He dares you: For all the world’s a hand-held mirror, and all the men and women merely arrivistes–like cicadas–in the life-challenging canvas of gallerist Peter Makebish. Sit for him (clothing optional)… “The tree sloth. Where…in…Madagascar…is that TREE SLOTH? And those tranny hula … Read More
Kodachrome moments in the ‘Fire Island Pines,’ circa 1975-1983 Even if you aren’t a “boy of summer,” you might pine for more decadent times after paging through Tom Bianchi’s new “Fire Island Pines. Polaroids 1975-1983” (Damiani, 212 pgs.). With an … Read More
Matthew Barney does the Morgan Library (really?) Amid the art-world big top pin-wheeling through the month–double Koons shows, FRIEZE-alooza, etcetera–the most unlikely of artist to keep it on the down-low is the typically-exhibitionistic Matthew Barney, showing his mesmerizing drawings at … Read More
John Newsom’s ‘Bestiary’: Into the Great Wide Open If captivating escapism from the neurotic concrete jungle is what you need, hit the first solo exhibition in seven years of John Newsom–the Rooster Cogburn of seize-the-day-and-molest-the-canvas oil painters–at the Marc Straus … Read More
Jane Alexander’s half-human, half-beasts are creatures to behold. Now bow! We mentioned John Newsom’s “Bestiary” as a great mother-of-nature exhibition to check out this week, but an altogether different menagerie can be found at the Cathedral Church of St. John … Read More
Belgraves Hotel recruits A Space For Art to adorn its walls with emerging and noted artists. Thompson Hotel’s already-aesthetic-minded London outpost Belgraves has upped the ante by recruiting A Space For Art –an art curator company based in London and … Read More
It ain’t news, but it’s the bee’s knees: the Eight-mm. camera app on iPhone. There isn’t much more to say. What’s cooler than that? And Julia Restoin Roitfeld has given it her seal of approval in the “FanFair” section of … Read More
Photographer-music videomaker Samuel Bayer reveals nudes portrait show. Through April 27th, the Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills is showcasing full-scale black-and-white nudes photographed by award-winning music-video director Samuel Bayer (Nirvana, Green Day, Justin Timberlake), in his first photo exhibition entitled … Read More
The great ‘60s street-style photographer’s work showcased in the new William Klein: ABC book. This book is beautiful and gritty and sexy. A visual survey of William Klein’s career–with images shot in New York, Rome, Moscow, Tokyo, and Paris–there’s 196 … Read More
LED-ing man artist Leo Villareal flips the switch on world’s largest light installation of its kind on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge. Brilliant light artist Leo Villareal wowed crowds this week with his “Bay Lights” LED installation, comprised of 25,000 LED … Read More
No matter what city you’re in, spring is near. Shake those winter blues, it’s time to hit the galleries. We’ve put together lists of the Top 5 exhibitions happening in each of our cities during March. It’s a mixed bag … Read More
Our friends at Urban Outfitters put together an awesome video of Curtis Kulig painting the pool at Hotel Victor during Art Basel in Miami. Check out the behind-the-scenes video below.
A video-installation in New York City plays like a symphony tour de force. Hate art? Even more, video installations? This will change your perception of it all. “The Visitors,” a nine-screen video installation by Ragnar Kjartansson, is moving, spectacular, spectacle. … Read More
In the nick of time, MoMA’s is showing ‘The Clock’ video installation. If you think you have let the days just wile away, Christian Marclay’s video installation, “The Clock”–winner of last year’s Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale, will … Read More
Kulig’s ‘Love Me’ gets inscribed on the bottom of Hotel Victor’s pool during Art Basel in Miami Beach Last week at Art Basel, one of our favorite artists Curtis Kulig installed his ‘Love Me’ piece on the bottom of the … Read More
