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Art Basel Miami- First Takes. Let the trophy hunting begin.
Artworld Salon, a site to which I have not actively contributed for a year, just posted an open thread on "What to expect when you’re expecting to go to Miami?" and suggested readers send their thoughts.
The following comments will...
John Zinsser: Art Dealer Archipelagoes @ James Graham
John Zinsser
Art Dealer Archipelagoes
Nov 20, 2009 - Jan 5, 2010
James Graham & Sons
32 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065
http://www.jamesgrahamandsons.com/
(212) 535-5767
Colin De Land/American Fine Arts
We can all readily cite John Donne on no man being an island, but somehow this...
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...
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 to be turning London based art curators ‘on’ of late.
Unpredictably, however, the most...
Coalition for the Homeless Artwalk Party: Oh, the Glamour!
Tuesday night's benefit, Artwalk Coalition for the Homeless, brought in a sundry of discerning social types to help raise awareness and funds for a wonderful cause that has now been 15 years in the making. Chaired by Alec Baldwin...
NY Art Rocks Benefit- ‘Everyone was so Fabulous.’
Going to a NY Art Rocks Benefit event is synonymous with cheekbone kissing, strutting, and exacting one's finer sense of uber-cool. Not for the faint of heart but rather for the sleek, hip, beautiful and young bohemians that strut...
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 in the middle of composing his first of twelve photographs in a set depicting the...
The Unveiling of Michelangelo’s “The Young Archer” at the Met— Oh the Pizzaz!
Photography by James Palmar. Daphne Guiness.
Was the sculptural unveiling of ‘The young archer,’ a work purported to be that of Michelangelo’s (on loan from France), beautiful irrespective of whether or not it actually belonged to Michelangelo?...
A Visual Feast: the NYC Halloween Parade
Written, photographed by, and © Keith Lew, keithlew.com
Visit Keith Lew's full gallery HERE
As I exit the W4th subway station onto 6th Avenue, I try to remember another time in my life where I was swept along by crowd of people...
Paint to Preserve Memory.
Art in all its existing forms speaks to our emotions and our memories so it’s no wonder that art could be healing as well. Recent studies are showing that art has a medicinal quality that...
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...
Now On: SHOWstudio – Fashion Revolution.
London, UK
Don’t know about you, but there aren’t many exhibitions that will you to scrawl on Naomi Campbell’s derrière, but then there aren’t many exhibitions like SHOWstudio’s Fashion Revolution. Set up by uber photographer Nick Knight, www.SHOWstudio.com has...
Moustaches galore at Open House Gallery.
“Help fight prostate cancer, grow a moustache!” was the slogan of the night at the Movember Launch party at the Open House Gallery in Soho. Whiskers were abound, as male and female guests alike (faux...
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 last night. Though, it probably had something to do with visitors going for...
Collective Hardware- Rising Phoenix.
What do you do when your place nearly goes up in flames?What do you do when all you fight for has come to a catastrophic standstill? You resurrect yourself.
This past Wednesday, Collective Hardware curator and creative director at large...
