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Doing The Doodle Drag
New Jersey’s Doodle Drag is at it again! This Sunday, July 17, the drawing collective will be hosting “Joy Rider,” a drawing party on the subway.
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14 Portraits Of Post-Warhol Fame
Andy Warhol’s death left us wondering how the quintessential Pop artist would have reacted, or shaped, a society that fulfilled his prophesy of universal, albeit short-lived, fame. But aside from wondering what the artist would have thought of Rebecca Black, his passing left a hole in New York City
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From Louisiana With Love: The 2011 Southern Open (Part 2)
As I mentioned in the first part [http://hyperallergic.com/29181/mack-attack-the-2011-southern-open/] of this article, Amy Mackie—former curatorial associate of the New Museum in New York, now Director of Visual Arts for the Contemporary Arts Center [http://www.cacno.org] in New Orleans—selected qui
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NYC Underground: A Journey To The Freedom Tunnel
Forget the streets: If you want to find some of New York’s best graffiti art, you have to dig a little deeper. While much of the city’s graffiti has been washed away, some of the more provocative tags still exist miles beneath the sidewalks, in nooks and crannies invisible to the pedestrian eye. I d
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The Phantoms of Liberty
Now showing at Pavel Zoubok Gallery in Chelsea, Mark Wagner uses collaged United States dollar bills as his signature medium. He meticulously dissects and reconstitutes the ubiquitous note into highly detailed sketch-like drawings. Full of filigree and ornamentation, his images tinker with the inner
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Seeking Truth Through Karaoke In Chinese Communist Art
There's Communism in the air here in Beijing! With the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party having just passed (per official accounts, the Party was founded July 1, 1921), China is in the midst of a country-wide celebration—and one that presents the perfect opportunity to
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Strange Bedfellows: BAM And The Barclay Center
The Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn is looking to the Brooklyn Academy of Music to serve as its cultural consultant - and not everyone is happy about that.
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Touring The Barnes Foundation That Was
Visiting the Barnes Foundation was always high on my list of things to do during my next visit to Philadelphia. Unfortunately, I still haven't managed to make it to Philadelphia. Good thing the New York Times has stepped up to make a visit to the Barnes easier than ever, at least virtually.
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Art From The Developing World: A Bargain Basement?
Artists who live and make work in regions that have little to no art infrastructure often have the freedom to be creative, experimental and reactive without the boundaries that accompany exhibiting work in formal spaces. But there's also a significant divide between achieving a sustainable art caree
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Narration Is The Devil: Ryan Trecartin's Any Ever @ PS1
Discussion of Ryan Trecartin's [http://www.elizabethdeegallery.com/artists/view/ryan-trecartin] work usually brims with a recurring set of buzz words: nonlinear, hyperactive, cut-up, frenetic. Any Ever [http://ps1.org/exhibitions/view/323], the Los Angeles-based artist's latest exhibition at MoMA PS
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Mack Attack! The 2011 Southern Open
New York, I feel your pain. You’re hemorrhaging under the weight of your artistic success and accomplishments, bleeding out talent like Jackson Pollock after the car crash. I know it’s hard to keep all your children around while the rents keep rising and the scene gets hyped into the next century wh
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Tuesday Video: A Murakami For The Whole Family!
Pity the poor parents who want to introduce their tots to the work of a contemporary artist like Takashi Murakami. Sure, all those laughing daisies and dancing bears are adorable, but how do you explain to Junior on a Saturday afternoon trip to the museum why that lady's breasts are so big [http://w