11.11.11
Friday, November 11, 2011
Happy 11.11.11, otherwise known as the Best Day Ever for Corduroy Enthusiasts.
In other news:
Check out Kim Beck's talk at TEDxEAST on November 18th at the ACE Hotel.
"Mitt Romney vows to cut arts funding" !! Time to read up on your politicians.
A Work of Art recap from someone other than Jerry Saltz.
The SEVEN "fair"/ art presentation is back again this year in Miami.
I spent some time at the Getty Villa when I was in LA in October, and I'm glad this show is getting some notice.
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Friday Fun Day (on thursday)
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Break ton Neck from Alex Yde on Vimeo.
SHOUT OUT to HDB for pointing this out.
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Do I really want to live in a world without Dippin' Dots? There are plenty of other problems happening this Tuesday. Italy and Greece are in the crapper, Ai Wei Wei needs to pay some major back taxes, and an asteroid is going to get uncomfortably close to Earth. Melancholia, anyone??
On the upside is Artinfo.com's new web layout, and Jerry Saltz admits to making new friends and meeting new people on the street due to his Work of Art fame. Good to hear.
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Friday Fun Day (reading)
Friday, November 04, 2011
Jerry really likes SJP.OccupyMan is tweeting his every transaction.
Twitter becomes a trend amongst Art World Professionals as well!
OccupyChelsea jokes about Occupying Bottino!
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In other news
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Kim Beck will be giving an artist talk at Hunter College tomorrow evening (Wednesday, November 2nd) at 7:30pm. Info here.The Sommelier Thief pleads guilty.
Shark Attack!
Why isn't Kim Kardashian getting protested by Occupiers???
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From VIP to Diapers.com
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
It's no secret that the VIP Art Fair had its fair share of technical difficulties the first time around. And that is exactly what they plan to remedy in this 2nd installment set to launch February 2012. And to prove just how tech savvy they are, they've named Lisa Kennedy the CEO of VIP (thank you Artinfo for the story). Lisa Kennedy was previously the Executive Vice President of Quidsi, Inc., best known for massive online retailers Soap.com, Diapers.com, Yoyo.com, Wag.com, and BeautyBar.com.
How exactly this will work to VIP's benefit remains to be seen. Will a previous internet retailer be able to remedy the technical problems that VIP will potentially face again? (Since when do Vice Presidents fix bandwidth issues), and what does this mean for the very important-ness of the "VIP" Fair? This is not an online venture in which huge quantities are being pushed...in fact, I'd guess that the majority of works on the site are unique. Where does big-box consulting come into play here?
This might be a very important step forward, however, in thinking about art and online commerce. There's simply no reason that art cannot be sold online with the same efficiency and success that other business models have witnessed. If VIP can succeed in this upcoming round, then they might really be onto something.
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Got Occupied!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Just last Thursday I was discussing the Occupy Museums protest with HDB and Michael here in the office. It never would have occurred to me that the next morning, while at an Art Authentication Symposium at Columbia Law School, I'd become a first hand witness to the movement.
After the coffee break, and after Laurence Kanter's lecture on connoisseurship, Elizabeth Gorayeb (a Specialist of Impressionist and Modern Art at Sotheby's) began her lecture on provenance. Within the first 10 minutes she was interrupted by one protestor. Then another. And then another. It was a little shocking, to say the least. This was the most unexpected interruption--at first I wasn't entirely sure what was going on. The second or third protestor made it clear that in addition to the art handlers' fight for pension plans, they were protesting the fact that Columbia's president, Michael Sovern, sits on the Board of Directors of the auction house. Each of the 10 or so protestors were escorted out of the lecture hall without incident, and Ms. Gorayeb continued her lecture. Yepppp, the whole thing was somewhat uneventful.
I don't have too much more to say about the protest other than I was there to witness it. It was attention-getting and inconvenient. But then again, what protest isn't? I left that afternoon thinking more about the panel presenters' lectures than the mumblings I could gather from each of the protestors' shouts. Not the most successful Occupy, I'd guess.
Perhaps this one was more successful.
