Ocean (except) (2008, 9.5MB, 1:30 min.) by Michael Guidetti. [more]

Joyce Pensato, at Friederich Petzel. Great drawings... she really shreds up the paper.It got a little weird for me in there because all of these big-lipped black-and-white dancing characters started to look a little minstrelsy... even the giant Lisa Simpson became a big mammy. Once I got that vibe it was hard to block it out. I used to make big charcoal drawings of a character.RELATED: fun video of Joyce Pensato dancing in the studio.PLUS: Christoph Buchel's Mickey.... [more]

The video above is from last year. It essentially represents what happened this year. For some reason, last Friday, I only managed the image below.Today we made our little light shrine to ward off the impending darkness.... [more]

Download audio file (Bad_at_Sports_Episode_170-Mark_Staff_Brandl.mp3) download Duncan “the fieldmouse” MacKenzie interviews Mark “The EuroShark” Staff Brandl, theorist, writer, professor, artist, and contributor to Art in America, Sharkforum and Bad at Sports. Richard expresses concern that Duncan is off his meds.... [more]

Asbestos' latest exhibition (which opened last Thursday) is a series of paintings of the faces and hands of boxers from Ligoniel Amateur Boxing club. Each portrait was done on objects found in the skips and streets of Belfast. The show runs through the 11th of December at Safehouse Gallery, 25 Donegall Street, Belfast 028 9031 4499 .... [more]

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Sunday afternoon and I'm back at Maison de Lux, having dashed out in the rain for a cappuccino and pain chocolat at the cafe around the corner and now unpacking to the tune of Glasvegas (see above for the Glasgow Tourist Board Anthem* "I'm Gonna Get Stabbed"). Overall, going to Scotland was the best decision I've ever made, and I highly recommend it. The exchange rate is tricky but things are cheaper in real terms. My long weekend felt like ages and I achieved exactly what I set out to do w... [more]

From Sorrel Ahlfeld and Fred Benenson… The joy created by George W. Bush’s impending departure from the Presidency could only possibly be overshadowed by the excitement of Barack Obama’s election. So now there are two reasons to celebrate! I’m know you’ve already celebrated Obama’s victory but have you taken the time to really think about what the end of these last 8 years means to you? The end of an era? I asked myself that question recently and decided that the best way to commemora... [more]

Sea Breeze, Bombayby Adil JussawallaPartition's people stitchedShrouds from a flag, gentlemen scissored Sind.An opened people, fraying across the cutcountry reknotted themselves on this island.Surrogate city of banks,Brokering and bays, refugees' harbour and port,Gatherer of ends whose brick beginnings workLoose like a skin, spotting the coast,Restore us to fire. New refugees,Wearing blood-red wool in the worst heat,come from Tibet, scanning the sea from the north,Dazed, holes in their cracked feet.Restore us to fire... [more]

For more images from old Macy's Parades, go here.... [more]

University Oklahoma, OK(Open to the Public)12-3-08(facebook event page)Bryant University, RI(Open to the Public)12-4-08(facebook event page)University of Delaware, DE(Open to the Public)12-8-08(facebook event page)Mercyhurst College, PA(Open to the Public)12-16-08(facebook event page)See 2009 Events & Exhibits in the PostSecret Community.... [more]

I went to the deYoung Museum to see several shows but the one that i want to highlight is Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900–1970October 25, 2008 — January 18, 2009It was fantastic! It isn't getting much press and when you go to the website, you don't see it mentioned immediately but i really enjoyed it. It was one of those shows that makes me want to rush back to the studio because it was very inspiring. I bought two postcards - i would have bought more but they didn't h... [more]

by Kevin Freitas Former San Diego artist and SDSU graduate Sandra Doore, has an exhibit on view at the Slide Room Gallery in the Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC. Doore also has work on view at Deluge Contemporary Art in a group show "Gifted" and will have another exhibit in May 2009 called "Primal Sense". All photo credits: Nadine Kong - Paradox of the Absurd / Sandra Doore - Gifted "Venus in Furs" Victoria also happens to be where Doore makes her art and home. Some of you may h... [more]

