The Aperture Foundation Benefit and Auction is Coming! YES my little MAO-ettes.. one of the best art charities around is having their annual fund raising party. As every devoted MAO reader knows.. we can’t do enough to support this charity. Tickets are still available..for both the Auction, and the Dinner.Here are the details… Aperture Foundation Benefit & Auction – Honoring Joel Meyerowitz, Howard Greenberg, and Susana Torruella Leval Auction Featuring works by Diane Arbus, Bruce Davidson, Atta Kim, Malick Sidibé, and more MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers 6:30-8:00 pm Cocktail and Silent Auction 8:00-10:00 pm Dinner, Award…
Archive | October, 2009
The Aperture Foundation Benefit and Art Auction is Coming!
The Aperture Foundation Benefit and Auction is Coming! YES my little MAO-ettes.. one of the best art charities around is having their annual fund raising party. As every devoted MAO reader knows.. we can’t do enough to support this charity. Tickets are still available..for both the Auction, and the Dinner.Here are the details… Aperture Foundation Benefit & Auction – Honoring Joel Meyerowitz, Howard Greenberg, and Susana Torruella Leval Auction Featuring works by Diane Arbus, Bruce Davidson, Atta Kim, Malick Sidibé, and more MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers 6:30-8:00 pm Cocktail and Silent Auction 8:00-10:00 pm Dinner, Award…
Sold masters
A Rembrandt is coming up for auction this fall, highlighting anew the relationship of old-master and postwar-contemporary values. “Portrait of a Man, Half-Length, With His Arms Akimbo,” from 1658, owned by pharmaceutical heiress Barbara Piasecka Johnson, is the kind of picture that comes to market only once in a blue …
Saudades of a collection
Only a few hours ago the art world learned of a tragic event: on Friday night nearly 2,000 works by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica perished in a fire. It is an incalculable loss of the work of someone who is increasingly recognized today as one of the most influential Latin …
Artnear iPhone Application
I can’t honestly say how useful this application is as I don’t own an iPhone, but it sounds like a good idea. It’s a free application (I believe there is also a pro version for a small fee) available from iTunes which guides you to art museums, exhibit…
Political nostalgia
Catherine Spaeth on Nancy Spero and political art:
Nancy Spero’s death the Sunday before last invites reflection upon what it means for an artist to be politically engaged at this time. Today the New York artworld appears to be more at home with the post-feminism of Lisa Yuskavage, Marylin Minter and …
Seen On The Streets of Arnhem (city central) – Holland
Artists: Job Willemsen & Tom v.d. Hurk
Fresh Stuff From Skewville
“Funny ’cause while i was putting this up a hipster kid said” hey, isn’t this east williamsburg industrial park.. I said “Either way, your not in Kansas. anymore”..Skewville