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JazJaz
Deep within rubber suit, beats tender heart longing for love.More at Godzilla Haiku.Follow JazJaz on Facebook | Twitter.See Also:Paper Boat – A Modern Haiku Revealed: Batman’s New Suit Amazing Steampunk Diving Suits and Submarines Apple iPhone Class Action Suit Steampunk Valentine Heart Jewelry BoxSee also: Zombies vs Japanese Kids Wine Bottle Holder From Kasane Weezer in Japan We...
Terrific promo video for the Gorillaz’ new single ‘Stylo’, taken from their upcoming album ‘Plastic Beach’. The music video features a cameo by an A-list Hollywood celebrity. You can watch it after the jump, but I highly recommend checking it out in HD on YouTube.Follow JazJaz on Facebook | Twitter.See Also:We...
Retro Robots Made From Recycled Junk
I just fell in love with these retro-styled ‘robot’ lamps created by +Brauer, a sculptor and painter from France. He creates his lovely pieces using discarded industrial materials, in effect, breathing new life into them. “In our modern world, where objects often have a single life, I aim at inventing a...
Stunning Frito Lays Dips Commercial
I had previously blogged about Honda’s memorable car commercial on online video-sharing site Vimeo, which cleverly used the interface of the site to an interesting effect. Here is one more such commercial, but this time for Frito Lays Dips. You can watch it here.Follow JazJaz on Facebook | Twitter.See Also:Weird Fiat...
Visualizer Magazine Wants Your Artworks And Photographs
Visualizer Magazine is calling for artists and photographers to contribute artworks and photographs for their upcoming issue. The ezine will be released in both English as well as Turkish, at the end of the month of March, 2010.Visualizer Magazine which has a fresh new beginning with a promo issue on...
Apparently, Weezer are quite big in Japan. And just how big, you ask? You will have to watch this video to find out.[via Buzzfeed]Follow JazJaz on Facebook | Twitter.See Also:The Mesmerizing Music & Film Posters of Tadanori Yokoo The Machine Girl Movie Trailer – Mindless Violence at its Best Time Lapse Video of...
Artistic Mission
Last night I had big plans. I was invited to attend an RFT sponsored happy-hour @ Blueberry Hill since I'm a "local" blogger. I was going to follow that up by checking out "the Pangaea Project", the new show at Hoffman Lachance Contemporary featuring the art of Jeremy...
I'm really lazy about cleaning up my painting messes. My studio was left unpainted on 2 walls and I have cheap remnant carpet under my easels so that I can paint with abandon, without the fear of messing up something expensive. I've been searching for a while for...
I heard back today from the people at AmericaSCORES and they have allowed me to be in their show/auction. As part of the deal I get free entry +3. Anyone interested in going to the event and want in for free? Shoot me an email and let me know. First...
I started and finished this triptych today:"I Owe You Something"16" x 16"It is a piece that is going into a charity auction for AmericaSCORES St. Louis which does something with kids and sports and poetry. Their website has all the info on the event and the charity.The object of...
Last weekend I went to the Science Center. There is a big dinosaur exhibit there right now and I'm surprised that I wasn't more excited by it. It was interesting, but it seemed to focus mostly on two things, Chinese import fossils and the formerly groundbreaking idea that...
Mardi Gras - Saint Louis Style
I did go down to Soulard for the big Mardi Gras parade, but only to work for a few hours at one of the vendors stands. Here's a shot of the gallery, the people in the apartments upstairs were having quite a party. I got a few random crowd...
NEWSgrist - where spin is art
Found Art (Soho): Unmonumental 230
Found Art (Soho): Unmonumental 230, originally uploaded by Joy Garnett (archive)....
Found Art (Soho): Unmonumental 229
Found Art (Soho): Unmonumental 229, originally uploaded by Joy Garnett (archive)....
via c-monster: Get Ready to Shred. And many other happenings at #CLASS. Published by c-monster on February 26, 2010 in C-Monster, Conceptual, Galleries and New York. Ready to go all Ollie North on your art and other meaningful pieces of......
There was a time we thought we were nothing without America.
