$250 Million Cezanne
Friday, February 03, 2012
For $100, you can: eat a delicious Foie Gras & Truffle Burger.For roughly $800,000, you can: own a 20-something by 40-something inch Damien Hirst Pharmacy cabinet from 1992, courtesy of White Cube gallery's booth at the VIP Art Fair.
For $85 million, you can: Own the Spelling Mansion.
For $100 million, you can: Own the 20th Major League Soccer team.
For $160 million, you can: Own Ko Rangyai island off the coast of Phuket, Thailand. Lovely.
For $250 million you can own Cezanne's The Card Players. Good Deal? Bad Deal? That's A LOT of money.
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VIP 2.0 MUCH IMPROVED
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Congratulations are due to the VIP Art Fair for a MUCH improved 2nd round at their online venture. The navigation is cleaner, the videos smoother, and while I haven't attempted any chats, I'm guessing that functionality is much improved too. The zoom feature is simply out of control. You can zoom for days.
SHOUT OUT to Limoncello gallery (London) for doing it yet again. They take The Pit award for best booth. Limoncello has presented a seriously witty display. In lieu of artworks, they've presented a series of photographs of artist's studios (seen above). The detail photos help you pick out which of the objects in the fray are actually for sale.
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SHOUT OUT: the mayor of Mixed Greens
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Mixed Greens is now officially on Foursquare, and I'd like SHOUT OUT to our mayor, Kianga. If wichcraft's delivery service were on Foursqaure, it's a safe bet that HDB would be the Governor.
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Tamara Gayer @ Smack Mellon
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Heather, Steven & Monica are visiting Smack Mellon to check out Tamara Gayer's installation. Thanks for sending the above pic!
Tamara Gayer
The Final Contraction
on view @ Smack Mellon through March 4, 2012
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R.I.P. Mike Kelley
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Shocking, sad news here.
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Ugly Renaissance Babies and other non-news this Tuesday
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Art Fag City pointed me in the direction of my new favorite Tumblr, Ugly Renaissance Babies. Couldn't wait till Friday Fun Day to post it.Jerry dislikes Damien, but still loves NY.
The New Museum entry fee has gone up (even though it sounds like it was lowered).
A little birdie said that D'Amelio Terras is separating into D'Amelio and Terras. I'm sure we'll learn more about this in the coming days.
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Friday Fun Day
Friday, January 27, 2012
New Mayan artifacts were unearthed this week...reminded me that you have only 2 weeks left to check out "End of Days" at Mixed Greens! Those Mayans and their predictions...
Lots of news today, including Moss closing, and Lou Reed's failed music (err, I mean "art").
Jean Paul Gaultier's Winehouse obsession.
The VIP fair's countdown clock has begun!
TGIF.
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ART FOR HEALTHCARE
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Hi, I’m Becca! I’m the new intern! So here we go.
Artists in the Bronx can now swap their creative skills for hospital medical care.
This is similar to the Artist Access program created at the Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn in 2005.
Both programs allow artists to utilize their creative nature in return for healthcare. Which is really cool.
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to Curate
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Curate:to take care of. to preserve. to maintain.
The term is getting out of control. You do not curate a closet, a playlist, or gourmet sandwich toppings. Those are instances in which choice, style, and editing might be more on par with what is going on. I might go so far as to suggest that a group show is organized, while a collection is curated.
thoughts for today.
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Meghan LeBorious in the windows
Monday, January 23, 2012
If you've walked down 26th street at all recently, you've probably noticed the flickering Mixed Greens' windows. The celestial-looking installation, Emptiness & Its Implications, is by Meghan LeBorious. Upon closer inspection you'll recognize that the Swarovski-crystalized cutouts are representative of a sparkling circulatory system, and not a star filled galaxy.
And of course, feel free to stop in to check out End Of Days, on view through February 11th.
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One artist's experience: the MOCA Abramovic performances
Monday, January 23, 2012
Artinfo shares an excellent letter here by artist Sara Wookey to the public at large, calling for the establishment of ethical standards, labor rights and equal pay for artists, dancers and performers.A worthwhile read.
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Friday Fun Day: Spot Challenge Champ and more on my RIDICULIST
Friday, January 20, 2012
Damien Hirst is patting himself on the back pretty mightily right about now. Some poor fool, errr, collector, actually completed THE SPOT CHALLENGE. He must have really wanted that free print...The Louvre is buying a rare Pieta from a junk dealer.
Bored with Bottino? Subway sandwiches aren't your thing? Randwich might be the answer to your prayers. Now, if only west Chelsea can get its own outpost of Williamsburg fave Raddish. There's a shocking lack of kale in this zip code.
TGIF.
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More reading
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Meant to post this a while back: Nice video of a studio visit with Joseph Smolinski via Gorky's Granddaughter.And, an update on what Julianne Swartz and Ken Landauer have been working on for the ASU Art Museum.
Jusssst in case you were wondering...this is how you tell if your mouse is male or female. This might be more of an inside joke for the Mixed Greeners.
Art Basel's 2012 Exhibitor List.
The Balkans are being targeted for stolen art.
Has the VIP Art Fair revamped???
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Stop the Censorship
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
You Pit readers know that we love a black bar around here...but today's black bar over at Google is to remind you of the censorship issues being raised by SOPA and PIPA bills. Read more on the issue here.
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Tuesday Reading
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
MoMA got OCCUPIED on Friday night.Hyperallergic updates us on the art scene in Bushwick--info on a panel discussion this coming Thursday: Guests panelists include Deborah Brown, artist and owner of StorefrontBushwick gallery, Thomas Burr Dodd, owner of Brooklyn Fireproof, culture writer Carolina A. Miranda of C-Monster fame and Marco Antonini, the director of Nurture Art.
Doors open at 6pm and the panel kicks off from 7pm – 9pm @ The Bogart Salon, located at 56 Bogart Street (Bushwick, Brooklyn), across from the Morgan stop on the L train. To RSVP for this event email bogartsalon [at] gmail [dot] com.
Still time to apply for the ARCA 2012 program!
Yep, there's an app for that--sharks, that is. Track Great Whites here.
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