I went to this show of J. Wales Wilson for the photos of Turkey that were taken around the time a friend of mine, Nancy Hoffman, lived there, in the late 1980’s.
The other reason I went – recently saw Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul at the Metropolitan and was hungry for more [...]
Archive | August 1, 2009
J. Wales Wilson at MountainFold Gallery – NYC
If you can’t read French you can still understand the Lourve, online, that is
Just read the Louvre Online to Open Database in English for those of us that don’t read or speak French. According to the New York Times ArtsBeat blog post:
On Wednesday, the museum plans to announce that it will make an English-language version of its online database available on its Web site, louvre.fr, starting Thursday. [...]
Annie Leibovitz, a Well known New York Photographers’ financial woes
Having read the New York Times article tonight - For Annie Leibovitz, a Fuzzy Financial Picture i’m reminded of Michael Jackson’s financial troubles (mainly self inflicted) and, hard times befall even the most successful artists, and this is a complicated story that leaves as much unsaid, as what it says.
“…On July 29, Ms. Leibovitz was [...]
Banksy Donuts print – the lego edition / Vandalog show
So, I didn’t get lucky in the Banksy Donuts print lottery….
The kids were a bit disappointed so we made our own version this afternoon. Unfortunately the donut appears to have since gone missing about the same time as my cup of tea….
Vandalog has fast become essential reading for anyone interested in street art so its good to hear that they’re planning a show later on in this year in London with the unusual feature that most of the work on display won’t be on sale. Head on over to Vandalog to find out more.
Justin Jach’s “A Series of Exchanges”
Last Summer, Chicago based film and video artist Justin Jach spent a month in São Paulo, Brasil making A Series of Exchanges, a short film about graffiti as a form of social discourse…
A Series of Exchanges from Justin Jach on Vimeo.