Christopher Knight updates us on the MOCA board situation via the LAT's Culture Monster blog. As I wrote (again) on Thursday, it's time for the trustees who don't want to save MOCA to get out of the way (read: resign) so that those who value MOCA can try to save it. And those trustees who want to save the place ought be more public in their support. The current stasis is doing no good.... [more]

Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills, looking west toward Century City @ Dusk I really love 4-day weekends! Yesterday, Joan and I had lunch at the Bloom Cafe (no relation) and visited the L.A. County Museum of Art to see the Vanity Fair photo exhibit. We had a grand time. Joan @ LACMA Of course, later in the day I zoomed down to Santa Monica to attend the Yarns Unlimited sale. It was excellent! I enhanced my yarn stash a bit....photos at a later date. At almost closing time, Larry I and went to the tile... [more]

There is a question circulating around the art world blogosphere: Will Art Basel Miami Beach, and all of its attendant satellite fairs, be a gallery killer? The rationale behind the question works something like this: Given the way the art world’s schedule runs, one assumes that most galleries paid for their art fair real estate many months ago.  And given that many galleries have begun to rely upon their fair sales to remain profitable, if not solvent, in a down turn, the art fairs begin to... [more]

via i heart photograph--James... [more]

11/9/08 -- Curator Gary Garrels in conversation with artists Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, Mary Heilmann, Amy Sillman, Charline von Heyl, and Christopher Wool. Long and not very informative but for the sublime Mary Heilmann and the silent Wade Guyton. Wool is, as usual, an ass. Sillman and von Heyl are pedantic. At one point the question was raised about new models. How about Jacques Rancière: http://www.artandresearch.org.uk/v2n1/ranciere.html Yes, Greenberg is important but, really, Mary He... [more]

On November 24, 2008, artist Frank Cieciorka (che-CHOR-ka) died from emphysema at the age of 69. Starting in the 1980s he began to be recognized for his watercolor paintings of northern California landscapes, but it would be one of his early graphic art designs that assured him a place in history. The iconic clenched fist has long been a symbol of the international left, its usage going back at [more]

Over at Le briographe, Jérôme Briot has posted the official selection of BD's according to the Association des Critiques et journalistes de Bande Dessinée (ACBD). It's a decidedly sober affair, with the exception of the classic re-release of Emile Bravo's Spirou, and Jean-Yves Ferri's De Gaulle à la plage. The addition of Posy Simmonds' Tamara Drewe is a welcome acknowledgement that BD can and is created by members of the English speaking world. The rest of them are fine and dandy, a smatt... [more]

A postscript of sorts to our earlier post about Elizabeth Peyton’s brand-new portrait of Michelle and Sasha Obama, which was added to Peyton’s survey at the New Museum after our soon-to-be brand-new president was elected (and will also travel with the exhibition, which arrives here in February). That portrait was commissioned by W magazine in conjunction with its November issue, which is dedicated to all things cool and cutting-edge in the art world and therefore features a profile of the Wa... [more]

Ahhh, the Holidays...warm friendly gatherings with those you love---"We're rendevousing at Newark Airport at what time A.M.?"---the exchange of packages---"OK, so FedEx this one to the hotel to arrive on Monday, this directly to the fair to arrive on Tuesday, and if this one comes in Wednesday (dear Lord it had better come in Wednesday) overnight it priority hand delivery to me, got it?"---and tidings of charity---"So you're charging $79.00 a night up until the fair begins, but then $478.00 each night until Su... [more]

I wish the wonderful patron saint of Chicago and America had lived to see Obama elected. The author-radio host-actor-activist and national treasure has died. "My epitaph? My epitaph will be 'Curiosity did not kill this cat,'" he once said. Studs died Friday afternoon in his home on the North Side. At his bedside was a copy of his latest book, P.S. Further Thoughts From a Lifetime of Listening, scheduled for release this month. He was 96 years old. Studs Terkel was part of a great Chicago literary... [more]

OK, full disclosure, FBC! generally doesn't believe in petitions, and doesn't sign them as a general principle. Rules are made to be broken, so my signature graces the petition to "save MOCA", which you can find here. So if you care about the museum, you can sign it and pass the url to your friends. I must say I'm a bit irritated my full mailing address was required to sign it, as I had no time [more]

