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Art Basel Miami- DC Shoes and Primary Flight kick it.
Deep in the heart of the design district, miles away from the allure of South Beach pool side margaritas, the guys and gals of DC shoes along with Primary Flight, AMP and Cafeina (297 Northwest 23rd...
Three year old autistic girl is now an art star.
Three year old autistic girl Iris Halmshaw in the UK has gone on to capture the public's imagination with a body of work that goes far beyond her actual years.
The girl, who is autistic and can not speak lives...
Clic Gallery, and how they all flocked.
Here’s the question on my mind. Does art sell better when it’s surrounded by lots of beautiful people, correct cheek bones, foreign accents and an endless supply of hors’ deaves and jalapeno tequila cocktails. The answer it seems is...
Dress Codes: ICP Triennial of Photography and Video.
The third triennial video and photography exhibit at the International Center for Photography, was aptly entitled “ Dress Code.” Featured artists provided their own interpretation of style, figure and fashion from behind the seams. The sky was overcast, the wind...
The Damon Dash Gallery presents Kyle Goen.
Damon Dash gallery had their opening reception this past Thursday, for Kyle Goen’s “The Voice that Arms itself to be Heard” large-scale paintings and photographs.
Hosted and curated by Erykah Badu--R&B hip-hop singer and recording artist—and rap mogul Damon Dash--Roca-A-Fella...
Lucien Freud gone. What will we do without him now?
For all intensive purposes Lucien Freud was the rake of the art world. The dandy that didn't care what you thought of him, just what you thought of his work. And the truth is we all loved his work...
Italian art installation of empty champagne bottles thrown away
Define art. That in essence is the moral quandary out of Italy in which an art installation of empty champagne bottles and spent party poppers were thrown away by cleaning staff. Who naturally mistook it for garbage, unlike presumably...
World opening in Germany. The Hidden Trace- Jewish Paths to Modernity.
On December 6th, I missed Art Basel Miami and the party sponsored by Asprey Jewelry, which one of my dealers, Kiptonart, was throwing at the luxurious Setai Hotel, in South beach. I could not make it to Miami this...
Alix Smith: “The Dislocation of Self.”
According to Alix Smith celebrated photographer/artist the moment of self arrives not with the construct of self but the deconstruction of self. In a society intimately concerned with appearances, the look of things, what often goes on is that...
Retina Overload— the Photography of Scott Alger.
"One-one thousand, two-one thousand," Scott Alger counts time as he shines a bright yellow light in the face of a frozen Juliet. He is in the middle of composing his first of twelve photographs in a set depicting the...
The Steven Kasher gallery presents ‘Inspired.’
This past Wednesday the Steven Kasher gallery opened with a tantalizing new show called simply "Inspired," featuring photography centered around the theme of icons, as curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody. The guiding word 'iconic' is held ...
2 feet 12 inches at White Box Gallery; ‘Outlaw.’
Nestled in the heart of Chinatown, White Box Gallery is a true rare find.
Retro, wild, carefree and cool, White Box stands alone, off the beaten path from the barrage of studios and galleries strewn through soho.
Just like its geographical...
Cats in the art history
Cats in art history: How felines came to be lovingly embraced in popular contemporary culture after first appearing symbolically in the Ancient Art world.
The cat has lived side by side with humans since the dawn of time. Images of...
Amanda Dolan’s “Heart Attack.”
Blinking hearts in a window bringing Amsterdam's red-light district to mind, and a modern day Warhol of a pooch fit to ride in Paris Hilton's luxury handbag clearly signaled that Amanda Dolan's "Heart Attack" exhibit opening at Ward-Nasse Gallery was open for...
Ellis Gallagher: Urban Legend?
New York nightlife abounded at Ellis Gallagher’s New York City-reflective art exhibit on Bowery and Delancey at the Collective Hardware Gallery Thursday night. A couple of skips and a shimmy past the Williamsburg Bridge, it was easily accessible enough...
