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Beware Reka Nyari! Brilliant Photography.
Being born in Finland, and growing up in Budapest is an unusual beginning and one which, thanks to her parents, has given Reka Nyari a beautifully unique face. Having moved to New York when she was seventeen, she is left...
Okay, we went to the Armory too, but are Galleries still relevant?
So last night was the last night of the Armory spectacle. To be clear we rather enjoyed the whole experience, the artists, the dealers, the meetings, the parties and the clever banter. Always the clever banter. Yet there was...
Pop LIFE- Art in a MATERIAL WorlD.
London, UK.
When a friend suggest I check out the ‘dirty’ rooms at the latest Tate Modern exhibition Pop Life I must admit, I became a little intrigued.
The exhibition centers around Andy Warhol’s provocative quote “good business is the best...
Patrick McMullan and Amber De Vos present ‘Me, Nycelf, and Eye.’
Amber De Vos‘ collection, ‘Me, Nycelf, and Eye’ opened Wednesday at the BoConcept store on west 18th st. Hosted by Patrick McMullan, the event was most certainly a high-profile one; almost everyone that Patrick introduced me to...
Long lost Van Gogh masterpiece discovered by NYC collector at county auction
Stuart Pivar NYC art collector finds long lost Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece, 'Auvers, 1890' at county auction. Dutch museum seeks to authenticate discovery.
How much did he pay for it and will he now look to sell it?
A NYC...
Banksy’s arrest was just a hoax. Life imitating art.
The new oxymoron of street art: Vans ads or vandalism?
E-Bay shuts down auction for Banksy’s Identity.
The false arrest that even Banksy could be proud of.
Banksy has remained elusive in his quest to bring meaning, harmony and of course vandalism...
The Prettiest Girl in the Room: Frank Benson’s Human Statue (Jessie) at Taxer & Spengermann
With Fashion Week, Fashion’s Night Out and the first openings of the September Chelsea gallery shows, it seemed near impossible that an exhibition of a singular sculpture could hold its own in the visual overload happening on the streets. ...
Krause Gallery presents ‘Outside the Box.’
Self-portraits, generally regarded as a literal interpretation of oneself- inner anguish a la Edvard Munch often fill the ‘self portrait’ category. Krause Gallery is over it. Their current exhibition “Outisde the Box” was anything but a bunch of idealized...
Joon-Hyung Lee, a rising star of Saatchi Art.
Artist, Joon-Hyung Lee specializes in the human condition. Or to be exact the expression of the human condition through his myriad expressive takes on the human face. Perhaps then it ought not surprise many that the rising South Korean...
What happens when you bring an Englishman to NY via LA?
Once in a while in their merry excursions across town one can come across an interesting eclectic group of individuals. That said we did just that quite recently when we ran across English émigré Alexander Purcell and his Californian...
Akut and Hera- if only you were as beautiful as us…
If you Google “Redflagg Herakut opening”, you will undoubtedly be directed to a number of art forums, each with multiple frantic posts from Herakut fans stunned that they hadn’t heard about the opening party Thursday night that kicked off...
American Academy of Arts and Letters: Pompous, Stuffy but Brilliant.
In the post regalia of the Armory this Scallywag headed way uptown (155 th st ) to partake in some stodgy revelry of the Academy’s annual patronage to the visual arts.
Viewing the vast amount of heralded work at the...
OCCUPY THE ATM! AT MICHAEL MUT GALLERY
At the Michael Mut gallery on Ave C and 7th, the opening for the "Love Yourself" exhibition is a crowded gathering of artists and hawt bixches.
During times of depression economics, when feelings are down, we should definitely love ourselves...
The Art of Occupy Wall Street
This time Occupy Wall Street hit the jackpot. Right in the face of the stock exchange, at the corner of Wall St. and Broad St., our heroes managed to get their hands on a huge abandoned building and turn...
Miss Subway Girl: Then and Now.
Beauty. It is the thing that our society craves and rewards. In Fiona Gardner’s upcoming photo exhibit ‘Meet Miss Subway,’ at Rush Gallery we are treated to an intriguing dialogue on the passage of time, the idealization of youth,...
