http://theartseen.net contemporary art blog Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:01:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to Dazed & Confused for pointing out this Paul Fryer installation that was up for the duration of Frieze. At the Church of the Holy Trinity Marylebone, Paul Fryer replicates the heavens and earth to demonstrate man´s megalomaniacal folly. He [] displays the consequences of man´s hubris with a figure of ... http://theartseen.net/2008/10/27/paul-fryer-let-there-be-more-light/ 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 ... http://theartseen.net/2008/10/08/opening-zak-smith/ 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 ... http://theartseen.net/2008/10/02/the-louvrefritos-opening-tomorrow-friday-oct-3/ 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 ... http://theartseen.net/2008/09/23/october-4-silent-painting-protest/ The NYTimes' Carol Vogel has been able to squeeze three days worth of coverage (Day one, two & three) regarding the exclusive Sotheby's London auction of Damien Hirst works titled, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever.  The 223 works were all bought by the auction's close for a grand total of ... http://theartseen.net/2008/09/17/damien-hirst-forgoes-big-gallery-wins-big/   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), ... http://theartseen.net/2008/09/10/conflux-festival-sept-11-14-2008/ 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 ... http://theartseen.net/2008/09/10/thomas-campbell-ascends-to-met-director/ 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 ... http://theartseen.net/2008/09/03/new-directors-for-everybody/ MSNBC.com has a piece on 798, one of the massive art spaces in Beijing gaining worldwide notoriety and dripping with a hip, trendy sheen unseen in the New York art world in recent times. More impressive is the sheer size of the space, owing to its previous life as ... http://theartseen.net/2008/08/27/beijing-where-the-money-is/ (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 ... http://theartseen.net/2008/08/19/headlines-on-the-seen-aug-19/