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Going Contemporary at the Armory
If the art world has been about globalism for quite a while I can say that is more true now than ever — if that's possible.
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20th C Moderne at the Armory
If the contemporary side of the Armory is flashier with its glamor and energy, this is the tried and true historical wing that presents a more reserved modernist face but not one without a lot of seduction. Here are some of my picks for what to see if you visit.
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Making Sense of the 2011 Armory Show Cacophony
New York Art Fair Week 2011 kicks off with the Armory Show! Over the course of a pre-show press conference we were treated to Mayor Bloomberg explaining his taste for Picasso, but that was just an appetizer for the exhibition ahead. The 2011 Armory presented a chaotic and inconsistent mixture, but t
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Surviving the 2011 NY Art Fairs
We're very happy to have partnered with 20x200 and Art Fag City to create the most useful guide (if I do say so myself) of this week's events titled "Art Fag City & Hyperallergic Present the Very Excellent Event Guide to New York Art Fair Week" (sneak peak [http://twitter.com/#!/hyperallergic/status
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The Tension In Between, A Landing Jam in Greenpont
I've already expressed my affection for apartment shows but hallway — or landing, to be more precise — shows I've been mum about … until now. This past weekend curator Martin Esteves pulled off a smart, small pop-up exhibition on a friend's landing on Dupont Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
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My 168 Hours of Fame in the New Yorker and the resulting Gush of “Like” Letters
Beginning on Wednesday, the emails and text messages started pouring in. “You’re in The New Yorker!” was the notion of the generally congratulatory remarks. This was not untrue. But, it also wasn’t entirely accurate. My friend and former studio neighbor, Hope Gangloff, painted a portrait of me paint
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WTF is... an Art Fair?
Okay, so, this week is New York City’s art fair week. This may sound like a carnival replete with Ferris wheels, clowns and cotton candy, but it’s not, at least in the literal sense. An art fair is like a carnival in that there’s a lot of excess noise, visual information and people yelling over each
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After the Financial Collapse, Help Support a Fascinating New Photo Project
While the visual associations with Jacob Riis's famous series How the Other Half Lives are inevitable, artist Robyn Hasty ambitious new photo essay using the wet-plate collodion process is very very different. Titled "Homeland,” Hasty's current project aims to document grassroots efforts to rebuild
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The Quiet of Hermann Nitsch
Hermann Nitsch's performance at Mike Weiss Gallery on February 15th and 16th was a historical moment, summoning the exuberance of his context while disintegrating the mystery shrouding his practice. After stalking Nitsch's every movement for close to fourteen hours, the legend was humanized. Yes, th
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My Very Personal Beat Nite in Photos, Part 2
… Half the night was already over and we had the daunting task of seeing the other spaces in the midst of all the buzz of Beat Nite with only a few hours left. Art hopping in Bushwick isn't always easy. With no real density of art spots, you end up darting around the neighborhood by foot or train. S
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Digital Nostalgia
Sometime around February 14, an internet phenomenon erupted as Charles Hoey and Pete Smith announced they had found a lost game cartridge for the original Nintendo video game system (NES). This cartridge was an unlabeled video game version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famed novel The Great Gatsby. Depic
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My Very Personal Beat Nite in Photos, Part 1
While most people's Beat Nite started last Friday night, mine began the night before at Norte Maar, where artist Austin Thomas had bitch slapped surprised me with the bombshell that she took the liberty of designing the Hippie Potluck [http://hyperallergic.com/16316/austin-thomas-hosts-hippie-potluc