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How is New Technology Changing the Visual Arts Game?

How is New Technology Changing the Visual Arts Game? From artificial intelligence, tech tools, computers and screen printing- the new frontier of creativity has...

Olek Tames the Charging Wall Street Bull

This article comes courtesy of Steven Kaplan, art correspondent, publisher and noted critic and friend of Scallywag. The original article can be found below...

Davide Balula: American Wall Nut 

For Davide Balula, all that it takes to make a captivating art piece is… a utility closet? In a city where the intangible emptiness...

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,...

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...
History of Visual Art Education

History of Visual Art Education: A multi billion dollar industry arrived.

History of Visual Art Education; The consideration of art and artists as it now morphs into a billion dollar industry and what now counts...

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...

‘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...

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...

Kid Sister and Hendershot Gallery take over the Delano Hotel.

Having events for events sake is Arts Basel's insidious allure. Self promotion is rampant-- whether it is ladies going out at night in as...

Drew Tal giving us Sublime, Bliss and the Ethereal.

If one were to observe Drew Tal’s photograph’s they would walk away with the feeling of a monastic like experience. Serene, humbling and a...

Skye Nicolas- Mortelle Series Act I @ ION space.

“Just kill them!” ordered Marlon Richards of Skye Nicolas; and the “Mortelle Series: Act I” was born. How can beauty be captured without repeating...

Jose Parla: Walls, Diaries and Paintings

Brooklyn based Cuban-born artist, Jose Parla exhibited fifteen new paintings, this past Thursday at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery. Entitled “Walls, Diaries and Paintings,” I hadn’t seen such a...
Kathy Griffin Donald Trump beheaded head

Kathy Griffin Donald Trump beheaded head: Art or terrorism?

Kathy Griffin Donald Trump beheaded head; Art or terrorism? Did the actress go too far in mocking the president and drawing attention to his...
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...