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An Artist Grapples With the Worst Documented Attack on Journalists

MANILA, Philippines — On November 23, 2009, just a little over two years ago, Esmael Magundadatu, the vice mayor of the southern Philippine city of Buluan, invited 37 journalists to accompany him as he filed for his certificate of candidacy. The group, along with a cadre of lawyers and family, never

Performance

Channeling Tragedy, Comedy and Judy Garland

So there I stood, sharing a cigarette with my friends on the curb outside of La MaMa. We were patiently waiting for the house to open for former NEA 4 defendant John Fleck’s show, "Mad Women," a dizzying one-man mash-up of the performance artist’s life with the final year of the legendary Judy Garla

Performance

An Offering of Three Shen Wei Dance Pieces at the Park Avenue Armory

I spent part of the third section of Shen Wei’s modern dance showing at the Park Avenue Armory on Tuesday watching a shoeless young woman (a member of the audience who was, like me, allowed to wander along the grid of 60 dancer-inhabited squares of performance space), stare slack-jawed and wide-eyed

Opinion

Cardboard Los Angeles

MANILA, Philippines — One of the lovely things about living abroad is seeing the American art world through the internet. When in the US, I'm tugged in so many directions from brick-and-mortar spaces, but there are a ton of American gems online, and not all of them are in New York and Los Angeles. L

Opinion

Required Reading

This week, Charles Saatchi drops a bomb, can art portray the economic crisis, public art in New York, Knoedler closes, a giant forgery scandal and sales from the 2011 Miami art fairs.

Opinion

Girlfriend of NY Mayor Tells Sotheby's Art Handlers to Eat Cake

DNAinfo points to a YouTube video that shows the locked out Sotheby's art handlers and members of Occupy Wall Street confronting Diana Taylor, the partner of New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and a member of the Sotheby’s board, at the December 1st meeting of Hudson River Park Trust. It's not good for T

Art

Globalization, the Environment and the Effects of Media

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK/ PITTSBURGH, PA — In his new book, Contemporary Art: World Currents, Terry Smith argues that three concerns dominate contemporary art: (1) world-picturing, or the imagination of global interconnectedness, (2) environmental problems and awareness and (3) the effects of social medi

Art

Art With a Dash of Hospitality But Save Room for Dessert

I'm almost embarrassed to confess I've only just recently made the acquaintance of Wayne Thiebaud's work. The man's been painting upwards of 70 years and spent much of his time in California. I, despite my accumulation of years in New York, also consider California my home. There's really no excuse.

Art

A Painter's View of Occupy Wall Street

When I finally started reading about the Occupy Wall Street encampment in the mainstream media I was stunned by how late, and how dismissive it was. After several visits, I found myself wondering how to participate; as a painter, I am always at once feeling a part of and outside of things, and this

Art

The Fine Line Between Sexy and Sickness

Monet Clark’s current exhibition at Krowswork Gallery represents the first solo showing of 20 years worth of performance and video work in which her own body and life experiences serve as subject matter. Images of Clark as the ideal “California Girl” are juxtaposed with documentation of the deterior

Art

First Lady of NY Graffiti Traces Her Evolution

While everyone even loosely connected to the art world is in Miami this week, I want to stick up for those of us still stuck in the cold by taking a look at an artist and medium that could not possibly be more quintessentially New York: Lady Pink.

News

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.