Lee Wells and the Blowback of Empire Porn
LEE WELLS: ACTION FOR FREEDOM ROOSTER GALLERY, 190 ORCHARD STREET, NYC FEBRUARY 17 – MARCH 12, 2011 Pirate Flag #2, 2010, HD Video, 10 minutes Wikipedia: Blowback is the espionage
The Emily Fisher Landau Collection at the Whitney
Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street February 10–May 1, 2011 February 10, 2011. In a bit of serendipity that
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Olek Tames the Charging Wall Street Bull
December 27, 2010. On Christmas night, in the freezing cold before the blizzard hit New York City, crochet artist Olek and her band of enablers managed to fully clothe the
James Romberger on David Wojnarowicz
You Killed Me First, installation view, 1985. James Romberger – artist, gallerist, writer and collaborator with David Wojnarowicz during the salad days of the East Village – was prompted by
Some Thoughts on Wojnarowicz and the Never Ending Culture Wars
David Wojnarowicz “A Fire in My Belly” Original from ppow_gallery on Vimeo. December 16, 2010. The above is taken from the Vimeo page of PPOW Gallery and from the archives
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Miami Slice: Art Basel Early Bird Special. White Vinyl. Perrotin. Diet. Dorsch. Seven. (in progress)
Saturday, November 27, 2010. Landing in Miami a few days before the wall-to-wall insanity commenced, I had a chance to take the temperature of the town, to selectively buzz through
A Christmas Picture Book Bashing Obama, for Tea Partiers of All Ages
From Gawker comes word of a scurrilous but unintentionally hilarious volume called The Liberal Clause, which employs the typical rightist wing-nut agenda of conflating Obama with Stalin, Mao and Rev.
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Warhol Foundation Lawyers Quash Antitrust Lawsuit
Warhol self-portrait, 1964, was twice rejected by the foundation’s authentication board. ARTINFO, October 24, 2010, 2:28 pm by Jason Edward Kaufman Warhol Foundation Lawyers Quash Antitrust Lawsuit The biggest legal
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Swedish Brillo boxes ruled "dubious" by Warhol Authentication Board
Artnet News Oct. 19, 2010 SWEDISH BRILLOS ARE BUNK: WARHOL AUTHENTICATION BOARD It’s one of the most famous arguments in all of art theory: Arthur Danto’s claim that Andy Warhol’s
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Activists Derail Massive Chevron Ad Campaign, Spark Media Vaudeville
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19, 2010 Massive Chevron Ad Campaign Derailed, Media Slapstick Follows News outlets, citizens duped by web of deceit – but whose? A day-long comedy of errors
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