Today MoMA PS1 announced the winner of their 13th annual Young Architects Program (YAP), in which an up-and-coming design company is picked to transform the museum's courtyard during the summer. This year's winner is HWKN (Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner); their installation is called Wendy and will double as a sort of air filter to cancel out motor vehicle pollution. If you're a fan of PS1's popular Saturday dance parties, here's a look at where you'll be partying this summer.
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PS1's Summer Art Installation Will Use Nanoparticles To Clean The Air
Rhinos Take Over A Montauk Beach
There hasn't been a Montauk Monster sighting for a while, and maybe that's thanks to artist Davis Murphy, who recently brought some wildlife to the sandy shores of Long Island. Surely monsters are scared off by ultra-realistic looking rhinos, right? They do, after all, weigh in at 250 pounds each, and measure 12-feet-long.
Seinfeld And Sesame Street Hot Spots Get Twisted Treatment
Ever find Sesame Street to be a little too happy? Well artist Tim Doyle has recreated it, and other television show landscapes, with a dark twist. Click through for some of his "Unreal Estate" pieces, where you'll see Hooper's Store, Seinfeld, and even All in the Family spots like you've never seen them before. More of his work can be seen right here, and hopefully he'll bring his show (currently in San Francisco) to New York, along with some more NYC-based pieces. [via Buzzfeed]
Park Slope Breast Feeding Haven Welcomes All Nipple Sightings
Do you know what offends Park Slope breastfeeding moms more than banning breastfeeding? Covering up artwork that features nipples! A painting of a topless woman at Tea Lounge on Union Street was briefly censored, thanks to a concerned employee.
Photos: Michael Alan's Living Installation At ABC No Rio
Even to the jaded New York eye, it was difficult to enter ABC No Rio Friday night and not be bewildered. Over loops of brash R&B and his mother's anecdotes of his childhood, artist Michael Alan methodically applied just about every incarnation of paint, glue, paper, fabric and to the otherwise nude human instruments of his Living Installation.
Met Museum Really Wants To Be Young And Hip, You Guys
The Metropolitan Museum isn't exactly known as a bastion for coolness, but gosh darnit if the revered institution isn't trying to change all that—they've gone and hired a new curator to spiff up their contemporary art collection. Does this mean naked people won't get arrested in there anymore?
Madison Square Park Gets New Wildlife... With New Art Project
Madison Square Park typically delivers some great public art—the giant head, the shiny things, the treehouses, and now a new installation has arrived. This one is from Dutch artist Jacco Olivier, and "features six painterly animations of various nature scenes installed at different locations throughout the Park from 'Rabbit Hole' within the grass to 'Bird' within the tree branches." Enjoy it while eating some of the park's edible masterpieces at Shake Shack.
Video: Dead Christmas Trees Lynched Under BQE, For Art
Instead of just piling up the dead Christmas tree bodies on the street like so many Romanovs, area artist MIchael Neff has gathered up some of the fallen evergreen soldiers and honored them with a fitting tribute: hanging from the underside of the BQE in Williamsburg. The ingenious installation can be found where Metropolitan Avenue crosses North 6th Street. This is conveniently located not far from Union Pool, making jumping and tackling floating Christmas trees the perfectly ironic end to any evening. Here's video of the trees in action:
Ai Weiwei Brings Millions Of Possibly Toxic "Sunflower Seeds" To NYC
Chinese artist and activist Ai WeiWei is bringing his Sunflower Seeds installation to New York City for the first time, at an exhibit opening on Saturday at the Mary Boone Gallery (and running through February 4th).
Brooklyn Born Pop Artist James Rizzi Dies at 61
New York lost one of home grown greats on Monday when pop artist James Rizzi died in his SoHo studio. He was 61. Though he found his biggest successes in Germany and Asia, Rizzi was a Brooklyn-born artist and sculpter whose unique sensibilities you might remember from such things as the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta (where he was the official artist) or the video for the Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love (and the cover of their first album). Not to mention his Cows on Parade cow, or his personalized VW Beetle.
Skeleton Of NYPD Horse Makes Gorgeous Art
All dogs go to heaven, but heaven is so jejune. Fortunately for NYPD's finest equine officers, a former New York Corrections employee and farrier is immortalizing their gorgeous forms through art. Specifically, by assembling and repositioning their skeletons after death. Walter Varcoe, who ran the farm program at Otisville Correctional facility in 2004, tells the Lexington Herald-Leader that horses are his muse. "I find horses just beautiful, and (seeing their skeletons) impresses me even more that they can do what they do."
