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Mike Kelley is dead!

What a loss for the art world!

Los Angeles based artist Mike Kelley is dead at the age of 57. Originally from Detroit, Kelley attended the California Institute of the Arts. He investigates what he refers to as materialist rituals in his work. Probably best known for his stuffed animal sculptures, these works were [...]


An Interview worth reading: Ryan Gander

Check out this interview with Ryan Gander from artinfo.com:
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38469/im-not-a-fictional-artist-ryan-gander-offers-a-key-to-his-enigmatic-new-locked-room-scenario-in-london/?utm_source=nlda&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter


The Santa Fe Art Scene

I recently unearthed some footage of me checking out art and food in Santa Fe. If you are interested the link is below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j4pUTDh3xE


Inspiration

I was asked recently what caused my love of art and what my first inspiration was. When reflecting upon the answer I realized there was, in fact,  a single defining moment for me, and that I ought to share it in order to recognize the special person who planted the seed for my passion for [...]


Just be….

On Saturday I had plans to deliver meals to the homebound, go to the Morgan Library, the Met and The Jewish Museum ending up at my friend’s birthday party. But instead, for the first weekend in a long time, I slept in, went for a walk in the park, sat down on a bench, and [...]


ARTnews review of “Reflection”

If you can’t see the image below, cut and paste the web address below to read the review in the September 2010 ARTnews magazine of the show I curated this past spring at Nathan Bernstein Gallery:
http://i1.exhibit-e.com/nathanbernstein/064c058c.pdf


Glad I am not the woman who did this

On Friday a visitor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art fell and accidentally tore a six inch gash in the 1904-5 Picasso painting “The Actor.” To read more go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/arts/design/26picasso.html?th&emc=th


A tale of institutional morality The Barnes Collection is not being saved, it is being stolen

Here is a link to a very well-written and thoughtful article from The Art Newspaper by Richard Feigen.
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/A-tale-of-institutional-morality/20029


Lumas Holiday Art Sale December 3-10

A friend of mine works for this photography gallery which has locations throughout Europe as well as NYC. The sale, with discounts of up to 40% off selected works, is only in SoHo in NYC at 77 Wooster Street. Affordable art is a great holiday gift that someone can enjoy for a lifetime. Check out [...]


Rest in Peace Jeanne-Claude

The less famous half of Christo and Jeanne-Claude passed away at age 74 last night due to complications of a brain aneurysm. Her many projects with her husband have included: Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin Counties, California in 1975, wrapping the Pont Neuf Briddge in Paris in 1985, Wrapping the Reichstag in Berlin in [...]