Everyone loves gift guides, even broke journalists who essentially haven’t spent money on anything that isn’t food or electricity in the past year. You don’t want our opinion about what to buy your loved ones this year, but we’ve gone to the experts and pulled some choice selections from their gift guides. Won't you take a look? Read More
“Hey buddy, you need some help? Some directions?” a hustler outside a diamond district boutique asked a slightly disoriented man last Friday morning. The man, who had just exited the Rockefeller Center subway stop, blinked in the winter sun and shook his head, apparently not in the mood to buy any diamonds. Read More
The main lounge of the Jane Hotel was probably the brightest most people had ever seen it on Sunday afternoon, as literati packed the room for a marathon reading of Frederic Tuten’s The Adventures of Mao on the Long March, a scrappy postmodern novel that details those dubious adventures —Greta Garbo, in a tank, visits him at one point—and lifts around a quarter of its pages from other sources like Friedrich Engels and Washington Irving. Around 63 readers, identified by number in a program and on a giant screen to the right of the room, read portions of the text over a five-hour period, with memorable turns in the role of Mao from Kurt Andersen and a puppet. Read More
The artist Nicola Tyson, whose twisted figures are currently on display at Friedrich Petzel were called “Lily Pulitzer meets a concentration camp" by one admirer at the opening, will hold a performance at that gallery on October 6 during which she will read letters to her forebears, among them Francis Bacon, Thomas Gainsborough and James Ensor. Read More
The organizers of the VIP Art Fair announced that the online show will return with for a second round, with VIP2.0, Feb. 3 through Feb. 8--older, wiser, and a little more technically functional. Organized by the James Cohan gallery, VIP blazed a trail that many start-ups have followed this year - Art.sy and Paddle 8 Read More
Bob Dylan fans raise questions about the authenticity of the paintings at the Gagosian show. [NYT] Sotheby’s readies first evening print sale for October [Art Knowledge News] Jim Carrey has reportedly reinvented himself as an artist. [Gothamist] The Pavilion of Art & Design fair, normally in Miami, is headed to New York Read More
Chelsea’s hopping 21st Street was completely shut down between 10th and 11th Avenues earlier today due to a police investigation into a stabbing that occurred at 5 a.m. outside the Juliet Supper Club.The 23-year-old victim in the incident, Christopher Adames, later died of his wounds. The club shares that block with Gagosian, Paula Cooper and Read More
Damien Hirst accused of preventing Phillips sale of his work. [The Telegraph] Menil Collection will return two 700-year-old frescoes to Cyprus. [WSJ] Sotheby’s head William Ruprecht sells 8,000 shares of stock. [Art Market Monitor] Giant head removed, Madison Square Park receives new sculptures. [DNAInfo] The Met has a new website. [Read More
The National Arts Club sent out a press release today that sought to counter victorious statement made by former president Aldon James, and the document really reveals how contentious things have become in this case. Read More
New details on the American Folk Art Museum’s salvation: the Met will display 15 works from the collection. [Press Release] Whitney plans Warhol retrospective, Neue plans Lauder retrospective. [Inside Art] Phillips de Pury plans to sell 4,350-item Swatch watch collection as a single lot in Hong Kong. [Press Release] Here are few Read More
Despite the massive hype leading up to the event, Ben Stiller and David Zwirner’s Artists For Haiti charity auction at Christie’s this evening exceeded expectations with the 27 works offered selling for a collective $13.7 million, beating an earlier estimate of $10 million. Read More
The American Folk Art Museum will stay at its new home near Lincoln Center, The New York Times reports, after much-needed financial infusions from its trustees and the Ford Foundation. The museum recently became the focus of public drama surprising for an organization with such a provincial name, moving out of its space next Read More
American Folk Art Museum will remain open. [NYT] Mick Jagger checked out the Bob Dylan show at Gagosian and then bought art books at the Strand. [Page Six] MoMA unveils details on Cindy Sherman retrospective. [WSJ] “Christie’s First Open = $9.92m” [Art Market Monitor] In hard times, the Taubman Museum of Read More
