Category Archives: Art Shows
A quick note here: legendary illustrator and caricaturist Drew Friedman is featured in an art show at the Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn, running through May 31. Check it out. Friedman is a modern master of the medium. * says … Continue reading
The Lineage of My Artwork
Show alert: the fall group exhibition at BWAC (aka: The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, “Where EVERYBODY Can Be a Contenda!”) opens on September 25. Over 300 artists are showing their stuff and the theme is LINEAGE. As in your own, … Continue reading
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Hometown Art Show
They say you can’t go home again. Who’s they? I don’t know… Faulkner? Thomas Wolfe? Somebody like that, probably. Then again, I think Dylan (Bob, not Thomas) said “Whattaya mean ya can’t? Of course ya can,” though I don’t see … Continue reading
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Tornado Watch in Effect for Tribeca
154 tornadoes, all hitting Tribeca at the exact same time. What are the odds? Pretty good, actually. See this rare occurrence on June 15 from 7-11 pm. Tuesday night, come to a one night Pop-Up Event at hip-hop mogul Damon … Continue reading
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Last Chance to See “Nailed” in Red Hook… and About 11 OTHER Good Reasons to Get Out There This Weekend
Time Out New York magazine puts it thusly: “If you’re going to haul out to Red Hook on a Saturday, you should see everything at once.” The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition show “Nailed!” comes down on June 13, so check … Continue reading
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When an Artist Curates a Show, Good Things Happen: “NeoIntegrity” at MoCCA
“Artists make great exhibition curators. They have expert eyes, a personal stake in the game and contacts with all kinds of other artists, including those who ride under the establishment radar. Museum surveys of contemporary art rarely produce surprises. Artist-organized … Continue reading
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Now: “Dutch Art Now,” in a Luscious Venue
Till Sunday March 14 you have a chance to see a dandy little art exhibit in as fine a location as you could hope for: the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park. Dutch Art Now is a modestly sized show … Continue reading
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Robert Williams Crashes the Whitney Biennial
A heathen on the hallowed grounds of real American Art? Robert Williams, former disciple of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, he of Rat Fink fame, is exhibiting in the Whitney Biennial. (thanks, Whitney!) A truly fine cartoon artist breaks the barrier … Continue reading
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Brooklyn Painter Wins ArtPrize
Ran Ortner used to race motorcycles professionally. Now he climbs up and down ladders and paints huge canvases. And he just won $250,000 in the world’s largest art prize. Ran’s six-by-19 foot oil on canvas “Open Water Number 24″ was … Continue reading
Hey, Let’s Hang Out at the Ottawa Tavern Tonight?
You guys with me? HELL, yeah! Let’s do it! See you at the Tavern! I’ll be at the Ottawa Tavern tonight from 6–10 p.m. for an ArtPrize reception for all the ArtPrizey artists showing there. You’ll see all your ArtPrize … Continue reading
