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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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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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Dash Snow dies young, as expected

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

Total bummer: Gawker reports that Dash Snow, quintessential downtown NYC artist, has died of a heroine overdose.  He was 27.  Snow’s popularity- and marketability- derived from his renegade lifestyle, elusive persona and controversial works.  A substantial New York Magazine article from two years ago titled “Chasing Dash Snow” is worth the read; the article is [...]

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LEGO sculpture on the museum circuit

Posted in Artists, Events, tagged , , , 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 [...]

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2009 West Prize announced; discover emerging artists

Posted in Artists, Events, tagged , , , , , on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Our friend Paige of Art Addict blog is once again curating this year’s West Prize.  Even if you don’t have an artist friend to encourage to apply, perusing the competition’s website is a great way to find innovative, young artists. Pictured above is the badass work “Ice Cream Truck Tank” by the 2008 grand prize winners, the Dufala Brothers.  [...]

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How to score FREE tickets to the International Fine Art Fair

Posted in Events, Tips, tagged , , , , , , , on April 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I stumbled upon a way to get free tickets (they’re usually $20/ticket) to this year’s International Fine Art Fair, being held at The Park Avenue Armory in New York from May 1st-9th. Okay, so go to the NYTimes website.  Scroll down and click on the Arts section.  Click on any slideshow in that section (underneath the one [...]

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J-E-L-L-O It’s Alive!

Posted in Artists, tagged , , , , , on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

An awesome “emerging” talent, Liz Hickok, has just announced the completion of her newest project: “First 100 Days: The White House in Jell-O.” Her labor-intensive process yields highly detailed architectural models.  What’s really special about the video and photography that’s produced, though, is that it’s the only remaining evidence of her work; the Jell-O sculptures [...]

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Spending on art way down at top end of market

Posted in Auctions, Economics, tagged , , , , , on April 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »

A new article from Dow Jones Financial News Online finds that a record high 40% of contemporary works for sale at major auctions went unsold in the first quarter of 2009.  Only three pieces, including the Anish Kapoor scultpure pictured above, sold for over $1 million (the Kapoor sold for approximately $1.2 million, including the [...]

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