THE ARMORY SHOW was in a smaller, more convenient location at Pier 94 at 55th street this year. Young men and women in skinny trousers and pointy shoes – slightly disheveled – (artists?) were milling around outside on Friday just after noon. Painting of a young artist. Image: telegraph.co.uk
…next week: A report from New York Image: new-york-travel-services.com -Loved and Loathed -The Armory Show -Scope Art Fair -DiVA Digital and video art fair -Brooklyn galleries and more…
…Auction madness continues unabated in London…Warhol would’ve loved this! Image: usatoday.com Notes from a story in the Observer, published Sunday February 11, 2007By Carole Cadwalldr Please note, the images in this article are not necessarily the exact works referred to. First, some facts. Every February Sotheby’s, Christie’s and, to alesser extent, Phillips, hold art sales. New York is the centre
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VANCOUVER Upgrade! Vancouver is launching a series of outdoor art video screenings. The videos will be local and international – and will “appropriate the functional model of online videosharing sitesâ€. The event will be promoted through flyers at each screening, encouraging word of mouth promotion. Upgrade! is an international network that collaborates to produce publications, exhibitions, happenings at the intersection
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LOVED: VoCA hasn’t seen anything really mind-blowing lately, but then we still haven’t been to see the David Altmejd show at Oakville Galleries. Until we manage to get there, we recommend checking it out. David Altmejd, The Academy (birds), 2005. Image: artnet.com We did really like Shary Boyle’s sculpture at Jessica Bradley Art & Projects in Toronto. Her figurines and
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Image: John Reeves. Canadacouncil.ca “It is now appreciated that one can live in Canada and still be on the world’s stage, one can finally function from here. I think it is important to add to the fabric of the art world, expanding its realm, to radiate from the historical global centres. It is this that I have chosen to do.”
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Is this a sign of things to come? Image: rsb.info.nih.gov Will the unveiling of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Frank Gehry renovation recharge the gallery’s fussy, staid, out-of-touch reputation? It seems that it might. Last night, at a champagne reception, the AGO announced, that together with (thanks to?) partner Aeroplan, they will be launching The Grange Prize, a $50,000 annual
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Image: rockstacker.com Dear Young Artist, You may have heard that Painting is Dead. Blake Gopnik, chief art critic at the Washington Post, is well known for his belief that painting is dead. It’s an attention-getting statement that is brought up by an art critic every few years. Gopnik’s quote – from a talk he gave at the Corcoran Gallery in
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Andrea Carson writes on contemporary art, architecture and design...