I did a cursory run through of this spectacular show at MoMA at the opening. You must go see it. If you don’t live in NY, it is actually worth a trip to see these works in person. I have to go back and spend a few hours there before I write about it and [...]
The National Academy Museum originally opened before museums as we know them today existed. The goal of the Academy was to assemble a body of work that would demonstrate the styles, tastes, and contributions of American art and architecture from the 1820s-1970s. The founders stated that upon election, members had to donate one artwork representative [...]
Tim is a friend to everyone. From the moment he picked me up at the train station, I felt like I had known him for years. Born in Malawi, Tim grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts in a family full of artists. Always extremely curious, Tim has been photographing since he was a child though he [...]
September 11 at MoMA PS1
Peter Eleey has done a magnificent job of curating a moving and artistically solid exhibition. He explained to the small group he led through his show at PS1 that the idea for it had been brewing in his head for awhile. Curators are usually the experts trying to teach the audience [...]
Laurel Sparks Studio Visit:
Originally from Southern California and Phoenix, Arizona, Laurel attended Boston for her undergraduate degree. Initially Laurel was interested in dance but at 15, she made the switch to the visual arts and attended an arts high school in Southern California where her family now lives. After dabbling in drawing, photography and painting, [...]
Peter Eleey has done a magnificent job of curating a moving and artistically solid exhibition. He explained to the small group he led through his show at PS1 that the idea for it had been brewing in his head for awhile. Curators are usually the experts trying to teach the audience something with an exhibition, but in [...]
Originally from Southern California and Phoenix, Arizona, Laurel attended Boston for her undergraduate degree. Initially Laurel was interested in dance but at 15, she made the switch to the visual arts and attended an arts high school in Southern California where her family now lives. After dabbling in drawing, photography and painting, she knew she [...]
Chelsea was hopping on Saturday and it wasn’t just a browsing crowd, I saw some big collectors out shopping.
Here are my picks to see in Chelsea:
Nick Cave-”Ever-After” at Jack Shainman in collaboration with Mary Boone (513 West 20th Street)
It is about time the general public discover what the art world has known for awhile, [...]
On view at the Guggenheim are the works of Lee Ufan from the 1960s to the present. Born in 1936 in Korea, Ufan has lived and worked in Korea, Japan and France. He attended art college in Seoul and then moved to Tokyo in 1960 receiving a degree in philosophy. Throughout his life he has [...]
Check out this interview with Ryan Gander from artinfo.com:
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