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A new book of Frida or fraud-a?

Posted in Artists, News, tagged , , , , on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Princeton Architectural Press is set to release a new book on November 1st titled Finding Frida Kahlo.  In fact, it’s already available for pre-order on Amazon.com.  This is all well and good, except that half of the art world believes the featured collection of works to be fakes.  Read about the controversy here. While the [...]

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come darkness, come light

Posted in Artists, News, tagged , , , , on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From The New York Times: Dan Flavin, the minimalist sculptor who died in 1996, spent his life producing graceful light sculptures. But what happens when a bulb breaks? And how easy are they for collectors to install? The Chelsea dealer David Zwirner has just begun to represent the artist’s estate. On Friday he is starting [...]

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New owner, executive, auction schedule at Phillips de Pury

Posted in Artists, Auctions, News, tagged , , , on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A new “art virgin” executive at Phillips de Pury is adding 18 themed contemporary art sales to its auction calendar over the next year and a half, despite the downturn in the art market.  Learn more about this questionable strategy in this Wall Street Journal article by Kelly Crow. This fantastic image by Korean artist [...]

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Break (in) point

Posted in Artists, News, tagged , , , , , , on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Richard Weisman once observed that “Andy [Warhol] didn’t know the difference between a football and a golf ball.”  Hardly a sports buff myself, I surprisingly transform into an avid tennis fan each year during the U.S. Open.  Something about the volley rhythm is deeply soothing to me.  Well, tonight was the men’s final and I [...]

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The (Philly) Social Calendar: Daniel Traub’s Beijing

Posted in Artists, Exhibitions, tagged , , , on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A.A.C. fave Daniel Traub currently has a solo exhibition (three large-format images) at the Art Institute of Philadelphia’s 1622 Chestnut Street Gallery through October 16th.   An artist’s reception is scheduled from 4:30-7:30 pm on Thursday, September 17th– no RSVP required.

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So long to lovely Savannah

Posted in Artists, Indulgences, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Enticed by my affection for Paula Deen and John Berendt’s Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, I spent the long weekend in Savannah, Georgia, and it was simply charming.  Besides eating grits (delicious when served with fish, who knew?), drinking mint juleps and chatting with strangers, I checked out some of the the [...]

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Read up on your elitist art world gossip, plebian

Posted in Artists, Indulgences, News, tagged , , , , on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Two BILLION dollars in cash, seven (!) life insurance policies, and a first-rate art collection is (possibly) being left by Europe’s wealthiest woman, Madame Liliane Bettencourt, to the photographer and socialite Francoise-Marie Banier.  A snubbed daughter!  French lawyers questioning Banier’s “talent” as an artist!  Manipulation of the elderly!? Read about the life you were meant [...]

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t’was his intent to blow up the king and parli’ment

Posted in Artists, Indulgences, News, tagged , , , , on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you’ve ever read my “about” page, which likely dissuaded your continued interest in my blog (should I say I’m a 30-something for credibility?), you’ll know I was once on the fence between graduate school for public policy and art history.  Knowing what I know now, I should have gone straight to law school and [...]

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Cleveland (rocks?)

Posted in Artists, Indulgences, Tips, tagged , , , , , on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Cleveland– at least we’re not Detroit!” was written on a white T-shirt worn by a fellow passenger on my flight back home this past weekend.  Clearly something did go wrong; a comparable city, Pittsburgh, which grew to prominence via similar industrial means, has successfully built up other sectors and is thriving.  Cleveland, however, is still [...]

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Poor Annie, Vanity Fair’s Goddess

Posted in Artists, News, tagged , , , , , on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Remember when CNN used to be respectable, before it started competing with FOX for viewership who prefer headlines like “Dog Poops in Church, Exorcised”?  Sometimes I worry that with its financial problems, the New York Times might be slowly tip-toeing in that populist direction…but I guess this is in the Style section, so maybe I’m [...]

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