Alias Arts

I was browsing on Art Moco and came across this image: Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad, Untitled (Orderly Conduct), C-type print I thought to myself, “I know that artist. Discovered him at VOLTA last year.” Large format photos of people on a city…

Deborah Kass, I am Telling You I’m Not Going (diptych), 2002, gouache on paper Schroeder Romero Gallery has done a fabulous job allowing you to see most of the works in their current show on their website. Bravo! So even…

Art/Work: Everything you Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career Heather Darcy Bhandari and Jonathan Melber I’ll state it right up front: I know Heather and Jonathan (the authors) very well. I am not objective. I…

Most people think I do live in Philadelphia. I grew up there, the collection is housed there, family still there, etc. I don’t live in Philly, but if I did, I would make a point to see this show. Guaranteed…

Marc Johns, This drawing is not about death, 5×7, $75 Deep breath. The art fairs have come and gone in New York. So far reports are great, good, and bad. If you couldn’t find what you were looking for, or…

In a boom, it’s cool to love art, see art, buy art. Art is taken seriously. A bust dismisses it as a luxury. – Alexandra Peers, New York Magazine, March 1, 2009 I’m not so sure that art is taken…

Steven and Billy Blaise Dufala, Special Air Mission 28000, Mixed Media, 2008 Relating to the last post, as luck would have it, the grand prize winners of the WEST PRIZE have a show up now in Philadelphia at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery….

Dufala Brothers, Ice Cream Truck Tank, Mixed Media, 8′x6′x13′ 2007 As many of you know, last year my family launched our first annual art prize. On December 1, 2008 we announced the 10 winners. Last night we announced the $25,000…

Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (uber-detail) Check out the Prado Museum’s masterpieces in ultra high resolution. Now available on Google Earth, you can zoom into a number of paintings from the Prado’s collection to see incredible details -…

I recently returned from TED. (Those in the know, know. Those that don’t, should.) TED always includes artists in their presenter line up. This year included Olafur Eliasson. I’ll state right up front that I am a fan of Eliasson’s…