Kudos to NPR for covering the recently completed Art of Photography competition in San Diego, judged by Charlotte Cotton, head of the photo department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In a highbrow huff you might role your eyes and think to yourself: “San Diego? Hardly a cultural hub.” Well, I agree– but [...]
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Art of Photography identifies, introduces new talent
Posted in Events, News, Tips, tagged Charlotte Cotton, emerging photographers, Frank Herfort, National Public Radio, San Diego Art of Photography Show on September 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The color bearer: last week’s Art Battle
Posted in Events, Indulgences, tagged Art Battles, Ben Angotti, Kevin Ragnott, Le Poisson Rouge on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A diverse crowd met at trendy Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village last Thursday evening to drink, dance, and watch four painters face off for a solo exhibition in Brooklyn. The painters’ real-time creations were judged by the enthusiastic response of the attendees and were offered for sale via silent auction– if you could find [...]
The Social Calendar: “Art Battles” at Le Poisson Rouge
Posted in Events, tagged Art Battles, art events in new york city, August 27th 2009, Le Poisson Rouge, Under Minerva Gallery on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Social Calendar: “Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video”
Posted in Events, tagged free NYC art events, Hendershot Gallery, Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video, Meggie Miao, Tom DeLay sexualized, video art on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hendershot Gallery is pleased to present Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video, a one-night screening on Thursday, August 20th. The screening begins promptly at 7:00pm and will be followed by a reception. 547 West 27th Street, Suite 632, New York City. RSVP necessary: heidi@hendershotgallery.com. Artists in the sixties and seventies began to exploit the medium of [...]
The Social Calendar: “Those About to Die Salute You”
Posted in Events, tagged Duke Riley, free events in New York City, live art projects, Queens Museum of Art, toga wearers unite on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight! Looking to break out your toga or, alternatively, are you single and looking to scope out a partially clad, indie crowd? Read on. Those About to Die Salute You, a battle on water wielded with baguette swords and watermelon cannon balls by New York’s art dignitaries, will take place on Thursday, August 13, 2009 [...]
The Social Calendar: opening reception in Brooklyn TONIGHT!
Posted in Events, Exhibitions, tagged Charlie Ledbetter, free events in Brooklyn, Like the Spice Gallery, Off the Clock exhibition, recommended art galleries on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In New York and still unsure about your Friday night plans? There’s an opening reception (read: free wine, interesting people) tonight at A.A.C.-recommended Like the Spice Gallery. Better yet, the exhibition is based on a really smart idea for an up-and-coming gallery: Like the Spice is pleased to present Off the Clock, a group exhibition [...]
Casting call for first art/artist reality tv show
Posted in Events, News, Tips, tagged art on television, Bravo reality tv, casting calls, Nam June Paik, Sarah Jessica Parker, Untitled Art Project on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bravo is one of my favorite television channels, but I’m a little unsure of how I feel about a new show in development: How do you go from struggling, emerging or even semi-established artist to selling a complete show for $198 million? It’s a big art world out there, but maybe this is one place [...]
LEGO sculpture on the museum circuit
Posted in Artists, Events, tagged LEGO art, Nathan Sawaya, sculpture, The Art of the Brick on July 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Remember the pain that came with accidentally stepping on LEGO pieces in your childhood? Well, imagine the shoeless nightmare that must be the studio of New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya who creates fine art sculpture out of the some 1.5 million LEGO blocks he typically has on hand. He’s created a number of human form [...]
Public event in NYC tonight featuring stellar art auction
Posted in Events, tagged art, assume vivid astro focus, charity auction, Jack Pierson, John Waters, Pride week NYC, Slava Mogutin, Thomas Dozol on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight! Here are the essentials: Wednesday, June 24th, 6-9:00 pm, 28 Wooster Street, $20 at the door Silent auction– 70 works donated by LGBTQ artists; there are some fantastic lots available at reasonable opening bids. To name just a few that excite me: Slava Mogutin (see above), assume vivid astro focus, Jack Pierson, Thomas Dozol [...]
Street art from this week’s protests in Tehran, Iran
Posted in Artists, Events, News, tagged A1one street artist, current art of the middle east, Iranian protest art, Islamic art, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran uprising on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The protest images coming out of Tehran this week following the reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are nothing less than spectacular. As you’ve probably read in the New York Times, foreign journalists are quickly being expelled from Iran and much of the opposition’s organization is happening over social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Even though we, as [...]
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