Chicago Expo, Art Theft, and other must read news

EXPO CHICAGO FAIR

"Like all fairs, it takes a while to get engrained in people’s calendars" (Anthony Meier, Anthony Meier Fine Arts)
"I’m confident in the long-term play here" (Tony Karman)
"It was difficult to discern how many people were there." (Rhona Hoffman)
"I never thought we'd be coming back to Chicago." (Frank Maresca, Ricco/Maresca)

Wow-sers. IF the above quotes from Julia Halperin's Artinfo.com article tell you anything about Chicago's Expo fair, those familiar, passive, indirect comments suggest total failure.


REGARDING WARHOL @ The Met

Adam Lindemann didn't like it. And sadly, neither did I. Ahhhh, Michael Jackson and Bubbles, we meet again! Just saw you last December at LACMA. Gober wall paper--hmm...like New Museum in 2010? Helium-filled silver pillows were reminiscent of a recent Armory show. Verdict: same old, same old.


SANTA MONICA ART HEIST

If you know anything about anything, looks like there's a $1.7 Million reward. The thieves stole his Mondrian (among other major works), some fine wines, and a Porsche. Ouch. My first thought: why take the art (it won't be easy to sell), and my second thought: what kind of security system was he using??




TAGS: news

Concordia, Concordia

HDB and I ran out to catch the Thomas Hirschhorn exhibit Concordia, Concordia, currently on view at Gladstone Gallery's 21st Street space in Chelsea.

Check out the installation in all of its lo-fi, styrofoam, vintage furniture, packing tape glory, on view through October 20. Amazing.









If this doesn't make you rethink taking a cruise ship...

TAGS: exhibitions

LES Gallery stroll

I dedicated last Friday to seeing art. First stop The Met, then down to the Lower East Side. Here are a few scenes from the LES:


Yarn grafitti on Ludlow.


Checking out the plans for the Low Line.


Installation at Lehman Maupin.


Naama Tsabar at Thierry Goldberg.


Kembra Phahler's phallic-tastic show at Participant.


Last but certainly not least, Rob Carter's exhibition at Station Independent. This is a crap photo because there were visitors and an interview going on in the gallery and I didn't want to cause a scene to get a good shot! Amazing show. CHECK IT OUT.

TAGS: adventure / robcarter

If you happen to be in Lincoln, MA...

You should check out Julianne Swartz's How Deep Is Your? currently on view at the deCordova Museum. Read the review here!

TAGS: swartz

Call for INTERNS!

Mixed Greens is looking for interns! We know it's a little late to schedule for the fall semester, but if you're interested in diving into an internship ASAP, please send a cover letter and resume to Courtney at courtney [at] mixedgreens [dot] com.

We are a small Chelsea gallery and therefore our interns get to observe and participate in all facets of gallery administration, installation, and registration.

*We are looking for someone who is responsible and punctual. Are you a quick learner? A proactive problem solver? WE WANT YOU.

Are you interested in blogging? We love bloggers.
You want to learn how to patch a wall? We will teach you how to patch a wall.
You want to try your hand at curating our gallery flat file? We'll let you.
Are you interested in learning about art fairs? Guess what, we participate in art fairs.
You like sharks? I like sharks.

Done and done.






TAGS: internship

Friday Fun Day: CAT Edition

Cats imitating famous works of art. Friday is FUN DAY, after all. I know you missed it.

Thanks to Artlog for bringing this to my attention.



TAGS: fridayfunday

It's that time again

We are slowly, but surely, making our way through all of the September artwork submissions. If you submitted a packet, you'll be hearing back from us within the next month. And for those of you interested in submitting, you can check out our submission policy here.

TAGS: submissions

Beth Krebs: Figure/Ground

Images from Beth Krebs' summer installation, Figure/Ground--on view at the Architecktur Museum in Augsburg, Germany (through October 28th).

You can check out her window installation Façade on view at Mixed Greens through November 10, 2012.

Click "read more" for more photos of Figure/Ground.

TAGS: installation / window

Back to School

Back to School reading:

Little Paper Planes has a "back to school" interview with artist Paul Wackers.

NYTimes covers the story of the Warhol Foundation announcing that they'll be selling off their entire collection. Yowsahs.

And NYMag's Vulture has a super interesting piece on the cinematography of Breaking Bad. I think the imagery might explain why Jesse Pinkman makes regular appearances in my dreams.

TAGS: news

Souvenirs for sale

Benoît Pype's Paris-Scope project debuts tonight at Mixed Greens. A quick glimpse through the peep hole reveals a room filled with over-sized renditions of his lint ball sculptures. Pype has also made micro-sized "souvenir" sculptures of the exhibition available for sale. Check them out at Mixed Greens tonight!

You can watch a great interview with Benoît about his preparations for his exhibition at Palais de Tokyo here (or below):




TAGS: paris-scope

Nice Package

Congrats to Chuka on being awarded the ROB CARTER AWARD for a Nice Package. This is the first time ever that the ROB CARTER AWARD has been presented to someone other than Rob Carter. Well Done.

TAGS: awards

Searching: opening tomorrow at Mixed Greens

Searching:
Bas Jan Ader, Arianna Carossa & Mie Olise
September 6–October 6, 2012
Opening: TOMORROW Thursday, September 6, 6-8pm
MIXED GREENS

Hope to see you there!

TAGS: exhibitions

Group Effort

This is just begging for someone to ask: "how many Mixed Greeners does it take to screw in a lightbulb?"

Gotta love a group effort!

xo,
MIXED GREENS

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Back in effect

Image courtesy of CNN.com

Guess who's back in town??! You got that right--your very own blogging fiend is back in NYC and ready to keep you up to date on art news, chelsea happenings, shark stuff, and everything Mixed Greens. I'm still a teensy bit upset about missing Shark Week 2012 (they don't have Shark Week in Italy), so this video is currently quenching my thirst for shark news.



TAGS: sharks

Tune in to Radio Boston today at 3pm!

Tune in to Radio Boston today at 3pm to hear an interview with artist Julianne Swartz about her recently opened exhibition How Deep Is Your on view at the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (on view September 2 - December 20, 2012).

Click here at 3pm to tune in!

TAGS: swartz