Bruce High Quality Foundation We Like America and America Likes Us 2010 vehicle and educational implements, dimensions variable [detail of installation] via James Wagner:BHQF's "We Like America" at Whitney 2010 Biennial I feel good about the Whitney 2010. While I......
Sharon Butler: The Many Paintings of the Whitney Biennial
"Roland Flexner expands the definition of drawing by creating intricately detailed works of ink on paper using only his breath, chance, and gravity as tools." via Two Coats of Paint:Friday, February 26, 2010 A 2010 Whitney Biennial biopsy In their......
The Brucennial - harder, better, stronger?
Photo: Mike Appleton for The New York Times. Alli Miller, left, putting up the finishing touches of her installation at the democratically arranged Brucennial 2010. via nytimes: Art Review | Brucennial 2010 Who Needs the Whitney? They Have Their Own......
artPark
Will advances in technology help find the stolen art?
I'm a junky for news about the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist (a theft of 13 pieces of art which included three Rembrandts and a Vermeer and remains the world's largest art theft in dollar value). So, as we approach the 20 anniversary of that fateful night, I'm thrilled......
Today is Frederic Chopin's 200th birthday. I wonder which contemporary composer's 200 birthday will be celebrated 130-170 years from now? Philip Glass? Someone like John Williams? Or will it be a Bono, a Madonna or a Sting?...
With the current snow storm dumping on the northeast following record amounts of the fluffy stuff here in the mid-Atlantic this winter (and spring still weeks away), I thought this picture was appropriate for artPark fans. Regardless of the weather, I hope you are able to get outside and enjoy......
American Craft Council – Baltimore 2010
This winter has been a tough one for those of us living in the mid-Atlantic. The record snowfall and continued frigid temps have reinforced my wish that the month of February be carved off the calendar forever. But then, just as I am hitting the lowest of winter lows, the......
Can you say "publicity stunt"? Dan Zak of the Washington Post reports on the marriage of DC artists Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow. Read the article here. I started to read it with only mild interest, but that interest quickly turned to an overwhelming feeling of "ugh." I know times......
I received this announcement recently and it made me scratch my head. The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to present "Size DOES Matter", curated by basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal. This exciting exhibition, on view from February 18, 2010 - May 27, 2010, includes works from international artists exploring the myriad......
The Earthly Paradise
I ran across the Ring House, designed by Takei-Nabeshima-Architects (TNA) the other day, and was enchanted. This blog tends to focus on the history of the Arts and Crafts movement, but I'm always on the lookout for modern design that reflects the principles of beauty, simplicity and utility that the...
In an effort to familiarise myself with basic interior design periods, I picked up Henrietta Spencer-Churchill's book, Classic Design Styles. It's a beautifully illustrated volume, filled with lush photographs (I freely confess that I'm all about glossy picture books). At the beginning of the book, each section examines an historical...
First Trip to the Art Gallery of Alberta with Baby!
Well, it took my husband and I months to decide, but we finally have a stroller! We chose a Bugaboo Bee in hot pink. I just love it. It's small and light, which was essential for me, since I live in the city and love being able to take the...
Edmonton Opera Presents Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance
Last night my husband and I had the chance to see Edmonton Opera's presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. We had such a fabulous time! It was the first opera of the season that we've been able to attend. We always get season tickets, but we had to...
The Rejection of Cain's Sacrifice
I've been very busy with my little girl over the past few weeks. She's an absolute delight! Even though she's only three months old, I've been having a lot of fun reading with her. Before she was born, my husband and I bought a copy of Tomie dePaola's Book of...
In the wake of the tragic news of the Haitian Earthquake, it's hard to find any hopeful stories about Haiti. It's the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, but as an article by Nicholas Kristof pointed out yesterday, the problem with Haiti is not its people, but corruption, a crippling...
The Stickley Museum At Craftsman Farms
Stickley Museum Offers Hands-On Printmaking Workshop
On Saturday, March 13, from 5-7 p.m., the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms will present a fascinating demonstration by the Roving Press, an outreach program of the Printmaking Council of New Jersey. Professional printmaker, Greta Anderson, will offer an introductory demonstration to monotype printmaking. Monotype printmaking is a process where...
