Tag Archives: New York City

Art Fag in the City, IMing with Paddy Johnson

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 3, 2008

Art Fag in the City, IMing with Paddy Johnson

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 3, 2008

It’s been fun blogging for two weeks on Art21 and I thought it was only appropriate to end with an interview with art blog legend Paddy Johnson. She’s the mastermind …

When Art Breaks…Or Was That Part of the Work?

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 2, 2008

When Art Breaks…Or Was That Part of the Work?

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 2, 2008

While I was in DUMBO for the art festival last Saturday, I witnessed someone accidentally knocking over a sculpture. It was the work of Minji Kim, a participant in the …

DUMBO Art Tour: Art Under the Bridge & the 2008 Triangle Workshop

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 30, 2008

DUMBO Art Tour: Art Under the Bridge & the 2008 Triangle Workshop

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 30, 2008

It was a rainy Saturday and it was the kind of day that amplified the bizarrely romantic quality of Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood. During the popular Art Under the Bridge festival …

The Kalm Report: Art Vlogging as Performance & Critique

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 29, 2008

The Kalm Report: Art Vlogging as Performance & Critique

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 29, 2008

While I promised a view of DUMBO’s Art Under the Bridge festival today, I will have to leave that for tomorrow. But I did want to post this interview with …

Ephemeral or Permanent: Should Art Last? (A Panel Discussion)

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 26, 2008

Ephemeral or Permanent: Should Art Last? (A Panel Discussion)

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 26, 2008

Every two years, the Triangle Arts Association organizes a workshop that welcomes dozens of artists from around the world for the Triangle Workshop. Participating artists are offered free room and …

Some Notable Links

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 25, 2008

Some Notable Links

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 25, 2008

The link is the lifeblood of any blogger and here are my picks for the week: >> According to AMNP, Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects hailed parametricism as the …

“Party at Phong’s House” Starts with a Plan for a Party & a Love of Abstract Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 24, 2008

“Party at Phong’s House” Starts with a Plan for a Party & a Love of Abstract Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 24, 2008

Artist Chris Martin admits that the initial idea behind the exhibition title, Party at Phong’s House, was to throw a party at Phong Bui‘s home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The longtime …

Art Exhibit as Swap Meet: “Have a Painting? Leave a Painting. Need a Painting? Take a Painting”

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 23, 2008

Art Exhibit as Swap Meet: “Have a Painting? Leave a Painting. Need a Painting? Take a Painting”

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 23, 2008

Space is at a premium in New York and for that reason the idea of an art swap meet appealed to me. A longtime fan of alternatives to the art …

[St.] Raymond Pettibon[e]: 1978-1986

by Marc Mayer | Sep 19, 2008

[St.] Raymond Pettibon[e]: 1978-1986

by Marc Mayer | Sep 19, 2008

Yesterday, the New York Times published a review of the exhibition [St.] Raymond Pettibon[e]: 1978-1986 at Specific Object in Chelsea. The review and the press release sparked my interest though …

21 at the Brooklyn Museum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 17, 2008

21 at the Brooklyn Museum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 17, 2008

On September 19, more than forty pieces from the Brooklyn Museum’s expanding collection of contemporary art will go on long-term view in a newly renovated 5,000 square-foot space. 21: Selections of Contemporary Art …

Conflux 2008

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 13, 2008

Conflux 2008

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 13, 2008

From Thursday through Sunday, September 14th, Conflux, the art and technology festival for the creative exploration of urban public space, will present a number of art installations, street art interventions, …

Louise Bourgeois at Cheim & Read

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 12, 2008

Louise Bourgeois at Cheim & Read

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 12, 2008

While the major exhibition Louise Bourgeois is still on view at the Guggenheim, a display of recent sculptures and gouaches by the Season 2 artist recently opened at Cheim & Read. The sculptures, entitled Echo, date from 2007 …

A Cult, Some Vegans, A Ballet, Oh My!

by Mary Cook | Sep 2, 2008

A Cult, Some Vegans, A Ballet, Oh My!

by Mary Cook | Sep 2, 2008

What do you get when you mix religious overtones, memories of a few former vegan college roommates, comic book-inspired heroes and elegant ballerinas prancing around the stage in funny costumes? …

Provocative Visions at The Met

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 29, 2008

Provocative Visions at The Met

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 29, 2008

On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 8, 2009, Provocative Visions: Race and Identity—Selections from the Permanent Collection features acquisitions made from 1992–2007. Many are on view …

Remembering to Remember

by Mary Cook | Aug 27, 2008

Remembering to Remember

by Mary Cook | Aug 27, 2008

On view until September 21st at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a collection of J.M.W. Turner’s picturesque paintings of the harrowing sea as well as some ships and their …

Richard Serra at Film Forum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 20, 2008

Richard Serra at Film Forum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 20, 2008

Maria Anna Tappeiner’s documentary Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet (2005) screens at Film Forum in New York City through September 2nd. The 94-minute film follows Serra (Season 1) through …

Update: Beautiful Losers in New York

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 15, 2008

Update: Beautiful Losers in New York

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 15, 2008

Beautiful Losers, the 2008 Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard film about contemporary art and urban creative culture, is currently showing at the IFC Center in Manhattan. Featuring a group of …

Isaac and Ellen

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 11, 2008

Isaac and Ellen

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 11, 2008

Like many people, I was saddened and surprised by the passing of two icons over the weekend: actor/comedian Bernie Mac and singer, songwriter, producer and musician Isaac Hayes. The image …

