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Art in a Hot New York City Plus updates to ArtNewYorkCity

by on July 25, 2010 in Art, Art in NYC, Davos, New York, New York City, Paintings of Charles Burchfield, Whitney Museum of American Art, World Economic Forum



It’s been so hot here in NYC that it’s hard to think about Art, except to say – let’s be inside to do Art – or be Art, and maybe, swim in it. I’ve gone to a lot of openings of late but haven’t written about them including Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings [...]

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Summer in the City and Openings Attended

by on July 2, 2010 in Art, Art in NYC, Guido Reni, Invisible Dog, London Underground, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Visual Arts



There’s a lot of good stuff I’ve seen lately but haven’t written about – catching up now – have to feed the Art Beast, after all. Did you know there’s a new Art Establishment in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn?  I didn’t – till I strolled in by accident about 2 weeks ago – it’s called The [...]

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At the Dream Hotel

by on June 6, 2010 in Art in NYC, Arts, Penthouse (magazine), Recreation, Very Important Person



I was at the Dream Hotel Penthouse on W.55th street for a private party and really liked what I saw. The whole thing was arranged though a company called VIP Talent Connect that has been operating for the last 3 years as a conduit of aspiring actors, models, dancers and playwrights and Hollywood. Got a [...]

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Whitney Biennial and using the IPad to sketch

by on May 23, 2010 in Art in NYC

I was at the Whitney Biennial earlier today an with the exception of a few works – I didn’t get much out of the experience. I liked Pae White’s large mural/rug the best – and it was beautiful to look at close up as well as at a distance.  Here’s more information about the work [...]

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O.Pad opening @40 Walker Street – of Design Week NYC

by on May 17, 2010 in 40 Walker Street, Art in NYC, Design Week, olighting

I’m at an Art/Design opening tonight at 40 Walker Street in Tribecca as part of Design Week NYC – I stumbled upon this opening almost by accident, but am quite enjoying the choices of lighting and posters chosen. O.Pad is at Opad.com and you can email Chris@opad.com or call 212-485-6190 if you want you want [...]

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Laurent Dauptain @ Axelle Fine Arts Galerie

by on May 6, 2010 in Art in NYC

Was at a private art opening of Laurent Dauptain tonight and had a really nice time meeting with the publicist and artist. One of the things that strikes me in doing figurative work is that it is very hard to be original and fresh, especially with so many hundreds of years of portraits both seen [...]

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Rising Currents @MOMA

by on April 17, 2010 in Art in NYC, Art museum, Arts and Entertainment, Contemporary art, MoMA, Museum, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York City, Rising Currents, United States

A few months ago I did a post on New York Art when Sea Levels rise and mentioned MOMA’s show Rising Currents which is now showing.   Last night I was at the Museum of Modern Art and stumbled onto Rising Currents – turned out the it was near closing time but I managed to get [...]

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John Margolies booksigning for Roadside America @ TASCHEN

by on April 14, 2010 in Art in NYC, john margolies, taschen

I intended to go to a different event but thanks to the power of Social Media and FourSquare specifically – I ended up at the TASCHEN store in soho for the Roadside America booksigning – didn’t meet John Margolies, sorry to say. I really enjoyed looking at John Margolies photo, they must have been taken [...]

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Trip to London, Bath, Torquay and Exeter last week

by on April 11, 2010 in Art in NYC, Bath, England, Exeter, London, London Trip, New York City, River Avon, Stonehenge, Stonehenge

Last week I was on the other side of the pond, spending 3 days in London, then traveling to Bath for a day (went to Stonehenge and Laycock on a tour), then off to Torquey and Exeter last weekend (with a visit to Cockington Manner in Torquey, along with a lot of local color that [...]

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New opening: Excess and Environment: Sustainability in a World of Consumption

by on April 11, 2010 in Art, Art as Life, Art Collective, Art Event, Art in NYC, Art influentials, Art influentials, Chris Jordan, Chris Jordan, Consumerism, Consumerism, Gmail, Natural environment, Natural environment, Non-profit organization, Organizations, Visual Arts

I may be attending this opening on Sustainability in a World of Consumption but in any case want to highlight the event.  I often get contacted by groups and artists telling me of their openings and I have been remiss in posting them often enough.  I had an excuse lately – traveling and being extremely [...]

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