Thank you to Bruce Johnson for featuring our annual Craftsman Farms Banquet in today’s post on his new site, arts and crafts collector. If you haven’t already been to this wonderful new website, you are missing an outstanding and entertaining resource covering every aspect of the Arts and Crafts lifestyle.Similar...
Annual Craftsman Farms Banquet
You are invited to The Annual Craftsman Farms Banquet at the GPI Arts and Crafts Conference Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:00 p.m. at the Grove Park Inn Asheville, North Carolina The cocktail reception starts at 6:00 p.m. and includes a full open bar and passed hors d’oeuvres including mini-quiche, pot stickers and mini-quesadillas. Follow that up with great...
Two Days Only! Save on Holiday Items!
All Christmas cards, tree ornaments, and calendars will be 30% off on Saturday December 19 and Sunday December 20. Shopping hours are 11:00 to 4:00. Remember the museum and shop will close for the holidays at 4:00 on Sunday and reopen at 11:00 on Saturday, January 9. Similar...
We’re at over 200 votes, with 2 days of voting left. If you’ve already voted, please help spread the word to your Facebook friends! Use the Post to Wall button to quickly let your friends know about the Craftsman Farms Foundation. Via Chase Community Giving on Facebook | The Craftmans Farms...
We just broke 100 votes for the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms on Chase Giving! Thanks so much! We’re well on our way to that $25,000 grant! Stop by and vote for us, invite your friends to vote too, and share the link on your own Facebook wall to help...
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Yevgeniy Fiks names names in Communist Tour of MoMA
Diego Rivera Agrarian Leader Zapata 1931 fresco 7' 9.75" x 6' 2" [large detail taken from a slightly oblique angle, of the painting in MoMA's collection] Of course there was Rivera, and Kahlo, but most of the other committed......
NYPD: racial profiling, false collaring, permanent records
up against the wall, spread over the hood, or face down on the ground; then into the computer From 2004 through 2009, in a policy that has gotten completely out of control, New York City police officers stopped people......
#class collecting panel at Winkleman
hanging out after class Thanks to everyone for following the #class collecting panel last night, both those inside the space and elsewhere online (there were over 1700 people watching the live stream at one point). We had a great......
BHQF's "We Like America" at Whitney 2010 Biennial
Bruce High Quality Foundation We Like America and America Likes Us 2010 vehicle and educational implements, dimensions variable [detail of installation] I feel good about the Whitney 2010. While I like excitement, I resist hype like the plague. This......
our #class: "Collecting with Your Eye, Not Your Ears"
portraits of the collectors, at home (featuring a sculpture by Maria Alos, in one of over two dozen images Fette pulled out of our apartment, and now displayed on her gorgeous site, the flog.) Barry and I are putting......
The Hoggard Wagner Art Collection goes on line
the rotating "Featured Work" page on the collection site, "grabbed" today, February 15 Barry and I have been working over many months on an online catalog of our own collection in order to make it visible to a larger......
The Art History Blog
Who Shot Andy Warhol? (The Musical)
I was thrilled when I saw a poster promoting a new musical based on the life and art of Andy Warhol. The world premiere run of POP!, underway at Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, CT, through December 19, has been very well received and was glowingly reviewed in both the...
It makes sense that the worlds of high fashion and art often collide, and lately I’ve come across quite a few crossovers. Below, a few of the curious collaborations and inspirations I’ve come across recently. (Left to right) Warhol-inspired perfume; Delftware boot vase; Lady Gaga in Vogue, December ‘09. For $220, you...
Big Questions for the Met’s Thomas Campbell…and you
Last night the Colbert Report hosted Metropolitan Museum of Art director Thomas Campbell to ask him some probing questions about the elitist art world that are on every “Blue Collar Joe Six-Pack”’s mind. Did you catch the segment? If not, click over to Comedy Central and stream that episode immediately...
Like many museums in Europe, most of Rome’s most famous museums don’t allow photography. (Or, if they do, I’m sorry to say I was unable to take pictures because I was in class while visiting them!) As a result, most of the images in this installment of Art in Real...
Odd news of the day: Lifetime’s making a straight-to-TV movie about none other than Georgia O’Keeffe, which premieres on September 19. My first reaction: Oh dear. Seconds later: I’m definitely still skeptical. If you’re brave enough, set your DVRs, art buffs. My guess is this won’t be PBS-quality… but it...
