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Jon Koones, sculptor and painter. Arriving at love by removing one’s ego.

I'm sitting across the turf from artist Jon Koones, studying the deep furrows of the man who can be best described as his own...
Banksy arrested

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...
Rose Hartman: Incomparable women of style.

Rose Hartman: ‘Incomparable women of style.’ An odyssey of a glamour photographer…

'Style is the way you go to bed and wake up in the morning.' And thus begins the delightful odyssey of Ms Rose Hartman who...
BMW ArtCars, Miami Art Basel 2012.

Paint it Black: Miami Art Basel 2012.

And so it begins. Art Basel Miami 2012 brings the worlds of international collectors, dealers, fortune hunters,corporate wonks, Hollywood types and sybarites like us...
Jessica Hart

TODD JAMES and ALEXIS ROSS Opening Presented by ANDY VALMORBIDA and PM TENORE.

Upon arrival to Andy Valmorbida’s pop-up gallery (Beyond Elegance, an exhibition of multimedia works by Todd James and Alexis Ross presented by Andy Valmorbida...

Museum display of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe’s possessions blasted.

What makes for good art and what about the morbid curiosity as to what goes on in a serial killer's mind? These are some...

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...

‘Buy some love.’ So how much would you pay for a dollar bill?

Here comes food for thought via artist du jour Skye Nicolas who once again pushes the envelope with his newest piece 'Buy Some Love.' Ostensibly what...

Immediatism at the ArtExpo in Manhattan

Our frenetic lives 2.0 don't leave us any time to care for details. Jumping from Google to a Facebook update while twitting our exotic...

Armory Show 2012: So what happened to the Eurotrash?

Armory 2012 has come and gone and unlike recent years this one was quite splendid and satisfying. Ironic considering that this time there were...

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...

Shock artist Killian Skarr to be crucified and shocked

I arrived for my second formal interview with the enigmatic artist Killian Skarr a little earlier than we had agreed upon. While parking at...

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...

China by Night. A photo essay.

Piqued by the rampant transformation of China from a once homogenuous nation to a polarized nation of rising wealth and vast poverty, urban decay...

It’s now time to meet Bansky’s impersonator- Hanksy: ‘Catch me if you can.’

Over the past few months NYC has been graced with one of the best street artist spoofs ever conceived.  Calling himself Hanksy the artist has...