• An art and culture ad network

    Many art bloggers such as myself would like to be compensated a bit for our time, or at least our hosting costs. In our case, our two blogs use up a lot of bandwidth, especially James‘s.

    I’m researching the possibility of setting up an art and culture ad network, so someone could come to one place and buy ads on various art and culture blogs, plus ArtCal if they so choose. It also would give those of us who want ads, but don’t want hyper-ugly animated ones, a chance I hope.

    If you’re interested in such a thing, either as a publisher/blogger, or as a potential advertiser, drop me an email. Feel free to comment here as well if you have any ideas.

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  • Post-dinner still life

    Post-dinner still life

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  • Angela Dufresne at Monya Rowe

    Angela Dufresne at Monya Rowe

    Angela Dufresne, Kasper Hauser, 2007, oil on canvas, 30 by 45 inches

     

    There are a lot of beautiful film-inspired paintings in Angela Dufresne’s latest solo show at Monya Rowe.

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  • Mark Creegan at Dangerous Curve

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    Mark Creegan, Download Smurfette (detail), 2006

     

    If you’re in Los Angeles, ArtCat artist Mark Creegan has a solo show at Dangerous Curve opening March 17.

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  • Linkage

    Sorry for the lack of posting. I’m finally starting to recover from the art fair cold/flu thing.

    • Dave Greenblatt, a collector I met via Bill Arning, has started a new blog with a focus on collecting for those without tons of money, including of lot of information on great multiples and editions. I hear he is even working on publishing a set with a group of interesting artists.
    • DUC is one of my favorite charities: “The Distribution to Underserved Communities Library Program (DUC) distributes books on contemporary art and culture free of charge to rural and inner-city libraries, schools and alternative reading centers nationwide.” Their website has a video of Chuck Close talking about the program. It was started by the late great Bill Bartman of Art Resources Transfer.

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  • Short Reuters video on “Emergency Room” at PS1

    Reuters has a short video on Emergency Room at PS1 that features Jaishri Abichandani, who was in the show we curated last November.

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  • Jade Townsend installation at Pulse NYC 2007

    Jade Townsend installation at Pulse

    Jade Townsend installation at Pulse

    Jade Townsend, Untitled, 2007

     

    This was one of my favorite things from the art fairs this year. James has a post with more information. The artist is represented by Priska C. Juschka Fine Art.

    Here is a video so you can hear how it sounded:


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  • M.R. SONTAG performance at M*A*S*H

    If you missed the performance of M.R. SONTAG (Mark Golamco and Rachel Mason) at M*A*S*H last Thursday, or if like us you were there and could barely see because it was so crowded, all hail the power of YouTube.

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  • Icky fundraising from the Central Park Conservancy

    I received a fundraising letter from the Central Park Conservancy (the people that raise money to maintain Central Park since the city doesn’t spend enough and there are rich people living near the park) with this on the envelope:

    Central Park Perks … since People like you deserve Perks like these

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  • Pulse recommendations

    I feel dreadful — probably got sick standing outside Pulse waiting for the shuttle to the Armory that never arrived, so here are my recommendations sans links before I’m off to bed. Images will be on flickr soon.

    Top pick: Ivin Ballen’s sculptures at Winklemen. Ed has made quite a discovery.

    Also, go to the men’s room to witness Jade Townsend’s installation in a bathroom stall. I hope to upload a video with sound later.

    Others:

    • Bitforms – Mark Napier inkjet print plus a software-driven video
    • Ruben Kindermans’s minimalist performance videos — like a stripped-down John Bock — at Annie Gentils. You might have to ask to see them, so do that when you visit the booth.
    • Chad Robertson (I wrote about his sexy zombies in the past) oils on paper, Heather Cantrell photos, and Wendy Heldmann (especially the works on paper) at sixspace
    • Bari Ziperstein collages at Bank
    • Shaun O’Dell’s gouache on paper work, Brad Tucker’s sculpture, and Gilad Efrat’s painting at Inman
    • Pretty much everything at Pavel Zoubok — May Wilson, Christopher Tanner, Stefan Saffer, Ginnie Gardner, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt — the most shiny and baroque booth!
    • Tilman Peschel photos at Anne de Villepoix
    • Chris Duncan painting and editioned zine at Jeff Bailey
    • Stephen Brandes at Rubicon
    • Elana Blasco mixed media on acetate sheets at Galeria Fucares
    • Sam Dargan’s political/conspiratorial paintings at Rokeby
    • David Humphrey paintings at Keith Talent
    • Brody Condon’s video game meets Flemish religious painting work at Virgil de Voldere

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