Thoughts on the Art Institute of Chicago
Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, at the Art Institute of Chicago Now that I live in the Midwest, the Art Institute of Chicago will be popping up more and more on this blog, and I promise an extensive Art in Real Life dedicated to this huge institution once I have more than an...
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Blogotheque / Invisible Children
I wish I had heard about this sooner! La Blogotheque is teaming up with Invisible Children to take The Polyphonic Spree and Yeasayer to Uganda, but they need your help!!! They have five more days to raise a bunch more money! This is an amazing cause, let’s help them! CLICK HERE FOR...
Photos by Alessandro Zuek Simonetti. New York City....
Singapore-based, Underscore. This is the first magazine I’ve seen delivered with a pencil and section for making your own notes!...
Massive Attack / Ticket Giveaway
Breaking news! Massive Attack are coming to Vancouver! Saturday May 29th. Malkin Bowl. Tickets don’t go on sale until next Friday but I pulled some strings and I’ve got a pair of tickets to give away! If you wanna go, let me know what your favourite Massive Attack song is, in...
Paintings by Kevin Bell. Montana....
Photos by Rebecca Hinden....
The Artery Magazine - Art, Music and Subculture on the East Coast
Xiaojing Yan is just one of the great artists emerging out of Toronto and seeking her place in the East Coast arts community....
West African dance and drumming comes to Buffalo and kicks off a stateside tour....
I think my clothing is feminine. I would not say it's for everyone. A girl who has her own style and is carefree per say would wear my line. It takes someone bold to pull off a tutu and shredded tees....
Get yer old ass art to brian@brianhubble.com....
Harley’s New Spin on Old School
Looks like Harley is taking an old school, artistic spin on things....
I pull Jesse Penico out to remind myself that there are original kids coming out of art school......
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The Free Wedding IV | Once Wed
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Watercolor Artist Blog
The Fallbrook Art Center, in Fallbrook, California, is currently celebrating the "World of Watercolor" with a double-bill of top-notch shows on view through March 28. The Center's inaugural Signature American Watercolor Exhibition showcases works by 29 artists who have, as the exhibition name suggests, achieved signature membership status in a recognized U.S. watercolor society or association....
Your Emergency Inspiration Kits
In one of the funnest Creativity Workshop challenges to date, artist Deborah Secor encouraged readers to make the most of the conditions we're handed in life by creating an Emergency Inspiration Kit and using it to paint in a new format. Now it's time to celebrate the artists who rose to the challenge....
Watercolor Artist April 2010 Issue
The April 2010 issue of Watercolor Artist magazine is in the house—er, our office, newsstands, and our online shop! Inside you'll find plenty of fresh ideas for the spring painting season. Read the story of modern master, Carolyn Brady (1937-2005), whose work continues to influence and inspire, and meet a rising star on the watercolor...
5 Quick Tips for Portrait Artists from Mario Robinson
1. Know your models: Painting friends and family members can save you money and time. Plus, your intimacy and familiarity with your subjects will shine through in your work. 2. Limit your social networking and marketing to set periods of time. Waiting for someone to comment on the latest painting you posted online is...
Twitter for Artists on Tuesday
If you're interested in joining the fun with Twitter, but you're nervous about navigating the social networking scene, we've got the seminar for you: Twitter for Artists (2/23/10 at 1 p.m. EST) will show you what Twitter is all about and how to use it to promote yourself and your art online. You'll learn: -How to get...
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Tate | Press Releases
Ai Weiwei to undertake next commission in The Unilever Series
5 March 2010 | Tate ModernAi Weiwei to undertake next commission in The Unilever Series...
Rude Britannia: British Comic Art
2 March 2010 | Tate BritainRude Britannia: British Comic Art...
Tate Liverpool unveils new commissions by Rineke Dijkstra
19 February 2010 | Tate LiverpoolTate Liverpool unveils new commissions by Rineke Dijkstra...
Tate App Now Available on the App Store
17 February 2010 | TateTate App Now Available on the App Store...
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective
9 February 2010 | Tate ModernArshile Gorky: A Retrospective...
27 January 2010 | Tate BritainThe Great British Art Debate...
Smithsonian: New Exhibitions
American Art Museum: Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan
February 12, 2010 - May 9, 2010...
