Tag: Art
Affordable Art that’s crazy, if only we could afford that too.
There is no universally acceptable definition of "affordable," and thus I'm fine with the Affordable Art Fair's self-description as such; Manhattan being what it is, there are plenty of collectors who can afford to throw down five grand for...
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 were in place, the gestures, cheek bones and the art that hung along the walls...
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 stream leaked out from the inner depth of the great gallery to swallow innocent bystanders...
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 an endless supply of hors’ deaves and jalapeno tequila cocktails. The answer it seems is...
Terra Nova- Prompting new theater and a connection to your soul.
Driving along the I-94 back into the city one night James Carter the Associate Artistic Director of the chic and progressive theater company TerraNova was alarmed by what he saw on the billboards there in front of him. The...
The new breed at the National Arts Council.
The National Arts Club is a hell of an institution. Founded in 1898 by a veteran New York Times literary critic and housed in what once served as home to Governor Samuel Tilden, the private club attracts the best...
The Impossible Collection comes to Assouline.
“when editors are bored, they drink” said Moran Bar-Kochva, recalling his old days as a journalist, “and then they decide to do some sort of ranking list – ‘the top 10’; ‘the best 50’; ‘the most important 100’”. Such ranks are...
JOHN WATERS-“Old Chickens Make Good Soup.”
We love the recession. Seriously, it’s great. Why? Because people maddeningly pant around town, tongues hanging loose like rabid wolves, looking to quench their empty little souls with any kind of perverse painkiller entertainment. This obviously creates the ultimate...
Sun K. Kwak- Undulating and Winding deep into your Soul.
When you first walk into the Brooklyn Museums vast 5th room floor (the B.Gerald Cantor Gallery) your first impulse is to run your hands through your hair, turn your knees and walk which ever way your heart will allow....
Vanitas, Inshallah: A fantastical fashion adventure by AleXsandro Palombo
An anomaly in today’s fashion world, AleXsandro Palombo is one brilliant rascal.
Since founding his own label in 1998, the young Italian designer has raised eyebrows everywhere from Vogue to The Vatican with innovative designs, vibrant use of color and...
Yoshitomo Nara wants to Confuse you.
The innocuous little moppets so delicately existent on Yoshimoto Nara’s canvases reversed the role of ‘gazer’ and ‘gazee’ at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea last Friday. Coming straight from Japan, totally unaware of the language and culture of...
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 calls. It’s that time of day you begin to reconsider your sanity except this time...
What happened to Hamish? HARD/SOFT opens at the National Arts Club.
Getting into the National Arts Club last Friday was an outrageous production. The line was around the block. Frustrated shouts could be heard throughout Gramercy Park. And Hamish Bowles left in a huff. Yes, that’s right. Hamish Bowles, VOGUE’s...
American Academy of Arts and Letters: Pompous, Stuffy but Brilliant.
In the post regalia of the Armory this Scallywag headed way uptown (155 th st ) to partake in some stodgy revelry of the Academy’s annual patronage to the visual arts.
Viewing the vast amount of heralded work at the...
Will Everything Be Taken Away? UN-SCR-1325 opens at the Chelsea Art Museum.
In the midst of Armory Week’s champagne cocktails and pretentious (albeit enthralling) parties, it was refreshing to attend a powerful opening where the focus was, shockingly enough, the art. Curated by the perceptive Jan Van Woensel and his curatorial...
