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Love for Sale at the National Art Gallery, London.

Well, not love exactly, but rather sex and as we all know when all else fails ‘sex sells’. It’s this fundamental concept that seems...

First Impressions: A Night At HEIST Gallery.

Tonight was my first encounter with emerging artist Sadie Weis and gallery entrepreneur Talia Eisenberg. I hope it won’t be my last. Something about...

Skye Nicolas: His own Murdered Beauty.

On the back of his wildly successful solo show we decided once again to take Skye Nicolas aside and ask him some more compelling...

Sally Golan finds her Bunny hole…

My second trip down the Gallery Bar rabbit hole occurred yesterday evening.  Unlike our heroine Alice, however, I did not know what quarry I...

Glamour arrives at the Artseen NY Benefit. If only you were there too…

Arriving last night to the NY Foundation for the Arts, 'Artseen' Benefit was like coming to a wonderful performance art piece, all the characters...

Cultural Disarray; Starring ‘Google,” “Michael Jackson,” and “Paris Hilton.”

Given the recent capitulation of society at large being parlayed in vast banking failures, improbable political imperatives (invading Iran and Russia brought to you...

Stefan Bondell, artist opens exhibition on Black Friday so viewers can roll around in...

Stefan Bondell has gone to cause a stir today with his new art exhibit, 'The Black Box,' at the Hole gallery where the artist...

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...

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...

Agathe de Balliencourt- ‘Expressway to your skull,’ a mind numbing blow out.

Friday nights saw us heading over to chic art laboratory and salon (as they like to call themselves) Lu Magnus, a co...

United Creators want to make your Art Gallery Irrelevant?

  Here’s an idea. You’re a starving artist trying to get your work out, except there’s one problem, the art galleries aren’t returning your phone...

Emilie Clark: Maxwell’s Lair.

Photos courtesy of Morgan Lehman Gallery It wasn’t the menacing blizzard conditions that produced a substantial crowd at the Morgan Lehman Gallery in Chelsea...

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...

Yayoi Kusama at Gagosian. Beyond the box…

Due to some abnormal external forces, the gallery-goers at the Gagosian opening last Thursday knew to automatically lock themselves into a queue. This magnetic...

The 2010 NY Armory Show Opens. Be prepared to come with High Cheek Bones.

What is it these days with all these artists and art dealers with high cheekbones? These were the this author's sentiments as he wafted...