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September Preview Week: Chelsea Openings

by The AFC Staff on September 5, 2012
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It’s September. It’s time for some art. This week, AFC is going to give it to you Shark Week-style with a preview of the first fall art openings, and every day we’ll give you a new preview based on neighborhood. We’ve chosen what should be good, and what should be on your radar. Today’s post: everything in Chelsea you should know about in the month of September.

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In Our Masthead: Laura Brothers

by Art Fag City on July 1, 2011
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You may have seen our post last week on the work of artist Laura Brothers (out4pizza). If you did, you’ll understand how excited we are to present her custom-made masthead for Art Fag City. Brace yourself!

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In Our Masthead: Valaire Van Slyck

by Guy Forget on April 4, 2011
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Gracing our masthead this month is a detail of Untitled (2009) by Valaire Van Slyck, whose paintings are themselves artifacts of the post-industrial urban environments he lives in.

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Meeting JstChillin IRL: Turns Out It’s Actually Fat

by Will Brand on March 17, 2011
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Looking for a refuge from tonight’s legions of green-clad drunks, preferably one with drinks? Don’t want to shout about a country you’ve mostly learned about through alcohol and cereal? You’re in luck. Tonight through the end of March 319 Scholes will be putting on Read/Write, a self-produced retrospective of JstChillin. JstChillin is the online curatorial project of Caitlin Denny [...]

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In Our Masthead: Anthony Fuller

by Guy Forget on March 1, 2011
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This month’s featured artist is Anthony Fuller, gracing the AFC masthead with “Untitled” (2011). From one generalized impulse — trying to make sense of ways of belonging — he creates tableaux that are both transparent and inscrutable.

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Featured Artist: Ariel Goldberg

by Guy Forget on February 1, 2011
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Ariel Goldberg writes a letter “to every person in The United States Military who had been announced as a casualty of The War in Iraq.” These letters were also performed, culminating in a series of frustrated attempts at mailing 100 of them, their “un-mailing,” as she calls it.

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Introducing Guy Forget, AFC’s New Curatorial Fellow

by Paddy Johnson on January 28, 2011
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Time to issue a warm welcome to AFC’s new curatorial fellow Guy Forget. For the next few months, Guy will manage AFC’s featured masthead artists and Art Talk, a new feature in which we invite readers to discuss current New York shows. He has also conceived a new ten part project titled, “Forget in Ten Parts”, in which he will curate artworks, images and videos, complete with humorous and insightful commentary. We’ll be making announcements soon about the launch date of that series so stay tuned for that.

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Tuesday at Mixed Greens by Mr. and Mrs. Amani Olu

by Art Fag City on January 13, 2011
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Tuesday – Curated by Mr. and Mrs. Amani Olu Date: THURSDAY, JANUARY 13TH 2011 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH 2011 Venue: Mixed Greens, 531 West 26th Street Mixed Greens offers a show, curated by Amani Olu of Humble Arts Foundation fame, focusing on the everyday in art. Included are works by AFC favorite Conor Backman – whose edited beer boxes featured [...]

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In Our Masthead: Danielle Mysliwiec

by Paddy Johnson on January 4, 2011
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Danielle Mysliwiec graces our masthead this month, making her the first artist to be featured twice in the space. The artist’s work was first showcased in December 2007. Over the past three years, Mysliwiec has continued to create the seamless illusion of woven paint on fresh surfaces. They are transfixing.  In her latest work [pictured [...]

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Recommended Shows: There Are Many

by Paddy Johnson on January 4, 2011
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There are a lot of openings this week. We’ll be adding to our recommended show list for the next couple of days, so keep checking the list. In the mean time, a selection of recently added picks written up by AFC’s Will Brand

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