If you’re not familiar with The Yes Men, this video of their Poptech speech from 2006 is a fantastic introduction.
(Hat tip to Brain Pickings)
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Hauser & Wirth to Open in NYC! Is this a Good Time to Open an Art Gallery?
Yes… you read that correctly.. A New Contemporary Art Gallery is actually not closing opening up in New York City! Yea! London’s Hauser & Wirth Gallery is planning to open on the upper east side of New York City in September! But, with the US economey crashing, is this a Good Time to Open an Art Gallery? Maybe, we shall see, a huge economic recovery might just be several years away around the corner. So here’s the exciting email we got this morning… Hauser & Wirth, widely considered Europe’s most influential and acclaimed gallery of contemporary art and modern masters…
Hauser & Wirth to Open in NYC! Is this a Good Time to Open an Art Gallery?
Yes… you read that correctly.. A New Contemporary Art Gallery is actually not closing opening up in New York City! Yea! London’s Hauser & Wirth Gallery is planning to open on the upper east side of New York City in September! But, with the US economey crashing, is this a Good Time to Open an Art Gallery? Maybe, we shall see, a huge economic recovery might just be several years away around the corner. So here’s the exciting email we got this morning… Hauser & Wirth, widely considered Europe’s most influential and acclaimed gallery of contemporary art and modern masters…
A Great Example Of Site Specific Work: Carlsbad Sidewalk Surfer
Carlsbad Sidewalk Surfer by bryan snyder from Bryan Snyder on Vimeo.
From Bryan:
Carlsbad Sidewalk Surfer interacts with its environment during mid day wind gusts. Like the waves that tumble upon our shore, the visibility of this art piece depends on the weather. Between the glassy conditions of the morning and the mellow winds at dusk, the Carlsbad Sidewalk Surfer sneaks into another ride. The goal of this project is to showcase the relationship between a piece of art and its environment when placed in the streets.”
Herakut Beautifies The Streets Of New York
Mary Cassatt
Google is celebrating the birth of the American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt with a Cassatt-ized Google logo.
It’s one of my favorite artist tributes from Google. Google does loud and colorful logos well, but this Mary Cassatt logo shows that they can do subtle and neutral colors too. See more Google logos here.
Mary Cassat was born on the 22nd of May, 1844 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania and died near Paris, France on the 14th of June, 1926 at the age of 82.
The Mary Cassatt painting in the Google logo is “The Child’s Bath” from 1893. It is owned by the Art Institute of Chicago.
