November 2009
20 posts
2009 Miami Art Fairs Map →
Only two weeks until Miami!
NYT: Some Object as Museum Shows Its Trustee’s Art... →
Dan Cameron, a former New Museum curator who is now artistic director of the Prospect New Orleans art biennial, said the choice of Mr. Koons made him uncomfortable. “I am a big fan of Jeff’s,” he said, “but he is not a fair or impartial or even interesting interpreter of what Dakis does.”
Announcing BAM Photography Portfolio IV Artists:...
Once again, I am continuing highlighting the artists in the newest BAM Photography Portfolio. Up next is Anna Gaskell:
Anna Gaskell’s (b. 1969, Des Moines, IA) imagery explores what she calls “elliptical narrative” – fluid, layered stories that shift and change with each retelling, disrupting common storytelling conventions. Actors are carefully staged, placed in controlled pastoral...
Curator: Stressful jobs that pay badly. Thanks... →
89% of curators say their job is stressful (and underpaid considering the level of education needed and amount of work that actually needs to happen to make a show successful). Comparatively, only 71% of substance abuse counselors say their job is stressful. Career change?
Is there such a thing as too much art?
On Friday, I saw Tacita Dean’s Craneway Event at St. Mark’s Church on the Bowery as part of Performa 09.
On Saturday, I saw Garcia and Granoff at the Kitchen (with the amazing Kate Bush Dance Troupe) at the Kitchen
This week is going to be busy… Come find me! Here is what I am going to be doing:
Tonight, William Kentridge at Cedar Lake (also part of Performa)
Wednesday,...
Announcing BAM Photography Portfolio IV Artists:...
Western Diamondback, 2006, C-Print; Courtesy of the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Continued from yesterday, here is the work by Roe Ethridge. Ethridge (b. 1969, Miami, FL) queries the fault lines between creating imagery and capturing the world. He arranges his large-format photographs into series whose precise meaning remains elusive. At first glance his groupings may seem like...
Charlie Finch: Tuna Fisch →
Announcing BAM Photography Portfolio IV Artists:...
So, Photography Portfolio IV is finally (just about, at least) done. I am thrilled with the results. Sales have started - slowly but surely - which is also good news and we are preparing to go to Miami in December. I wanted to focus on each participating artist, highlighting their donated image and several other examples of their work. First up, Anne Collier:
Notes and Observations (Page 41),...
Art Market Views: 53 Dealers Band Together For... →
Saw Girls Last Night in Hoboken
Girls were good. I actually had a great time in Hoboken. That was surprising. The most interesting thing, however, was that I realized the guy from Girls looks uncannily like Marilyn, oft forgotten star of the New Romantic movement and current agoraphobic recluse. See below:
Must be the extreme side-part.
