shout out!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Hey interwebs, today we're SHOUTING OUT to our readers. This is a reminder that if you mention The Pit, or mention to us that you read the blog, we'll return the favor by SHOUTING OUT to you.
SHOUT OUT to Rachel Hegburg! Thanks for reading the blog. Glad you liked the post about Damien Hirst's Spot Challenge.
SHOUT OUT to Mark Mulroney for being an avid reader of The Pit. And, per your request, I'll try to include more shark news in these cold, winter months. There's nothing better than shark news to lift one's spirit out of the winter doldrums.
To satisfy the need for more shark references, and to certify that Damien Hirst is a tool, I'd like to propose the following Friday Fun Day theme:
Thank you, Hennessy Youngman, for making my week.
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Mice!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The mice have emerged from the cake! Come visit our little visitors tonight--Dana Sherwood's Bacchanal.
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It is upon us.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
detail from Brian A. Kavanaugh's Three Gardens.
detail from Valerie Hegarty's Autumn on the Wisshickon with Tree.
detail from Sophia Narrett's If I Have to Break My Neck to See It, I Will.
detail from Seth Scantlen's Nurse Forsythe, You can't Win Them All.
detail from Dana Sherwood's Candied Landscape.
detail from Erin Dunn's Pine Snake.
END OF DAYS
Jessica Cannon, Bonnie Collura, Erin Dunn, Susan Hamburger, Valerie Hegarty, Patrick Jacobs, Brian A. Kavanaugh, Sophia Narrett, Hilary Pecis, Seth Scantlen, Melanie Schiff, and Dana Sherwood.
opening tonight, January 12, 6pm.
@ MIXED GREENS
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news & quiz!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Art Crime QUIZ!NADA in NY in May.
And more VIP fairs. Many more VIP art fairs.
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countdown: END OF DAYS
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Nothing says "apocalypse" like Hilary Pecis' "Kingdom" (above).
END OF DAYS. tomorrow. 6-8pm. Mixed Greens.
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final day of installation!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Detail of Susan Hamburger's sculptural installation.
Detail of Bonnie Collura's Prince (2)
See that glowing peep hole?
Patrick Jacobs's Mushroom Cluster #3, 2012.
And then our crazy storage unit adventure began...
Oh. Boy.
Michael's face is saying "ouch".
Chuka had to crawl through the crate jungle gym to access the storage unit.
Tomorrow. 6-8pm. MIXED GREENS.
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countdown: END OF DAYS
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Sophia Narrett's If I Have to Break My Neck to See It I Will, 2011
END OF DAYS
opening January 12th
@ Mixed Greens
*featuring work by Jessica Cannon, Bonnie Collura, Erin Dunn, Susan Hamburger, Valerie Hegarty, Patrick Jacobs, Brian A. Kavanaugh, Sophia Narrett, Hilary Pecis, Seth Scantlen, Melanie Schiff, and Dana Sherwood
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More installation shots
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Dana Sherwood's vitrine awaits the cake and mice!
Patrick Jacobs and assistant, Dan, install his wall-based sculpture while Heather and Chuka watch in amazement.
We've hit a point of true insanity.
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END OF DAYS: THE INSTALLATION!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Stay tuned for more installation pics....the insanity is ongoing! And join us on Thursday, January 12th, at 6pm for the opening of END OF DAYS!
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Damien Hirst poses THE SPOT CHALLENGE
Friday, January 06, 2012
Buying a 3-continent OneWorldAlliance plane ticket to visit all of the Gagosian's in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Athens, Rome, Geneva, Paris, and London: $3,700.New luggage for the momentous journey: $500.
Number of spot paintings you're likely to experience: 300.
The gift you'll receive for accomplishing this gargantuan task, termed THE SPOT CHALLENGE by Hirst himself: priceless. (or, errrr, maybe $2,000??--won't know the print prices until the 10th when Other Criteria launches the Spot Painting Prints on their online store.)
Oyyy, maybe you should skip the scavenger hunt.
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Last chance to see Howard Fonda!
Friday, January 06, 2012
Howard Fonda's Howard Fonda closes tomorrow. Be sure to stop by and check it out, if you haven't already! On view until tomorrow, Saturday January 7th, at 6pm @ Mixed Greens.In other news:
LES project space artwork stolen.
The Beltracchi fakes are even more numerous than previously thought.
In case you were wondering, YES, there is an organization that will tell you if you've overcleaned the painting.
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Just Barely 2012, and yet End of Days is upon us
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
It's nearly here.
END OF DAYS
Thursday, January 12th, 6-8pm @ Mixed Greens
*this, of course, means that Howard Fonda's exhibition Howard Fonda is nearing the end of its run. So if you haven't had a chance yet to check it out, you have until Saturday!
**shark news while everyone was on vacation: A HYBRID SHARK!
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Happy Holidays, xo Mixed Greens
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
I'm about to jet out of town for the holidays, and thought I'd post a list of important info before I sign off until 2012:1. Howard Fonda's exhibition of paintings is on view through January 7th (so yes, you've still got time)
2. Mark your calendars: End of Days, a group exhibition, is opening at Mixed Greens on January 12th! 6-8pm!
3. Just when thought you couldn't eat anymore, now you can eat a McQueen (shoe, that is), (I mean cookie, that is).
4. Stocking Stuffer for the shark fan in your life.
5. Handy list of holiday traditions around the world!
6. A set of Barbara Sullivan ornaments over at Artware.
7. Just in time for a White Christmas, you can recap RHOBH's White Party here at NYMag's Vulture.
8. And lastly, three words: TREAT YO SELF.
Happy Holidays, xoxo
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Leah Tinari makes egg nog
Friday, December 16, 2011
Slog Your Nog! Happy Holidays from Fatta Cuckoo! from Fatta Cuckoo on Vimeo.
Our very own Leah Tinari making egg nog.
Happy Holidays.
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Kim Beck in NY Arts Magazine
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Read Kim Beck: In Her Own Words in the current NY Arts Magazine.
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