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Why Andy Warhol’s Silver Car Crash painting sold for $105 million?
If as an ordinary punter you are trying to guess how Andy Warhol's Silver car crash (Double Disaster) painting managed to sell for a record...
Why Jana Romanova took pictures of sleeping pregnant parents to be.
When asked what provoked her to start taking pictures of pregnant parents to be Russia's Jana Romanova answers at the time when she first undertook...
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...
NY Design week wrap up.
DUPONT CORIAN AND INTRAMUROS PRESENT CARTE BLANCHE In celebration of the 25th anniversary of famed magazine Intramuros, Dupont Corian and Intramuros...
‘Quick while still,’ stars at pop up at Heist gallery.
In their continued efforts to be innovative and a progressive voice for down town artists (what else would we expect from Ms Talia Eisenberg...
The last dandy- Sebastian Horsley.
Sebastian Horsley the last dandy remembered; Why he mattered.
For those who never knew Sebastian Horsley while he was alive was only what the tabloids...
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...
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,...
Different Frames to Immortalise Your Captured Memories
Different types of photo frames capturing memories that you didn't previously consider. From popular choices, utilitarian choices to sentimental favorites. Seeing the world from...
Hermaphrodite 2010.
In their exhibit/performance art colloboration, Aphrodite Désirée Navab and Chervine, Iranian artists based in New York City, explore the gender stereotypes...
Javier Gomez- ‘Sensual Nature.’
As the cabs honked their horns and screeched impatiently across the gravel down at Wall street, all important men suited up in smart business...
William Powhida in A Tale of Three Covers
William Powhida, How the New Museum Committed Suicide with Banality, cover art, Brooklyn Rail, November 2009
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Silhouette Building Sets the Gold Standard of Green
There are moments—those rare, freak occurrences where all the pieces come together to create something marvelous. It’s...
Scoop at Scope- the highlights, Art Basel Miami 2010.
Ideally the reason to go to Art Basel is for the art shows, not to see David Guetta perform at Mansion or to...
Agathe de Bailliencourt; “Je m’en fous.”
"Occupation bleue", Acrylic painting on floor & walls, Tanglin Camp. Singapore Biennale 2006. Artistic Director: Fumio Nanjo
Meeting the very liberated Miss...
