Art
Lester Johnson (1919 – 2010) remains a cult figure, particularly for those who care about painting, which, let’s face it, is a cult made up of warring factions. Johnson is a full-fledged member of the faction to which the terms “painterly,” “expressionist,” and “figurative” have accrued, but which a
Art
If ever there was an argument for me to get over my fear of biking in Brooklyn, it was Saturday's Brooklyn Open Studios, held in conjunction with the 2011 Celeste Prize exhibitions at the Invisible Dog. The 35 participating artists were sprawled across the borough, from Sunset Park to Bushwick and f
Opinion
I've got the Mixel bug. Since I logged onto the image creating site, I've been enjoying the zany energy of this iPad-based collage system and all that it offers. I thought I'd have some fun and try creating collages based on some of the biggest art stories of the last week or so. Here's my Mixel-ed
Art
“Would you like to see the birth?” Elle Burchill from Microscope Gallery casually offered me a spot on the list of people who would be notified of the birth of Baby X. The night of the opening of the exhibition and performance The Birth of Baby X was pretty cold. Despite the media attention that fol
Art
The project "Art Party" by Bob and Roberta Smith might have been planned in the past, yet it jabs a ramshackle kick straight into the miasma of current water cooler art talk.
Opinion
This week, how a Caravaggio becomes "discovered" and evaluated, Christo gets the green light for Colorado, artists who seek out their harshest critics, Terence Conran, erasing a Chris Martin, escaping the digital world, Occupy Miami art schools, street art in Iran and is politics performance art?
News
The final text and signatories of Yvonne Rainer's letter to Jeffrey Deitch/MOCA protesting Marina Abramović's performance for the MOCA gala is on the Artforum website [http://artforum.com/news/#news29378]. There are 50 signatures on the letter.
Opinion
Brooklyn art gallery hopping can be challenging for the uninitiated who need the comfort of neat grids and clearly numbered streets to find their way around. My first advice, "Stay in Manhattan, we don't want you here," but if you refuse to listent then may I suggest the new "Art & Absinthe Guide to
Performance
Hyperallergic rocks it in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, so naturally we felt compelled to review MGMT's performance at the Guggenheim last night. The band, a staple of any Williamsburg playlist, performed in the rotunda of the museum as part of the 2011 Guggenheim International Gala to celebrate Italian a
Art
The brainchild of Scott Ostler, co-founder of the image-sharing site Dump.fm, and Khoi Vinh, a former design director of NYTimes.com, Mixel is a free iPad app that may just be a game changer in the world of online images. Sure, we've heard it all before, another service that promises to change it al
News
Since Marina Abramović was picked to provide the entertainment for LA MOCA's upcoming gala we've all been wondering what the performance art queen would conjure up to do her bidding. Now, we kind of know and it raises some serious questions, namely, is performance art ever an excuse for labor abuse?
Art
Since we’ve been running down the most powerless and most f***able art world figures, now we’re seeing which ones are in dire need a makeover. Anyone in the public sphere knows the way they dress reflects greatly on their work, and art people, fortunately or not, are no exception.