It’s odd to call an exhibition with excellent examples of contemporary and historical female artists’ work a failure. But the work in it failed to accomplish its goal, which is anyway dated to say the least, of “reclaim[ing] the traditional dominion of the ‘male gaze,’” as stated in the press release. Even if the appealing [...]
Chelsea is the city’s commercial hub for contemporary art and a savvy one. The art market may be riding out the economic storm, but dealers are taking no chances, which may account for the high percentage of golden-oldie fare this month. Canonical artists no longer with us, like Dan Flavin and Alighiero e Boetti, have [...]
By Paddy Johnson
Always on the prowl for the art worlders who made Hyperallergic’s list of the top 20 most powerless people in the art world, we snapped this picture yesterday of blogger Tom Moody, who snags their number 18 spot. Fullfilling their criteria for the position by non-ironically wearing Khakis at a lower east side [...]
By Roberta Smith
“No one is doing well,” snapped the New York dealer Michele Maccarone over the phone. “And anyone who says they are is lying.” Ms. Maccarone, who has had a gallery for eight years, first on the Lower East Side and now on Greenwich Street in the West Village, is known for showing challenging [...]
TELLER, Paradis, 2009, c-print, 70 x 50 inches
For his fifth exhibition at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, Juergen Teller will present an exhibition entitled Paradis, on view at the 540 West 26th Street location. The photographs were originally commissioned for the French magazine, Paradis, and will appear in a leather bound limited edition book available [...]
Matthew Jensen. Courtesy of the artist and Chashama.
Chashama
Midtown
112 West 44th street, 212-391-8151
August 13 – August 22, 2009
Opening: Thursday, August 13, 6 – 9PM
In conjunction with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, chashama, and Citizens Committee for New York City, artist Matthew Jensen will exhibit work [...]
California Investigative Healing
organized by Kal Spelletich
August 6 – 29, 2009
opening reception: Thursday, August 6th, 6-9pm
The Jack Hanley Gallery, New York is pleased to present California Investigative Healing, a multisensory exhibit
organized by San Francisco-based artist, Kal Spelletich. Spelletich will unveil, for the first time to a U.S. audience,
the Herb Alpert Upper Body Hydro-Pneumatic Pulsation Vacuo Engine, [...]
