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February 22, 2007
The essentials: Exhibit: Andy Warhol: In His Wake Artists: Ultra Violet, Taylor Mead, Billy Name, Ivy Nicholson, Anton Perich, Steve Joester, Amy Cohen Banker, Cynthia von Buhler, Pamela Martin, William Tisdale, Molly Weingart, and Gary Azon Gallery: Carrozini von Buhler Gallery Location: 407 West 13th Street, 2A, NYC Hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturday from 2 PM – 6 PM. Cost: Free Opening reception: Thursday, February 22, from 6 – 10 PM Exhibit closes: March... [continue]
| February 19, 2007
The essentials: Exhibit: Hellen van Meene's New Work Gallery: Yancey Richardson Gallery Location: 535 West 22nd Street, 3rd floor, NYC Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM. Exhibit closes: March 17, 2007 If you've ever flipped through the pages of Vogue or some other silly-but-addictive upscale fashion magazine and thought the photo spreads were worthy to be called art, you'll love Hellen van Meene's new work at Yancey Richardson Gallery. What at first... [continue]
February 18, 2007
If you've been following along with Gothamist, you'll know that the Splasher has been defacing streetart around the city recently. While many in the streetart community are upset with the Splasher's actions, Swoon has come up with her own solution - redo the pieces the vandal defaced. Sam Horine caught Swoon's pieces in Prospect Heights (around 5th Ave and Flatbush Ave), where you can still see the paint drippings from before she redid the... [continue]
February 17, 2007
Remember how last November, a Goya painting en route to the Guggenheim's Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso show was stolen? The painting, which belongs to the Toledo Museum of Art, was pilfered near Scranton, Pennsylvania outside the Howard Johnson the drivers were staying. There were concerns that the painting was nicked in an inside job, but luckily it was found in New Jersey, with the FBI calling it a "typical New Jersey... [continue]
The Brazilian street artists have landed, and we're tracking their every move as they get ready to launch Ruas de Sao Paulo: A Survey of Brazilian Street Art at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery this Saturday. Here’s an account of the movements of Boleta, Fefê, Highraff, Kboco, Onesto, Speto, Titi Freak, and Zezão. Feb. 14 – The Installation: The artists installed their work at the gallery. Flavio Samelo captured some moments of the installation at his... [continue]
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February 13, 2007
Winter is usually a quiet time for New York graffiti-- but Deuce Seven has been warming up the scene for the last month. Pieces have appeared all over LES, Williamsburg, and even up on Williamsburg Bridge. No clue where the artist is from-- although the earliest pictures on Flickr seem to indicate a Midwest extraction-- possibly Minneapolis? Tons more pix on Flickr-- try the "Deuse Seven" variant spelling as well. And speaking of New York... [continue]
February 9, 2007
Walking by Astor Place around noon yesterday, we noticed some art students adding an unauthorized chapeau to the Alamo monument. By 3 PM, high winds had begun knocking the wooden structure off-- no word on whether it survived the night. Related: Alamo Cube Cleaning, 2005 Cube Chalking, 2006 Cube Attacked with LEDs, 2006... [continue]
February 8, 2007
Remember that smart-alecky retort, “It’s a free country”? That's the brazen spirit behind Radical Living Papers: A history of the free, alternative, counter-culture and underground press, 1965-75. Situated in the Passerby bar, it no doubt will inspire many fervent debates about freedom of the press. The rag-tag collection of zines promotes everything under the sun: politics, revolutions, evolutions of the planets, freak-outs, love-ins, support of green politics, gay liberation, power to the people, the peace... [continue]
February 4, 2007
Remember doodling in your notebook while your teacher droned on and on and on and on like Ben Stein? Well, pull that Bic from behind your ear and start scribbling. The drawings from These Bagels Are Gnarly: Ballpoint Pen Group Drawing Show are on sale for up to $1200 at Cinders Gallery (103 Havemeyer; Brooklyn). Unlike in a high-school cafeteria, everyone finds acceptance at Cinders. Simple rows of crosshatches like the kind kept to pass... [continue]