It is clear that there are associative procedural similarities between curatorial practice and studio practice. Both actions involve, or theoretically ought to involve, an appreciation of the relevance of art history (past and current) and the “skilled” manipulation of material/image/context to manifest representations and/or experiences that have aesthetic and/or intellectual resonance in contemporary society. The essentially “positivist” hope is that such endeavors advance society culturally... [more]

ExperienceLA.com wishes all of its site visitors, newsletter subscribers, blog readers, Flickr Pool members, and contributing partners (essentially all the fabulous people that make ExperienceLA.com and its network fabulous) a wonderful Thanksgiving! With the holiday comes an early issue of our newsletter. Check out our latest ExperienceLA.com Newsletter, featuring: - Extended Public Transit ... [more]

Thanksgiving Menu by George Elbert Burr George Elbert Burr worked as an illustrator for several magazines including Harper's, Cosmopolitan, and something called Frank Leslie's Weekly Newspaper. (Winslow Homer illustrated for the paper as well; three examples of his work for Leslie are in SAAM's collection). Burr created this menu for a Thanksgiving dinner in 1905 that included consomme, English plum pudding, charlotte russe (a dessert of cream and ladyfingers), and of course, the turkey, ill... [more]

Throughout a number of posts on this blog I’ve written about niche social media sites and their potential to be an excellent source of traffic for blogs. The idea behind niche sites as opposed to major social media sites like Digg, Reddit and StumbleUpon is that the visitors you receive from niche sites will be far more targeted, and generally higher quality traffic. Because the niche sites focus on content that relates to a particular topic, the visitors that arrive at your site should... [more]

Frank Pasquale on Thomas Kinkade's apparent attempt to establish broad intellectual property rights "over a style and manner of painting and image-crafting": "It's a tricky legal question as to what critical mass of stylistic detail in a Kinkade painting is enough to warrant copyright protection when another is inspired/corrupted by it."Related thoughts here.... [more]

The Hot Iron Press visiting artist program grants artists the opportunity to introduce printmaking processes into their body of work while interacting with the culture, settings, and art community of New Orleans. Hot Iron Press seeks artists of all disciplines, and in any media, who desire a chance to create an edition of works using screenprinting, relief, and/or letterpress printing. The Hot Iron Press is located in the St. Claude Arts District in New Orleans. Selected artists will receive a stipend to... [more]

Click to Play Red shoes take a brisk walk in Boston. ... [more]

Baldridge, Glen Dead as Dreams, 2008 lithograph 10 × 8 1/2 inches   Deasy, Elizabeth Security Blanket, 2008 lithograph with hand watercoloring 10 × 8 1/2 inches   Dodge, Alex A New Day, 2008 lithograph with hand watercoloring 10 × 8 1/2 inches   Johnson, Butt Study for Untitled (Eh Feck), 2008 lithograph 11 × 6 1/2 inches   Sanders, Phil Checkmate, 2008 lithograph with chine collé 10 × 8 1/2 inches   Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery has a beautiful show of new print... [more]

A few weeks back I had the pleasure of attending the launch of The Butcher’s Shop, held in the Old Operating Theatre behind London Bridge station. It was a fantastic night and one of the most entertaining and enjoyable events I've been to in a very long time. The Butcher’s Shop is a monthly writers' workshop created by Daniel Stacey and Jack Roberts, editors of the very nicely put together BAD [more]

Steve Roden Susanne Vielmetter Gallery Closed August 2, 2008 In the October issue of ArtReview, I invite you to read my piece on Steve Roden's last show at Susanne Vielmetter. This is a link to the article online. Thanks for reading. [more]

Big mast mess aaaaahhhhhh, compositionlly challengedThese costumed models don't often return their raiment to pre-break locales...and so Something's not quite done here.... [more]

I was able to complete a performative element for the larger project, The Jungle Book, an examination of fact and fiction in the Mekong subregion, at Asiatopia 2008 held at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. The performance draws from literature, popular media, and traditions in art installation, performance and typography. The next components planned include photography and academic presentation. Images of the performance can be viewed on flickr. From Bangkok, I traveled to Yangon, Myanm... [more]

