Last year MoMA dedicated seven months to the display of contemporary drawings from the Judith Rothschild Foundation collection. It was a throwaway show probably designed to save money, but still… I wasn’t impressed. It was basically a survey of work the Foundation had bought in Chelsea recently, and hardly a marker of the best art exhibited. This year’s budget-friendly show, Contemporary Art from the Collection is a little better.
My parents will be pleased. Murakami’s well known characters Kaikai and Kiki will be seen in helium balloon form this November at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, so for the first time in ten years I will be attending the parade with them. From the New York Times: If familiar figures like Kermit the Frog and SpongeBob [...]
For those who have about an hour to kill, the Dave Hickey lecture above is worth a gander both for his ideas on the development of art viewing, and his thoughts on the Internet. To begin, Hickey describes the American art discourse as informed by a conflict between ideas proffered by the 15th century church [...]
“I am that I am,” declares Brion Gysin in a video projection, his deep voice resonating throughout the second floor of the New Museum. The statement promises to reveal something about this lesser-known artist of the Beat generation, even if that something is unclear. As Gysin anxiously repeats permutations of the statement—“Am I that I [...]
The L Magazine has a great feature, Ten Young Artists You Should Know, complete with interviews. I worked with Shane Caffrey and Amy Yao on their interviews, though they’re all worth a look. A teaser: The L: If you could collaborate with any other New York City artist (living or dead), who would be, why, [...]
Denial of intern Liza Eliano’s imminent departure has delayed my posting a call for her replacement. Stupid school. Who will write epic art merch surveys for AFC in her absence? Who will write AFC’s event listings with such subtle humor? And most importantly, who will write profiles scathing enough to prompt their subjects to create ugly [...]
Only one week left for artists submit their sounds to the DJ Battle record you’ll all been waiting for: The Sound of Art. This record compiles and organizes art sounds by gallery location — Manhattan (side A) and Brooklyn (side B) — for one giant DJ face off this November! On a gender note, an [...]
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