by Corinna Kirsch on August 16, 2012
Chelsea-based Horton Gallery will take over CANADA’s old location in Chinatown, the gallery announced today. The gallery will host its inaugural exhibition there in September. The gallery’s new, larger space, located at 55-59 Chrystie Street, has a storied past. Home to CANADA for the past decade, and the Beastie Boys throughout the 1980s, Horton will be filling a space that’s become known for its creative rigor.
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by Corinna Kirsch on July 24, 2012
In light of the current spate of criticisms hurled at MOCA, a startling censorship incident at the museum in May brings up a new series of questions about one of the museum’s corporate sponsors. During the museum’s Bring Your Own Beamer (B.Y.O.B.) event, artist Chris Silva was told to remove his projection because it featured a Peugeot race car, a competitor to Mercedes-Benz, one of the event’s sponsors. Whoops. But now, a few months later, it appears that everything is hunky-dory between Silva and Mercedes-Benz—and Silva might get an exhibition out of it.
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