Video: Group Wants To Install "Silent Lights" Underneath The BQE
There have been grand ideas about cleaning up the BQE in the past, but so far only Sufjan Stevens has managed to help its image at all. Now the Artists Build Collaborative is going to give it a shot, and after winning a $5,000 grant from the NYC Department of Transportation, they've just launched a Kickstarter campaign to further help their mission out. The group hopes to bring an interactive, and colorful installation, called Silent Lights, to the Red Hook section of the roadway.
Photos: James Murphy, Hot Sauce & Jewelry At Brooklyn Night Bazaar
Last night the second incarnation of the Brooklyn Night Bazaar kicked off in the belly of the cavernous warehouses of 149 Kent as food vendors, artisans, and musicians began a three-night competition for the attention spans of Brooklynites.
Strip Club Argues That Lap Dancing Is Art, Wants Tax Exemption
Are lap dances considered legitimate artistic expression? 75 year-old University of Maryland professor Judith Hanna believes so, and she testified as much in state court for Nite Moves, an Albany-area strip club that is seeking exemption from the state's sales tax that other purveyors of "dramatic or musical performances" receive on cover charges. If Patrick Henry High's Joan Henderson is reading this: Scores WAS a legitimate detour on that 10th grade field trip.
Photos: Former Guggenheim Lab Lot Transforms Into East Village Arts Park
The vacant lot near Houston and 2nd Avenue that was transformed into the BMW Guggenheim Lab over the summer has is about to find a new purpose as a community park, thanks to the efforts of neighborhood volunteer group First Street Green. No more ugly asphalt, you guys! Though too bad they chopped down that tree.
Take A Mental Vacation To The Hudson With "Up River"
Temporarily escape from the city's gloom with The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology's new exhibit, "Up River," a 63-foot-long, nautically-inspired, multidimensional representation of the Hudson River. We hear it's simply lovely this time of year.
Andrea Peyser: The Brooklyn Museum Will Rot In Hell
Last week, the Daily News was all up in arms over the Brooklyn Museum's decision to screen a clip from David Wojnarowicz's avant-garde film "A Fire In My Belly," which includes a 10-second shot of ants crawling over a crucifix. Four days later, the NY Post is finally getting in on the action, too, siccing atheist-hating columnist Andrea Peyser on the exhibit, and boy howdy, does she come out swinging:
NSFW Photos: Playing Strip Poker ... For Art
Art in New York is getting very hands on these days. We've got giant slides and sensory depravation tanks at the New Museum, live births at a gallery in Bushwick and now a non-stop strip poker game at the Art in General gallery on Walker Street in TriBeCa. At Zefrey Throwell's "I'll Raise You One," the artist says "clothing, charisma and a good bluff are the only currency."
New York Artist Creates The Most Amazing Dioramas We've Seen
Does your apartment need a darker aesthetic? Try to get your hands on one of these dioramas of doom, created by New York-based artist Thomas Doyle. He has seemingly focused his creative energy on the destruction of suburban life—depicting houses sinking into the earth, children face down and dying in clouds above their homes, and pretty much everything just falling apart in a surrealistic American nightmare. Check all of his work out right here, though sadly, he's taken his show on the road to California this month. It's all so very The Walking Dead.
Keith Haring's Pop Shop Ceiling Rescued By NY Historical Society
When the New York Historical Society reopens on Friday after a three-year, $70 million renovation, it will be chock-full of new exhibits, galleries, and restaurants. But one of the most striking (and fun!) updates is the installation of Keith Haring's iconic black and white ceiling above the admissions desk.
Did Metro New York Manipulate OWS Photographer For Front Page Controversy?
Metro New York ran a front page story this morning on photographer Andrew Piccone, a frequent contributor to The Awl whose first gallery show, “Faces of Occupy Wall Street,” opens tonight at the Frontrunner gallery in TriBeCa. Piccone was grateful for the attention for what may be the first Occupy Wall Street-related gallery opening in the city—but was surprised to find himself portrayed as an opportunist trying to profit off of OWS, with the free daily paper noting, "The portraits of some 26 protesters will be sold for $200 a print." And two questions have emerged as a result: did Metro unfairly set him up for the sake of controversy? And is it ever wrong for photographers to make money off their art, regardless on the subject matter?
