MSNBC.com reports:
The “My Sweet Lord” display was shut down by the hotel that houses the Lab Gallery in midtown Manhattan, said Matt Semler, the gallery’s creative director. Semler said he submitted his resignation after officials at the Roger Smith Hotel shut down the show.
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The NY Times has extensive coverage (incl. audio slide show and video) on the New Museum of Contemporary Art’s new space on The Bowery.
Amongst the short history lesson on the museum and a bit about naming toilets (The Jerome and Ellen Stern Restrooms), the article talks about the continued dedication (through its board member […]
Pais de Poetas (Country of Poets) is the title of the show opening tonight at the BRIC’s Rotunda Gallery.
Once again, we have independent curator Omar Lopez-Chahoud, who recently worked with Mary Boone’s Amy Smith-Stewart on M*A*S*H NY. Alongside Mr. Lopez-Chahoud is Brooklyn Institute of Contemporary Art (BICA) co-founder and Vassar College professor, Isolde Brielmaier.
The show […]
The BBC reports that a deal inked between the French state and Abu Dhabi (UAE) will allow the Gulf state to build and license its own Louvre, at the rate of “400 million euros ($524m; £272m) just for the Louvre name,” and “will pay hundreds of millions of euros over 30 years for the privilege […]
Bubbling up into the mainstream press, we have the timeliness of artistic inquiries into a world increasingly influenced by BioTech:
Bio-artists use live tissues, bacteria, living organisms and life processes to create works of art that blur the traditional distinctions between science and art. Most of these works tend toward social reflection, conveying political and societal […]
Alan Riding from the NYTimes reports:
PARIS, Feb. 28 — Two important paintings by Picasso estimated by the police to be worth a total of about $66 million have been stolen from the Left Bank home of his granddaughter Diana Widmaier-Picasso, the authorities announced Wednesday.
Paris police officials said the two oils, “Maya With Doll†from […]
From the press release:
Eyebeam announces its long-anticipated 2007 exhibition season and commences its 10th Anniversary year with Open City – a glimpse into the current media and tactics of artists who take their practices into the street. Be it through projection, writing on walls or robotic pamphleteering, Open City presents the work of artists who […]