Welcome to the Good Life

by Emily Liebert | Aug 8, 2008

Welcome to the Good Life

by Emily Liebert | Aug 8, 2008

Until recently, it hadn’t crossed my mind that I could be Kanye West. I did a double take the first time I saw the advertisement one morning on a downtown …

Give Up and Laugh About It

by Emily Liebert | Aug 4, 2008

Give Up and Laugh About It

by Emily Liebert | Aug 4, 2008

The other day I had accidentally hit the strikethrough function in Microsoft Word and so as I was typing my carefully chosen words, they were simultaneously being crossed out. “Okay, …

“Qué Hay Que Hacer Mas?”: Reflections on “The Disasters of War” at Peter Blum SoHo

by Emily Liebert | Jul 31, 2008

“Qué Hay Que Hacer Mas?”: Reflections on “The Disasters of War” at Peter Blum SoHo

by Emily Liebert | Jul 31, 2008

    I’m hard-pressed to remember the last time I found a thank you note from a President Elect presidential candidate in a gallery exhibition’s press file. But there it …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 23, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 23, 2008

While vacationing locally this summer (since that’s all anyone has gas money for) and taking the necessary steps to slow down in order to feed your imagination and even your …

Laurie Anderson at Lincoln Center

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 21, 2008

Laurie Anderson at Lincoln Center

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 21, 2008

Starting tomorrow, July 22, Laurie Anderson (Season 1) performs her acclaimed piece Homeland at the Rose Theater as part of the 2008 Lincoln Center Festival. Backed by four musicians, the artist offers “an editorial narrative …

Eternal Twilight at the New Museum

by Amy Mackie | Jul 21, 2008

Eternal Twilight at the New Museum

by Amy Mackie | Jul 21, 2008

Several Art21 artists temporarily engage in a moment of symbiosis in the New Museum’s new group exhibition, After Nature, curated by Massimiliano Gioni with the assistance of Jarrett Gregory and …

SIDE X SIDE

by Amy Mackie | Jul 17, 2008

SIDE X SIDE

by Amy Mackie | Jul 17, 2008

Art and activism have been intimately engaged throughout contemporary art history, reiterating the notion that the personal is political. In 2007, Art:21’s Season 4 addressed activist strategies (in particular, the …

Socially Acceptable

by Amy Mackie | Jul 15, 2008

Socially Acceptable

by Amy Mackie | Jul 15, 2008

My biggest pet peeve in New York City is watching men (and women) of all walks of life, hack and cough, then swiftly discharge a slimy wad of saliva on …

Conversations: An-My Lê with Michael Almereyda part 2

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 9, 2008

Conversations: An-My Lê with Michael Almereyda part 2

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 9, 2008

Following is the second half of the conversation between An-My Lê and filmmaker Michael Almereyda that took place on May 5, 2008 at the Mid-Manhattan Library. This event was co-presented …

Conversations: An-My Lê with Michael Almereyda part 1

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 8, 2008

Conversations: An-My Lê with Michael Almereyda part 1

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 8, 2008

The following is a conversation between An-My Lê and Michael Almereyda that took place at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library on May 5th, 2008. This event …

Bourgeois at Anthology Film Archives

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 7, 2008

Bourgeois at Anthology Film Archives

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 7, 2008

On the occasion of Louise Bourgeois’s Guggenheim retrospective exhibition, Anthology Film Archives will present Brigitte Cornand’s trilogy of films about the artist. Screening July 9-20, Louise Bourgeois: Portrait Trilogy 1995-2007 …

Spaceship Earth

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 27, 2008

Spaceship Earth

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 27, 2008

Buckminster Fuller was one of the most inventive and prolific visionaries of 20th century who was keenly intuitive. Much of the work in the new Whitney exhibition, Buckminster Fuller: Starting …

1968 | 2008

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 24, 2008

1968 | 2008

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 24, 2008

This is not the first time that Summer Olympics Games are embroiled in environmental and political controversies. In 1968, Mexico City, with its high altitude containing 30% less oxygen than …

Bourgeois at NY Film Forum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 24, 2008

Bourgeois at NY Film Forum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 24, 2008

The traveling retrospective exhibition of works by Season 2 artist Louise Bourgeois opens at the Guggenheim Museum, New York on Friday, June 27. Corresponding with the exhibition, Louise Bourgeois: The …

Cancelled, Erased & Removed at Sean Kelly Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 23, 2008

Cancelled, Erased & Removed at Sean Kelly Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 23, 2008

On view at Sean Kelly Gallery through August 1, 2008, Cancelled, Erased and Removed explores the conceptual and formal practice of contemporary artists canceling, erasing and removing elements from their work. …

Louise Bourgeois—Songs Remembered

by Marc Mayer | Jun 20, 2008

Louise Bourgeois—Songs Remembered

by Marc Mayer | Jun 20, 2008

In anticipation of Art21 (Season 1) artist Louise Bourgeois‘ full-career retrospective, the Guggenheim Museum in New York presents a free concert on Saturday evening, June 21 titled Louise Bourgeois—Songs Remembered. …

Jörg Heiser at Austrian Cultural Forum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 16, 2008

Jörg Heiser at Austrian Cultural Forum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 16, 2008

On Wednesday June 25th at 7:00 p.m., the Goethe-Institut New York and the Austrian Cultural Forum will co-host a conversation between Jörg Heiser and Brian Sholis, editor at Artforum.com. The …

Conversations | Charles Atlas with Lia Gangitano | Ask questions for follow-up interview

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 12, 2008

Conversations | Charles Atlas with Lia Gangitano | Ask questions for follow-up interview

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 12, 2008

The following interview took place at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library on April 7, 2008, following a screening of the Art:21 episode Paradox. Consulting Director and …