American Art Museum: Graphic Masters III: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
January 15, 2010 - August 8, 2010 (new opening date)...
American History Museum: A Letter from George Washington, November 30, 1785 (new title)
February 12, 2010 - May 7, 2010 (new closing date)...
January 19, 2010 - March 31, 2010...
American Indian Museum Heye Center: Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America
December 11, 2009 - June 27, 2010 (new closing date)...
Cooper-Hewitt: Quicktake: Tato Nano
February 18, 2010 - April 25, 2010...
Culture Monster
Frank Denyer and the sounds of silence
English composer Frank Denyer, the subject of my Calendar profile, speaks eloquently about how he uses silence in his music. He's also a first-rate raconteur. Denyer also is scheduled to appear Sunday at 11 a..m at the Goethe- Institut for......
Prop masters are among the theater's unsung heroes. The audience rarely notices what they do -- or, rather, it may appreciate seeing that Victorian teapot or old icebox but have no clue about the effort it took to get them......
A real working-class artist, Ruben Ochoa
Ruben Ochoa’s East L.A. studio, housed in a nursery that’s been vacant for years next to a Mexican restaurant, is a rustic affair — more of a shell than a building, really, with chicken wire covering several holes in one......
Thankfully, we still have 'Nixon' to kick around
When I was in college, I hated Richard Nixon. Everyone I knew (except perhaps my father) hated Richard Nixon. My perspective was as a politically engaged undergraduate at U.C. Berkeley during the war in Vietnam — holding a low draft......
Art review: Mel Bochner at Marc Selwyn Fine Art
Mel Bochner's wicked new paintings at Marc Selwyn taunt and provoke – with a straight face and even a saccharine smile. They send deliciously mixed signals, their colors generally sweet and sprightly, their format neutral and well-ordered, and their words......
Art review: ‘Minimum Yields Maximum’ at Monte Vista
The work in "Minimum Yields Maximum," a moderately interesting group show at Monte Vista, has a familiar feel. A wry Conceptualism threads through the photographs, altered objects and videos, and a resourcefulness with humble, found objects. What comes as a......
New Art
Fischli and Weiss, Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go), video, 30', 1987Honda Ad, 2003OK Go - This Too Shall Pass, 2009I remember the choreographer João Fiadeiro once showing Fischli & Weiss's work during some seminar or workshop and talking about what in his mind made it so impressive:...
Do you know Tino Sehgal? You know, the artist that doesn't allow any pictures taken of his works? And doesn't write any introduction, or artist statement? Or make written agreements with museums? That wants no material artifacts in his works?Does it matter what the works are?They are performative. More: they...
The End Is Never Nigh (A few sentences that never made it elsewhere)
Bloodshedding pieces of black-and-white happiness.The unfair balance of the picture.The wider picture. The bloody wider picture always giving it the color that wasn't there in the first place.Notice: the wider picture is never the first place. It comes as we back up, until we are nowhere to be found, impressed...
Video directed by Takafumi Tsuchiya (TAKCOM)....
Another childish question inspired by a beautiful project
What is it that we like about simplicity? Is it not that it's close to us? It is attainable, like something that is nearly us. Or, to put it differently - an it that almost makes it into me. Thus, an imaginary community. Yes, if I dared, I would say...
Two pictures from the Visit series (2007/8) by Filip Berendt.The idea is so simple and to the point that it is irritating. Berendt put an ad in a newspaper saying he wants to make installations in people's homes out of the things he finds there and take pictures of them....
National Gallery of Art Press Office
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National Gallery of Art Offers Romantic Outings During the Month of February and Beyond...
Featuring a menu of French cuisine developed by award-winning chef Michel Richard in honor of "From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection."...
Hendrick Avercamp: The Little Ice Age | March 21 through July 5, 2010
Release Date: January 15, 2010...
The 68th Season of Concerts at the National Gallery of Art, January–June 2010
Release Date: January 8, 2010...
Release Date: January 8, 2010...