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Impasto Imposter Smears Paint Around Lower East Side Gallery
The gallery's director reportedly threw the culprit out after catching him or her many color-handed.
James Kalm
Opinion
Painter Chris Martin Goes Really Big in DC
I'm as big of a Chris Martin fan as vlogger and writer James Kalm (aka painter Loren Munk), so the video he just uploaded on YouTube of Martin's new solo person museum show — his first — at the Corcoran Gallery of Artin Washington, DC, is a treat.
Opinion
Minimalism's (Ahem) "Relations"
A golden nugget from James Kalm's Facebook profile page and the birth of a fantastic new term, "vaginal surround sound."
Opinion
Deitch Listens as Carlo McCormick Brings Up Blu Whitewash
According to the art world's favorite vlogger, James Kalm, Art in the Streets essayist Carlo McCormick spoke on June 19 at MOCA and Jeffrey Deitch was in the crowd.
Opinion
An 80s East Village Phenomenon Art History (Almost) Forgot
Mark Kostabi is a name I haven't heard for ages. The man is synonymous with New York's 1980s East Village scene but he's disappeared from many recent narratives of the era. Now, our favorite guy on the bike (aka James Kalm) caught up with the artist at his current show in Soho. This short video is a
Art
Brooklyn's First Art Fair
When the Verge art fair launched Verge Brooklyn, many Brooklyn galleries were peeved that the DUMBO-based event would take away from local galleries scenes. Why would they have to pay to be in an art fair in their own borough when Armory week was the only time they could get out of town collectors t
Interview
What is Art-xploitation?
Wayne Coe creates complicated sand paintings on the sidewalks and floors of New York using the language of gay male porn theater advertising from the 1970s and 1980s to create ads for contemporary artists. I caught up with the artist, who was performing for six hours yesterday as part of Brooklyn Ar
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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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Margrit Lewczuk's Patterned Abstractions
I'm kicking myself for not getting to painter Margrit Lewczuk's vibrant show in the heart of Williamsburg sooner. I stepped into the fantastic show on its second to last day. Located on a stretch of Metropolitan that is quickly being transformed by new developments, the show is in a low-rise warehou
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3-Day Bushwick Art Weekend
There's no excuse not to come out to New York’s greatest up-and-coming arts neighborhood this weekend. Not only is our own #TheSocialGraph [http://hyperallergic.createsend1.com/t/y/l/qjjhul/oghujluy/j] show opening this Friday night (6-9p) at Outpost, but emerging gallery Famous Accountants will be
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Guggenheim’s "Play: A Biennial of Creative Video" Wows
Last night, Manhattan’s Guggenheim Museum was transformed into a futuristic new media award’s show venue as the finalists of the first Play: A Biennial of Creative Video biennial were announced to a crowd of Google, Intel, HP, Guggenheim employees (all sponsors of the event), artists, and new media
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Two Coats of Paint Launches Online Painting Channel
Seems like a simple idea, but writer, blogger, academic and artist Sharon Butler has put it into action. She tells us about her latest online project, “Suddenly it struck me: We need a TV channel about painting — so I decided to create one for Two Coats of Paint [http://vimeo.com/channels/twocoats#1