By tonight Bilal’s back will be tattooed with the names of Iraqi cities, 5,000 red dots representing dead American soldiers and 100,000 dots in invisible ink representing the official death toll for Iraqis. The dots representing the Iraqi death toll ...Read More
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
— Twyla Tharp Read More
Barry Friedman.
515 West 26th street
New York, NY
212 2398600
Barry Friedman Ltd. is pleased to present contemporary Peruvian artist Kukuli Velarde in her first solo show since joining the gallery. Recently awarded the prestigious USA Knight Fellowship by the Knight Foundation and ...Read More
Real art has the capacity to make us nervous.
– Susan Sontag Read More
The 2009 National Medal of Arts was awarded to Frank Stella, for his accomplishments as one of the world’s most innovative painters and sculptors. His sophisticated visual experiments -- often transcending boundaries between painting, printmaking, and sculpture -- are modern ...Read More
Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.)
-- Robert Rauschenberg, 1959
from the New York Times
Robert Rauschenberg, the irrepressibly prolific American artist who time and again reshaped art ...Read More
The Philadelphia Art Hotel is pleased to announce an open call for 2010 Resident Artist Applications!
PAH is an ...Read More
Mixed media artist Mark Bradford was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2009. The Fellowship is a $500,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more.
Don't miss his Philagraphika contribution at:
PAFA ...Read More
starring lauren weedman and john krynick
We follow John Krynick on twitter. Not exactly sure how it happened but that is one of the joys of twitter. Must have been something he said. That lead us to his blog and then ...Read More
The PooL Art Fair is different from all other art fairs in the US. Although there is a tradition in France of independent art fairs, starting from the famous Courbet’s Salon des Independents, PooL is the premiere fair in the ...Read More
Me At The Center Of The Earth
Exhibition
January 10 - May 30, 2010
Found this wonderful presentation and conversation with Nick Cave at added it to our artLIFE channel. It includes a lecture presentation by Nick Cave about his signature Soundsuits and ...Read More
You still have time to see the show. One of the most compelling painters. Dump all you know from your brain and see the work in a new light. This is a nifty little trailer that the Whitney put ...Read More
personnes
monumenta 2010 grand palais
paris 13 january - 21 february 2010
monumenta is one of the major international events in which an artist takes possession of an architectural space to develop his/her vision. The entire architecture of the building becomes a part ...Read More