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2.25.2009

moma atlantic/pacific


For a new ad campaign the MoMA has installed replicas of its most famous works at Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue/ Pacific Street subway station. Every ad space in the two connected stations are covered with pieces by Picasso, Matisse, Hopper, Sherman and Dumas. Interesting that they chose a location so close to the Brooklyn Museum.

2.23.2009

travis t. justice


Happy Birthday Travis

2.20.2009

art : raw


Art:Raw, a new gallery in Chelsea, recently opened with its inaugural exhibit. The group show features over 300 artists in all mediums, and will run through most of March.

Art : Raw
Inaugural Exhibit: Debut Show
210 11th Ave, #905

February 19 - March 21

2.19.2009

daniel baltzer


Harlem artist Daniel Baltzer will present a studio visit on Tuesday, February 24th, from 7:30 - 9:00PM. This event is free and open to the public, and made possible by artHARLEM.

Daniel Baltzer
studio visit
335 Pleasant Avenue
Apt. 1
near 117th and 1st Avenue

February 24th

2.16.2009

cy twombly


Cy Twombly will be eighty-one in April, but he is still turning out impressive and intelligent work. His newest series, "The Rose," consists of five panels, each twenty-four feet long, on which are painted "three open roses in bleeding shades of red, orange, yellow, or purple, with a curtain of dripping paint that gives them a dewy, life-like quality." The piece will be on view at Gagosian in London through May 9th.

Cy Twombly
"The Rose"
Gagosian Gallery
London

February 12 - May 9

2.14.2009

julianne swartz


Julianne Swartz's sound piece at Josee Bienvenu Gallery is very well done. Using over a hundred speakers that "emit hums and hushed whispers, the piece emanates sounds reminiscent of stormy weather, blowing leaves or a gentle wind. " It is both soft and strong.

Julianne Swartz
Terrain
Josee Bienvenu Gallery
529 W. 20th Street

February 12 - March 28

2.12.2009

ingenious methodology


Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art in Brooklyn presents Ingenious Methodology, a group photography show that explores "traditional and non-traditional forms of black and white and color photography using various media to express the photographic image." Thirteen artists are featured, including Chuck Kelton, Shelton Walsmith, Cesare Bedogne and Gina Fuentes Walker.


Ingenious Methodology
Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art
293 Grand Street
Brooklyn

February 12 - March 9

2.10.2009

younger than jesus


The New Museum has announced details for The Generational: Younger Than Jesus, the first edition of its new triennial. Fifty artists from twenty-five countries will be represented, all of whom were born after 1976. The show will run from April 8 - June 14.

The Generational:
Younger Than Jesus

The New Museum

April 8 - June 14

2.06.2009

bruce robbins


Bruce Robbins' show at Marlborough closes February 14th. Walls, Paintings, and Sculptures includes forty pieces in various mediums such as paint, wood, jute and clay.


Bruce Robbins
Walls, Paintings, and Sculptures
Marlborough Chelsea
545 W. 25th St.

January 15 - February 14

2.03.2009

piero manzoni


Gagosian Gallery will present the first U.S. retrospective of the Italian artist Piero Manzoni. An original enfant terrible of Italian art, Manzoni is perhaps best known for such provocative pieces as Artist's Shit (Merda d'artista), Living Sculpture and Socle du Monde (Base of the World), which consisted of "a large iron plinth that he dedicated to Galileo and placed upside-down in a field in Herning, Denmark, thus rendering the entire globe as a work of sculpture."

Manzoni: A Retrospective
Gagosian Gallery
555 W. 24th Street

January 24 - March 21