Art
For a fan of art like me, YouTube is a gold mine. I remember when I was in college about the only access I had to the art and music scene in New York City was pouring over the New York Times in the library. The rest was imagination. YouTube brings art and music closer, no matter where you are or whe
Opinion
In the Guardian, Sam Leith writes an essay [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/29/world-of-warcraft-sam-leith] on the online multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft, comparing the free experience of wandering through the game's created universe to “a medieval cathedral, a
Art
Last Sunday's BETA Spaces 2010 didn’t disappoint as we all got what we were looking for. Organized by the all-volunteer organization Arts In Bushwick, BETA Spaces (Bushwick Exhibition Triangle of Alternative Spaces) offered the public a big block party full of art. A truly overwhelming affair with m
Books
It's easy enough to tell that The Believer [http://www.believermag.com/] is a publication from California from looking at the cover of their 2010 Art Issue, much less getting to the table of contents. A 70s psychedelic mashup of art icons, a John Baldessari suited figure, a dinosaur figurine, and a
Art
Starting today, artist Nate Hill will be performing his newest piece, “Punch Me Panda” (2010) at #TheSocialGraph. If you are in Brooklyn, you can text (347-742-2293) or tweet Hill (@natexhill) to come to your home, where you can punch him for one penny. This is the first-time the artist has performe
Opinion
A major electronic media copyright issue. Agence France-Presse is arguing that "Twitter’s terms of service allow third parties broad re-use rights to their content, and thus the photographer’s selection of this mode of digital distribution gave AFP a broad license to redistribute the photographer’s
Art
Yesterday afternoon, I ventured out into the bordering on bad weather and braved the gray skies to bring you the latest on Chelsea this November. The gallery district is probably much as you remember it, with high-end galleries showing off their blue chip stables and smaller spaces skipping to keep
News
RT @markmackinnon [http://twitter.com/markmackinnon]: Dissident artist @aiww [http://twitter.com/aiww], freed from own house arrest, argues with police outside Wu Yuren trial http://twitpic.com/37i26l [http://twitpic.com/37i26l]less than a minute ago [http://twitter.com/#!/AWWNeverSorry/status/47110
News
Ever caught yourself thinking about what an art space sounds like rather than what it looks like? Perhaps provoked by artists who use sound as their medium or the cavernous qualities of the space art usually inhabits, Paddy Johnson of ArtFagCity fame has put together an LP [http://www.artfagcity.com
News
If you're been anywhere near the Green Line or Museum Street in Boston, you've seen the hulking glass structure perched to the side of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ old Beaux-Arts building. Finally, we get a peak inside the new structure thanks to a media preview this past week. Designed by eminen
Art
I spent my Sunday wandering into the living spaces of Bushwick, searching for art, and there was a lot to find. Though, much of what I found seemed to have woken up at 11:30am to start setting up for the event that technically started at noon. Truly, I didn't mind. Who am I to complain, when I'm spe
Art
Man Barlett’s “Kin” is located in the main gallery of #TheSocialGraph exhibition at Outpost. It is one half of his work, “Kith and Kin” (2010), which was specially created for the exhibition.