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March 31, 2007
A midtown hotel got an earful from the Catholic Church this week when the contents of a planned art exhibit became public. Artist Cosimo Cavallaro was scheduled to display his piece "My Sweet Lord" at the Roger Smith Hotel on 47th St. and Lexington Avenue before New York's archbishop objected. The sculpture was a six-foot-tall representation of a naked Jesus, made out of chocolate. The Catholic League's President, Bill Donohue, is not a fan of... [continue]
| March 25, 2007
Walking around town the last few days, we've noticed a bunch of recently defaced streetart pieces. These might be the work of The Splasher, but if you look closely, you can see that something has changed: the paint has been applied with a brush! That's right-- either the Splasher needs a new moniker, or he has inspired a copycat. And a special bonus-- on Kenmare, we spotted another example of vandalized vandalism- a group of... [continue]
March 22, 2007
The NY Times reports that David Rockefeller is selling a 7-foot Rothko painting that he bought in 1960 for $10,000. Sotheby's will auction "White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender)" and has reportedly given him a guarantee of $46 million. The record for a Rothko was a 2005 sale at Christie's, when Homage to Matisse was sold for $22.4 million. Rothko lovers, if you're wondering why Rockefeller, who has a long history with the Museum of... [continue]
March 20, 2007
A couple of weeks ago Supreme began a massive Mike Tyson postering blitz downtown. Looks like the campaign hasn't exactly been well received by the locals-- you can find plenty more crossed-out Tysons at Flickr. Photos by Jake and Adam Lawrence.... [continue]
If you're down by Ground Zero tonight, don't be surprised if you see some two-hundred foot tall anti-war projections. The Glass Bead Collective is bringing their tricked out 100,000 lumen projector van into the city for an art-protest: Rather than a sit-in or a march, one group has decided on a luminous statement about the fourth anniversary of the Iraq War. A group calling itself the Glass Bead Collective is planning to project images... [continue]
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March 17, 2007
We were traveling the day The Graffiti Research Lab's new show, Open City, premiered at Eyebeam, so we decided to go check it out yesterday afternoon. The exhibit was completely mind blowing-- a dozen or more installations showing the latest and greatest in graffiti technology and culture-jamming performance art. They've got fire-extinguisher tagging systems, subway-swings, laser-projection graffiti, and a whole bunch of other stuff that's impossible to describe. Check it out for yourself, either... [continue]
March 10, 2007
What better way to get out of the cold than to party in an art gallery? This Saturday there are two—count ’em, two—Brooklyn galleries sticking their tongues out at the weather and celebrating art with live music and festivities. And the best thing is, you don’t have to chose between them because they’re at different times: first, head to Secret Project Robot for the opening reception of Cameron Michel’s “A New Polymorphous Reality,” then make... [continue]
March 8, 2007
The latest exhibit coming to the American Museum of Natural History is the first ever to "trace the cultural and natural history roots of some of the world’s most enduring mythological creatures". In other words: Dragons and Unicorns and Mermaids, oh my! The exhibit, Mythic Creatures, won't be opening until May of this year, but it will stick around until next January and highlight legendary fantastical beasts and undersea monsters. From the description: "For... [continue]
March 3, 2007
The essentials: Exhibit: Athens-Sparta Gallery: Onassis Cultural Center Location: Olympic Tower, 645 Fifth Ave., NYC Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Cost: Free Exhibit closes: May 12, 2007 New York’s got a lot of history, but it certainly doesn’t go as far back as Greece. Now through May 12, you can see a selection of ancient art—we’re talking 8th to 4th centuries BC—from Greece for the first time in the United States... [continue]
March 1, 2007
Eyebeam's 2007 exhibition season commences tonight. The 10th Anniversary year begins with Open City, "a glimpse into the current media and tactics of artists who take their practices into the street." Projection, writing on walls or robotic pamphleteering (huh?!) are all ways artists in the city communicate through the surfaces and structures we see everyday. The exhibit will include a series of screenings, presentations and workshops exploring tool building, tactics, techniques and approaches to communication... [continue]