Oh, postmodernism. You are history now. This fall, architect Michael Graves classic 1982 Portland building was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.
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Will Next Year’s ArtPrize Be Different?
Today, ArtPrize, which bills itself as the most “radically open, international art competition and social experiment,” announced it will be rejiggering its financial offerings to competitors with a more robust juried prize and less (but still) spectacular populist award.
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Occupy Museums Protest at Lincoln Center Gets Bolster from Philip Glass, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson
Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed joined last night’s Occupy Museums demonstration at Lincoln Center, held to coincide with the final performance of Glass’s Satyagraha at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Are Conflict Diamonds Still in Fashion at the Museum at FIT? [UPDATED]
Oh no, it’s like Naomi Campbell all over again! Well, not quite. One of the sponsors of the Daphne Guinness blockbuster exhibition at the Museum at FIT, Leviev Extraordinary Diamonds, has recently come under fire for some shady activities involving shall we say “questionable” diamond trades, upsetting several media outlets and human rights organizations. When will the fashion world learn?
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Zine Grab Bag: From Race to NY Pizza
Zines — the independent publications Xeroxed most often by their authors and distributed by small, independent DIY networks — are known for their broad spectrum of topics. They can be about anything and everything, and my 24 hours totally attested to this.
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Guggenheim Announces Hugo Boss Prize Short List
Today, Guggenheim announced the following finalists for the 2012 Hugh Prize: Trisha Donnelly, Rashid Johnson, Qiu Zhijie, Monika Sosnowska, Danh Vo and Tris Vonna-Michell.
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Hyperallergic Wins Art & Reality Conference Best Art Blog Prize!
We have great news to share with you today. Yesterday, Hyperallergic was awarded the best art blog prize at the 2011 “Art and Reality” conference in St. Petersburg, Russia. The weekend-long gathering was organized by the Moscow-based Petr Konchalovsky Foundation.
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Vivienne Westwood Tells Occupy London: An Art Lover Is A Freedom Fighter
Celebrities have lent their support and clout to the numerous incarnations of the Occupy movements over the months. But, there’s only been one fashion designer to grace the protests with her presence (in the fashion capital of London, nonetheless) so far: Vivienne Westwood.
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Attention Holiday Shoppers: NY Museum Sets Up Shop in Tony NJ Mall
Manhattan’s Museum of Arts and Design’s retail arm has crossed the Hudson to pitch their tent between Saks Fifth Avenue and Cole Haan on the Short Hills Mall’s second floor.
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Corot Painting Scam Slaps Man With 6 Yr Prison Sentence
Remember that bizarre story last year of a drunken courier losing a small painting by renowned 19th C. French painter JeanBaptiste-Camille Corot in Manhattan? Sure it’s one of those “Only in New York” kind of stories but the man who is in the middle of the Corot drama has finally been sentenced to prison for scamming an unsuspecting investor.
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Inspired by Asia, Brooklyn Night Bazaar Set to Open in Williamsburg Dec 15-17
Next month, Brooklyn will be hosting a large-scale night market in a 40,000 sq ft warehouse in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The inaugural Brooklyn Night Bazaar took place on October 9 at Dekalb Market in downtown Brooklyn and attracted over 5,000 visitors.
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Sotheby’s Locked Out Art Handlers Lend a Hand to OWS
To add to our continued coverage of Occupy Wall Street updates today, the ties between OWS and Sotheby’s locked-out art handlers are growing stronger. Artinfo posted today that the art handlers are joining Occupy Wall Street in a protest against the movement’s eviction from Zuccotti Park earlier this week. The Teamsters or Local 814 are picketing outside of Brookfield Properties (3 World Fiancial), who owns Zuccotti Park. Diane Taylor, director of the board at Brookfield also happens to be on the board of Sotheby’s and Mayor Bloomberg’s long-time girlfriend. What a lucky coincidence.