Category Archives: Art

Still Lifes On Other Planets

October 21, 2012 – 11:05 am

NASA released photos from their Rover vehicle this last week and I was stuck how much the sere close-up resembled Yves Klein’s BLUE SPONGE. Obviously it was another case of art imitating still life on another planet. There will be many more in the centuries to come. If we are going to the stars. And […]

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PC Is Back In NYC

October 13, 2012 – 9:36 am

Last month the Edward Tyler Nahem Gallery on 57th Street brought back Richard Serrano’s controversial photo PISS CHRIST. The image of the cross bathed in the artist’s urine outraged Christians throughout the world. Twenty five years later the 1987 photo continues to act as a lighting rod for protest against the increasing secularization of the […]

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Marking Up Rothko

October 7, 2012 – 2:12 pm

Today at London’s Tate gallery a tourist vandalized Black on Maroon 1958 by abstract artist Mark Rothko. A witness reported via twitter: “This guy calmly walked up, took out a marker pen and tagged it. Surreal.” The museum reported that the defacer used a brush and black paint to mark up the priceless painting, which […]

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Charlotta Jansen Opening

September 16, 2012 – 10:48 am

One of my favorite artists John Davis Gallery, 362 1/2 Warren Street, Hudson NY 12534 Charlotta in the Lincoln Room of Jihn Davis Gallery, Hudson NY

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Warhol on Sale

September 10, 2012 – 9:39 am

My old boss Manny at the Diamond Exchange loved showing diamonds. I loved even more saying, “It’s one of a kind, how many do you want?” His son Richie Boy and I groaned at this utterance, however more times than not the octogenarian would complete the sale and his son would shrug with acceptance, “After […]

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