Finally, after reading about this so long ago on Boing Boing, Takashi Murakami’s piece from last year’s Tate Modern exhibition, Pop Life: Art in a Material World, curated by Alison Gingeras, hits the Internet. The video, produced by Murakami and directed by McG, features actress Kirsten Dunst in anime-inspired garb and blue hair frolicking […]
February 24th, 2010
Categories: Urban, Hollywood, Tokyo, Asian, Music, Celebrity, Art Star, Japan, Video . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: Comments Off
It’s not often that I cite the Los Angeles Times (or update, for that matter), but this article speaks as to the obstacles and successes gallery owners face in LA:
Sales have all but dried up for many L.A. area dealers, quite a few galleries have closed and others have downsized. But in a period […]
July 29th, 2009
Categories: Los Angeles, Hollywood, Urban, LA, Architecture, Business . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: Comments Off
Extended until January 25, 2009.
Sincerest apologies for the hiatus since the end of October. In my primary capacity as an independent curator, November was creation and crunch time for the show I co-curated with Omar Lopez-Chahoud at the Dumbo Arts Center. Only recently, following the curatorial talk, has there been time to get back […]
December 16th, 2008
Categories: Urban, Installation, DUMBO, Curator, Latin America, Sculpture, Architecture, Group Show, All-media, New York, Brooklyn, Performance . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments
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 2nd, 2008
Categories: Lower East Side, Collective, Installation, France, Urban, East Village, Retrospective, History, Sculpture, Group Show, Opening, Performance, Museum, New York, Photography, Paris, Painting . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments
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 […]
September 10th, 2008
Categories: Protest, Environmental, Urban, East Village, Festival, New York, New Media, Participatory, Technology, Opening . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments
I’ve only become aware of James Jean by name in the recent years, quickly learning that he is both an extremely famous and coveted illustrator and coincidentally, a SVA grad. Above is the first interpretation in a tit-for-tat collaboration where Jean eventually and slightly reluctantly cedes control over the art direction to realise a good-cause […]
July 1st, 2008
Categories: Advertisement, Urban, France, Drawing, Illustration . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments
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 […]
June 25th, 2008
Categories: Urban, DUMBO, Environmental, Installation, New York, Bio-art . Author: lynette c . Comments: No Comments
If you’re in New York this weekend, there is no shortage of art-related events to immerse yourself in. Here are three worth checking out:
Electric Windows - May 17-18
24 street artists converge in Beacon, NY, for live painting and the installation of their work on the exterior of a 19th century factory building. It’s worth the […]
May 14th, 2008
Categories: Music, Graffiti, Urban, DUMBO, Installation, Festival, Group Show, New York, Design, Lecture, Painting . Author: lynette c . Comments: No Comments
Less than two weeks after a successful showing at auction, Banksy once again explodes onto headlines, allegedly unmasked, working, and on camera. The Times Online (UK) reports that a passerby was able to take a camera-phone snapshot of the man who had extended the street’s double yellow line into the flower you see pictured, as […]
November 9th, 2007
Categories: British, Graffiti, Urban, Art Star, Celebrity, Controversy, London, Painting . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments