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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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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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Treasure trove of photography from the National Geographic Society

Posted in News, tagged , , , , on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Seriously exciting stuff!  The National Geographic Society is opening up its archives for the first time in a must-see exhibition at Steven Kasher Gallery in New York.  Check out the story, from the New York Times, here and an incredible accompanying slideshow here.  No word yet on the price point of the images.

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5 NYC photo galleries join together, like Voltron

Posted in Artists, News, Tips, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Most art galleries in NYC are fickle mistresses.  It’s pretty innovative, then, that some of the best photography galleries in the city are collaborating to offer “collectors the unique opportunity of starting a relationship with five different artists and galleries at the same time.”  The initiative, dubbed Project 5, will host monthly salons, initiate a [...]

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Online art auctions take hit from down economy

Posted in Auctions, Economics, Tips, tagged , , , , , , on June 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Okay, perhaps two street art posts in a row has you craving one of my drier art market posts!  It’s your lucky day.  This AP article picked up by the San Francisco Chronicle outlines how the current economic downturn is negatively affecting sales at many online auction sites. I’ve observed that high end art doesn’t [...]

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Muslim arts festival underway in NYC

Posted in Artists, Events, Exhibitions, tagged , , , , , , , on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For those of you in search of ideas for a cultural outing this weekend, might I recommend “Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas,” an arts festival showing the work of more than 100 Muslim artists (visual artists, filmmakers, musicians and dancers) from 23 countries.  The festival, co-sponsored by NYU’s Center for Dialogues, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Asia [...]

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Moon dust photography for science and art

Posted in Artists, News, tagged , , , , , , on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The last man-led mission to the moon was in 1972.  It’s no wonder, then, that the limited amount of lunar dust brought back to Earth by the six Apollo missions is kept under tight restrictions by the United States government and experimented on by very few scientists. A really neat story out of The Maui [...]

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California exhibit investigates “blind photography”

Posted in Exhibitions, tagged , , , , , , on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m completely intrigued by a new exhibit at the California Museum of Photography entitled Sight Unseen.  While the images being displayed don’t have any visual elements in common, the thematic glue is that all of the photographers are legally blind. Take a second– a medium more or less originally developed with the intention to capture [...]

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Thoughtful review of MoMA’s “Into the Sunset…” exhibit

Posted in Exhibitions, Reviews, tagged , , , , , on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve read quite a few reviews of the new MoMA exhibit “Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West,” but I would recommend the slide-show essay by Sarah Boxer at Slate.  Sarah is really thoughtful about the perceptions the larger public has of certain geographic regions because of the images to which it has been exposed.  [...]

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Upcoming John Wood exhibition at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery

Posted in Exhibitions, tagged , , , , on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

There’s a neat-looking exhibition coming up in two weeks at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery featuring “photographic renegade” John Wood. From the gallery: John Wood (born 1922) has consistently challenged traditional photography, often incorporating painting, drawing, and collage as well as cliche verre, solarization, and offset lithography.  Transgressing the boundaries of “pure photography,” his eclectic practice [...]

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