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…
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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.
Spring
This time of the year is special. Last spring I was taken by dappled light as it fell upon the house and the old fence. But that didn’t last as trees were felled and the fence was replaced by something smooth, implacable and untouched by time. But the setting sun …
A New Art Investment Fund Has Been Started By Castlestone Management
A New Art Investment Fund Has Been Started By Castlestone Management with offices in London and New York. The alternative asset class investment adviser has started a brand new Art Investment Fund with 25 million dollars of partner’s money.. and it is now open to additional investors! Hmm.. maybe it’s a good time to buy Contemporary Art? No? What do you think? FYI.. But, So far they’ve already purchased $16 million in art, in mostly the free falling contemporary art market, and plan to purchase another $9 million over the next few months. (Photo #1, Andy Warhol, Dollar Signs, 1981,…
A New Art Investment Fund Has Been Started By Castlestone Management
A New Art Investment Fund Has Been Started By Castlestone Management with offices in London and New York. The alternative asset class investment adviser has started a brand new Art Investment Fund with 25 million dollars of partner’s money.. and it is now open to additional investors! Hmm.. maybe it’s a good time to buy Contemporary Art? No? What do you think? FYI.. But, So far they’ve already purchased $16 million in art, in mostly the free falling contemporary art market, and plan to purchase another $9 million over the next few months. (Photo #1, Andy Warhol, Dollar Signs, 1981,…
Wooster on Facebook
Each and every day we get more excited about the discussions that are taking place on our Wooster Collective Facebook page. The responses to our recent questions:
For those who risk getting arrested while putting up street art or writing graffiti: What motivates you to do it?
What’s currently inspiring you?
How would you describe the “role” that graffiti or street art plays in your life? What does it “add” or subtract?
If I gave you $50 today, with the condition that you had to spend it on “art”, what would you do with it?
If you haven’t yet checked it out we can’t recommend it more highly. It’s become an incredible companion to the Wooster blog.
Also, we are indeed on Twitter. Not as “Wooster Collective” but as Marc and Sara.