Brooklyn Museum Upsetting Conservatives With "Sacrilegious" Film
The Brooklyn Museum is under fire today from the Daily News, which is horribly offended by the institution's plans to screen an avant-garde film with a 10-second shot of ants crawling over a crucifix. The tabloid previously flipped its lid over the Museum's graffiti exhibit, so this shouldn't come as much of a surprise, but this is a debate that's staler than communion wafers.
We Want This Ryan Gosling With Puppies Public Art Project To Be Real
The Public Art Fund has created a rendering of what could be the world's greatest public art project. Greatest work of art, even. They explain, "We've combined everything we love: public art, Ryan Gosling & his dog, puppies, pizza, a baby cougar, and Hugh Jackman on a motorcycle." This is all eerily similar to dreams we've had.
Bill Cosby Gets Flashed On The Streets Of New York
Someone needs a Cosby sweater... hey-o! So, this is a photo of a woman you might remember named Holly Van Voast flashing Bill Cosby outside of the Barnes & Noble on 5th Avenue earlier this week. Humans of New York (NSFW!) was on the scene, and Holly explained to them, "me and my friends are artists. I’m trying to get attention so I try to flash celebrities. I take off my shirt and run up to them. You know, like a topless paparazzo. That’s what I call myself—Holly Van Voast, Topless Paparazzo.” That's a priceless look on 74-year-old Bill Cosby's face, anyone care to guess what was going through his mind?
Art Imitates Occupy Wall Street
An artist has created a sculpture depicting an Occupy Wall Street protester laying on the concrete, with his feet sticking out from under a blanket. The piece is in Zuccotti Park, as a tribute to those sleeping there for well over a month now. Norman Kirby says in the below video that he was inspired to make it after sleeping in the park for one night, which he said was "one of the roughest things I've ever experienced... it wasn't even the cold, but it was just being uncomfortable on the ground. I did it for one night, and it's very difficult. So I applaud these people here for doing this." And he hopes his tribute doesn't scare anyone:
Own A Piece Of James Franco's Art... For $8,000
For four days, starting next Friday (the 4th), RxArt will host a Pop-Up Shop at 208 Forsyth Street, selling works by everyone from Terence Koh to James Franco (rhyming!). They tell us, "a rotating installation of works will be available to purchase over the Shop’s duration. Check in daily to view works by Will Cotton, Todd Eberle, Chris Johanson, Odilon Redon, Haim Steinbach, William Wegman, Matthew Brannon, Lawrence Weiner, and several others."
Leon Reid Tells Us About The 60-Foot Spider He'd Like To Bring To The Brooklyn Bridge
Artist Leon Reid IV, a Bed-Stuy resident who most recently transformed George Washington into a tourist, is aiming to adorn the Brooklyn Bridge next with a massive spider. Reid's arachnid would cost about $800,000 to pull off, but after seeing his renderings we'd donate to the cause (which kind of reminds us of that time in 1983 an 80-foot King Kong resided on the Empire State Building). Below he tells us a little more about the project.
[UPDATE] Photos: Creators Project Takes Over DUMBO
We're still compiling our coverage of this weekend's Creators Project, but here's a peek at the action during the weekend-long technology and arts festival in DUMBO. Hoards of leather jackets and good looking people smoking cigarettes journeyed to the waterfront to catch some stellar live music and take in seriously trippy art. While the RSVP to the free event has been closed for some time, if you bum someone a Gauloises they may just give you their wristband. Though the music is gone, the art exhibitions will be up until 8 p.m. tonight.
Photos: Check Out Andy Warhol's Children's Book Illustrations
Before there were Marilyns and Campbell's cans, there were neon-colored cats and pearl-bedecked birds. Andy Warhol illustrated several children's books in the 1950s as part of Doubleday's Best In Children's Book series before leaving the publishing world behind, and lately they've been back in the public eye.
Yoko Ono Accused Of Altering John Lennon's Artwork
Last weekend Yoko Ono celebrated the late John Lennon's birthday in SoHo, and it was a far cry from the Lennon parties of the past. At this one, Ono was selling "the artwork of John Lennon" to benefit Citymeals-on-Wheels. And now ArtInfo is calling Ono out for selling counterfeit pieces, after collectors who paid thousands of dollars for prints are complaining they were sold "cut and paste mash-ups."
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