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Another Look
Thursday, October 27, 2011
I would like to point out to the Occupiers of Artists Space that the Space's upcoming exhibition, Identity, is the ultimate example of an exhibition dedicated to examining current institutional brand strategy -- a rather experimental type of exhibit developed by a rather fringe entity (Dexter Sinister), in a space that is free and open to the public. Talk about questioning/exposing some political and economic truths about art institutions! Its a real shame the Occupiers didn't familiarize themselves with the exhibition program before their little stunt. And to be clear, Identity is two years in the making--this is not being installed as a result of the 28 hour occupation.
Identity
October 30 - December 18, 2011
Opening Reception: October 29, 6-8pm
Artist's Space
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PS1 Visit Last Night
Thursday, October 27, 2011
above: Fiona Banner's Black Bunting, 2001
above: Janet Cardiff's The Forty Part Motet, 2001
HDB and CS went on a LIC adventure last night to PS1 for a walkthrough of the current exhibit, September 11, with curator Peter Eleey.
I found a nice discussion of the show here.
September 11
On view September 11, 2011—January 9, 2012
MoMA PS1
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MoCA (Museum of Conan Art)
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
screenshot taken from kotaku.com
First there was the Non-Visible Museum of Art (James Franco's pet project), and then there was Pippin Barr's virtual MoMA showing The Artist is Present.
Clear your schedules because the latest is MoCA, or the Museum of Conan Art. Yes, a museum dedicated to artwork by Conan O'Brien's ardent fans. It will exist/be on view at the Time Warner Center through November 3rd. More info here.
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Occupy goes off its rocker and other Monday musings
Monday, October 24, 2011
Artists Space was OCCUPIED yesterday. I'm still confused as to why its institutional usage was ever questioned. This is an enduring non-profit that has seemingly always been supportive of artists and has pushed boundaries with regards to their exhibitions. Most recently they exhibited the fantastic Christopher D'Arcangelo "Anarchism Without Adjectives". The occupiers' blog, Take Artists Space, claims that Artists Space "pull[ed] their program out of a pure irrelevancy of New York non-profit programming". I strongly disagree. I believe the thoughtful D'Arcangelo exhibition is a strong argument against the occupiers' statement.
More on this (pretty lame) OCCUPY occurrence over at Art Fag City and Artinfo.
In other OY news:
The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is on hold. (surprise, surprise)
You guessed it: MTV's next True Life: "I'm Occupying Wall Street"
Maurizio is retiring (not so much "Oy"...more like "oh no")
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Interview with Rudy Shepherd
Friday, October 21, 2011
Marcus Keely of the START Gallery at Wake Forest University has a great interview with alum Rudy Shepherd here.
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Occupy MoMA?!?
Friday, October 21, 2011
Without divulging my thoughts on the "Occupy" movement as a whole, I'd like to address the issues raised by the branch-movement, Occupy MoMA (and Occupy the New Museum). Artinfo touched on their points here, and I'll reiterate:
1. One chant was, "The Occupy Wall Street Movement will bring forth an era of new art, true experimentation outside the narrow parameters set by the market."
2. The $25 admission price "is obscene."
Let's take a closer look at these two issues. #1 seems out of touch to me. Is the market hindering the production of experimental art? I think in the past few years we've seen an emergence of art that some might tag as truly un-saleable. For example, internet based art (see Breanne Trammell), App-based art (see Rafaël Rozendaal), and the holy grail of the un-collectable: Tino Sehgal. If you purchase a Sehgal, the only "documentation" you receive in terms of explaining the piece is word-of-mouth instructions. Yep. MoMA just added a performance of his to their collection. So, how exactly is the market setting parameters?
#2 is a complaint I've often had, but then again, there are always free or reduced options. So why complain? If it bothers you that much, then head over to the Met and pay-as-you-wish. Most NYC museums this year had record numbers...so the high prices don't seem to be deterring many people.
For more on this topic, read this great piece by Ed Winkleman over at ArtWorldSalon.
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No More Warhols. They're done.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
The Andy Warhold Foundation is dissolving its authentication board. Soooo....my question is, does this mean that Mr. Simon and the other people who have spent years trying get their Warhols authenticated can now call their works Warhols? OR, is it the opposite? Will there be NO more Warhols recognized from here on out???
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Walked Through Chelsea
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Hoping to see some exciting new work, and I was in luck! A wide array of paintings, photographs, and sculptures captivated me.Trudy Benson: Actual/Virtual at Mike Weiss Gallery included brightly colored, dense, and textured paintings. This is definitely a must see!
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