Opening: Zak Smith

Zak Smith’s latest solo exhibition at Fredericks & Freiser gallery opens this Friday, October 10. From the press release:
Midnight in the Empire features compulsively dense abstract works, a grab bag of drawings and paintings on different subjects, as well as the latest installments of “Girls In The Naked Girl Business”–Smith’s ongoing series of portraits of […]

the LouvreFRITOS Opening, Tomorrow Friday, Oct. 3

In a bout of self-promotion (which I hope to keep to a minimum), I wanted to inform our readers that the show that Alex and I curated and have been working on for so long is finally open.  The reception for the LouvreFRITOS will take place tomorrow, Friday, October 3rd at Cuchifritos gallery/project space from […]

October 4: Silent Painting Protest

Express yourself on Saturday, October 4, at Art Response’s silent protest event. Bring a canvas (whatever that may be), your creative materials, and a posse.
At 11 am on October 4th, 2008 ART RESPONSE!® will be hosting its first public art project. We are calling on the art community in and around the Brooklyn area to […]

CONFLUX Festival — Sept. 11-14, 2008

 
In case you hadn’t heard, the 2008 CONFLUX Festival begins tomorrow:

Starting September 11th, over one hundred local and international artists will transform New York City streets into a laboratory for exploring the urban environment at the Conflux Festival. Located in Greenwich Village at the Center for Architecture (a.k.a. Conflux HQ), the four-day event includes art […]

Thomas Campbell ascends to Met Director

Following last week’s news regarding several New York art institutions and their personnel shakeups, the NYTimes reports, both factually and critically, that “Thomas P. Campbell, 46-year-old English-born tapestries curator, [is] to succeed Philippe de Montebello as director and chief executive”of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
No one should be stunned or surprised that the Met’s selection […]

New Directors for everybody!

The NYTimes reports that The Museum of Modern Art has finally found a successor to John Elderfield, chief curator of sculpture and painting:
[Ann] Temkin assumes the curatorial post, considered the most prestigious in the field of Modern art, as MoMA gears up for its second growth spurt in less than a decade[…]
In addition to the […]

Headlines on the Seen — Aug. 19

(ARTINFO) Marc Chagall Window Vandalized; Seven Indicted in International Art-Fraud Schemes; Basel Rejects Claim from Heirs of Persecuted Art Dealer; Permit for Oil Drilling Near Spiral Jetty Denied; (NYTIMES) Russian and Rich: Art’s New Tastemaker; (ARTFORUM) Sugar Rush — Terence Koh’s Asia Song Society opening reception; Cory Arcangel live and the opening of the new […]

Micki Pellerano at Moti Hasson Gallery

As part of the opening of intransit, the summer group show curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, performance artist Micki Pellerano parted the literal swell of people to deliver a riveting staged sacrifice, of sorts, steeped in mysticism and ritual.
See the Flickr slideshow here.
See another performance on video after the jump.

Brooklyn Bridge waterfalls debut tomorrow

The giant 120-foot waterfalls the city is installing under the Brooklyn Bridge are ready to view tomorrow, June 26. They’ll be up for a couple months and should prove a lovely sight whilst walking across that less pretty bridge (the Manhattan one). The image above is courtesy of Gizmodo, who have more of the story […]

Lichtenstein at Gagosian Gallery

Through June 28, Gagosian Gallery is displaying 12 Roy Lichtenstein paintings featuring female subjects. Titled “Roy Lichtenstein: Girls,” the exhibit is another testament to Lichtenstein’s continuing relevance and ability to surprise the most jaded viewer of Pop Art. A retrospective at SFMoMA in 2005 transformed me from a passive admirer to a fervent, thrilled […]