30" gouache on panel James has more info....
Posted Wednesday September 29, 2004 at 5:56 PM | Full Post

Eric Doeringer's Cremaster project


I've written about Eric Doeringer several times, and even appeared on a radio show talking about him. Here is his...
Posted Wednesday September 29, 2004 at 1:03 PM | Full Post

Top picks in Williamsburg


We have found ourselves in Williamsburg several times over the last month. My current picks for favorite shows there: Beth...
Posted Tuesday September 28, 2004 at 11:59 AM | Full Post

John F. Simon, Jr. interview


Thanks to reBlog, I found an interview from November 2003 with brilliant geek artist John F. Simon, Jr. We have...
Posted Monday September 27, 2004 at 11:16 AM | Full Post

Splendor of Florence


Florentine "arts and crafts" in lower Manhattan. Before that phrase sends you running away, I'll point out that it includes...
Posted Sunday September 26, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post

Dixon Place


Ellie Covan, founder of Dixon Place at her apartment (which is also the home of Dixon Place) Dixon Place...
Posted Sunday September 26, 2004 at 9:53 PM | Full Post

Harry Callahan photograph of collage


HARRY CALLAHAN Collage, Chicago, 1957 gelatin silver print signed in stylus (in the margin); signed and annotated 'same as...
Posted Friday September 24, 2004 at 6:06 PM | Full Post

Wooster Collective


If you're not looking at Wooster Collective : A Celebration of Street Art daily, you're missing out....
Posted Monday September 20, 2004 at 11:30 PM | Full Post

Leonard Cohen


70 things about Leonard Cohen...
Posted Thursday September 16, 2004 at 11:40 PM | Full Post

New Museum open house


I already put this on the arts calendar, but I wanted to put it here too to make sure people...
Posted Thursday September 16, 2004 at 8:13 PM | Full Post

Cory Arcangel interview


John Bruneau Interviews Cory Arcangel...
Posted Thursday September 9, 2004 at 8:49 PM | Full Post

The Civilians: Nobody's Lunch @ P.S.122


Yeah! A new show from The Civilians at P.S.122, titled Nobody's Lunch. I've written about them many times before,...
Posted Thursday September 9, 2004 at 4:18 PM | Full Post

Republicans bad for show biz


Via Crain's New York: Broadway was hit hard last week when the Republican National Convention was in town. Attendance for...
Posted Tuesday September 7, 2004 at 5:30 PM | Full Post

Cool use of Black & White's space by a sculptor


An image of Dewitt Godfrey's installation at Black and White Gallery, from the gallery web site: The ones you see...
Posted Tuesday September 7, 2004 at 11:36 AM | Full Post

Great article on Pedro Almodóvar


In the New York Times Magazine....
Posted Monday September 6, 2004 at 2:58 PM | Full Post

Robert Jones photography


U.S. Route 66, Tucumcari, New Mexico, June, 2000 Copyright © 2000 Robert L. Jones. While googling for something else,...
Posted Sunday September 5, 2004 at 1:55 PM | Full Post

Steffan Saffer @ müllerdechiara (Berlin)


If I were in Berlin, I would not miss this show by Stefan Saffer at müllerdechiara. We saw his...
Posted Saturday September 4, 2004 at 3:25 PM | Full Post

The Secret Forest of Princess Knight: Fantastic Landscapes from Japan


Hurrah! An art post! This looks like an interesting show from M.Y. Art Prospects: The Secret Forest of Princess Knight:...
Posted Saturday September 4, 2004 at 3:06 PM | Full Post

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