The Associated Press: The dictionary defines "meh" as an expression of indifference or boredom, or an adjective meaning mediocre or boring. Examples given by the dictionary include "the Canadian election was so meh."That is just not so! Nearly a month... [more]

Every time I think about what has happened my body just shivers with emotions and my eyes well up. To think that what I've been through, my parents and grandparents, today is SO amazing and unbelievable. I remember traveling across the US by car as a child being forced to drive 20-30 miles out of the way in order to find a place that would rent us a room for the night, being denied service in restaurants for not being white, called names, being treated like unwanted stepchildren and, you know many... [more]

This is the funniest invite I’ve ever seen. They deserve whatever extra publicity this post gets them! Good luck! [more]

The REVOLUTIONS FERRIS GALLERY exhibition I helped put together has now been EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 15th. So if you haven’t had the chance, be sure to make it down to Hyde Park. More info, including hours and directions, is available on the exhibition’s handsome webpage:>FERRIS GALLERYALSO this week is a special performance at the Renaissance Society:The Contemporaniety Seminar presentsJohn Cage’s SPEECHA work for five radios and a newspaper readerWednesday November 15th • 7P 5811 S Ellis Ave • Cobb Ha... [more]

Symposium: Painting in the 21st CenturyOn Saturday, September 27, 2008, from 10 am - 5 pm The Phillips Collection in DC will host a Symposium titled Painting in the 21st Century.Participants:Yve-Alain BoisInstitute for Advanced Study, PrincetonSpencer FinchArtist, Brooklyn, New YorkJonathan FinebergUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignBlake GopnikThe Washington PostSuzanne HudsonUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignDorothy M. KosinskiThe Phillips Collection and Center for the Study of Modern ArtL... [more]

Over 250,000 euro cent coins are being used to create Sagmeister's sentence for Urban Play - which the public can then remix as they like. The work has been kindly removed by the police in order to protect it, as people were taking coins (as expected) and eventually modifying the installation. Stefan Sagmeister Urban Play project by scottburnham. Read More at http://scottburnham.com/... [more]

Self-taught Designer Max Lam started Owindo as an offshoot of his Hong Kong-based Moderne Interior Design firm a few years back. His 1960s and '70s-inspired lights now come in pendant, floor, wall, and table styles. He's recently introduced a new white finish in addition to the chrome-plated styles. A few of our favorites include (from top left, clockwise) the Prism Sixty, C.C.C.5.5P, Tube Complex and Diamond Complex. ... [more]

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I've come to the conclusion that I'm not sure how the world works at all. But some lovely soul slipped my name on to a rather amazing list of writers and critics doing a conference in Rotterdam at the Witte de With Contemporary Arts Center in Rotterdam. The list of participants is startlingly good and I am really happy to be participating. Here's the press stuff below, if any wayward Europeans are looking to geek ou tover art criticism, this is probably the best conference I've ever seen of its... [more]

two friends, oil on board, 30 x 30 cm, 2008 A small painting that I finished today. [more]

Habib-o-llah Sadeghi + Mahmoud Shalooyee (previous and curent Presidents islamic fine arts department) "Rappers, youth, rock musicians, artists and freethinkers are all Satanists!!!!!!!!,"concludes an Iranian official news program on Iranian television.Just check out this new law which has been declared by the Iranian Ministry of Islamic Culture and Education’s Fine Arts Department: "All official and unofficial fine art shows, exhibitions, events and expos should have prior permission from... [more]

Life of Her Party, today's Op-Ed by Maureen Dowd, the last brain at the New York Times.... [more]

A short documentary on this great Brazilian artist whose work is currently showing at the San Jose based Anno Domini. [more]

The City of Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Division presents Latino Arts/OHIO 2008, a visual, performing and literary arts exhibition on view in the Concourse Gallery August 25 to September 19, 2008. The Concourse Gallery is located at the Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Road, and is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. The exhibition features a fine arts exhibit curated by Egle Gatins and Elena Osterwalder showcasing a variety of artwork created... [more]