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10.31.2011

10.29.2011

rosy keyser


Rosy Keyser's show at Peter Blum Chelsea "brings together a group of large-scale canvases and small works that relate themes of transmutation and rebirth to the concept that energy can neither be created nor destroyed."

10.28.2011

bruce davidson


Bruce Davidson: Subway, first realized in 1986, is being shown at Aperture to coincide with the re-relase of this highly influential book.

10.27.2011

gary panter


Gary Panter, known for his “punk nuclear hillbilly” aesthetic, has a show at Fredericks & Freiser through November 5.

10.26.2011

raw


RAW, a group show at PA&G, closes October 27th.

10.25.2011

brian dewan


Brian Dewan's show at Pierogi, The Tide Waits for No Man, "features a new I-CAN-SEE Film Strip of the same name, to go with his previous pieces Before the White Man Came, Deuteronomy, Grimm’s Tales, Neighbors in the Solar System, The Course of Your Research, The King of Instruments, and The Habit of Innovation, among others."

10.24.2011

patti smith


Patti Smith's show at Robert Miller focuses on photographs taken during her travels.

10.22.2011

alexander calder


Pace focuses on Alexander Calder in 1941, "a seminal moment in Calder’s career and the apotheosis of a decade of experimentation following his invention of the mobile in 1931."

10.21.2011

sterling ruby


Sterling Ruby's work at Andrea Rosen is quite interesting. See it before it comes down October 22.

10.20.2011

peter fox


Peter Fox's show at The Front Room in Brooklyn is "loaded with context in relationship to movements in formal and conceptual art, and overflowing with color."

10.19.2011

michelle lopez


Michelle Lopez's show at Simon Preston "is composed of three series of large-scale, leaning and wall-based sculptures, all of which continue the artist's investigation of sculptural history, gravity and the body."

10.18.2011

the frick


The Frick Reference Library recently announced that images for 15,000 works of art and research documentation for 125,000 works of art cataloged in the library’s photoarchive are now available via the Frick Digital Image Archive.

10.17.2011

paul belard


Master bookbinder Paul Belard will speak at L.I.U. on November 17 about the intricate art of bookbinding.

10.15.2011

curate nyc


The second annual Curate NYC is now live. The deadline for submissions is November 8.

10.14.2011

jenny saville


My favorite show in the city right now is Jenny Saville's at Gagosian Madison.

10.13.2011

pedro pascoinho


Pedro Pascoinho's show at Rooster opens October 13.

10.12.2011

mates of state


Mates of State will perform on Wednesday, October 12, at Webster Hall.

10.11.2011

mysterien


The Morningside Opera presents MYSTERIEN, the Weimar-era silent film accompanied by a live soundtrack of klezmer, grunge, blues, and the occasional aria, on October 30 at the Cornelia Street Cafe.

10.10.2011

floor4art


I have a piece in a group show at Floor4Art, an exhibition scheduled to coincide with this year's artHARLEM Open Studio Tour.

10.08.2011

milton resnick


Milton Resnick, the “last Abstract Expressionist painter”, has a show at Cheim & Read that demonstrates his "allegiance to the physical properties of paint."

10.07.2011

anicka yi


SOUS-VIDE, Anicka Yi's show at 47 Canal, is "a forage into the time of the wolf, a time when people are pets, mauve, driftwood, a loud shirt. Where gourmet consumers, or “diet human beings”, slough off into a forest of doppelgängers."

10.06.2011

raw


RAW, a show curated by Adam Waymouth that features several of my paintings, opens tonight at Pertwee, Anderson & Gold on Bateman Street in London.

10.05.2011

invitation to the voyage


Invitation to the Voyage, a group show at Algus Greenspon, features "Romantic, Symbolist and Pre-Raphaelite painting, drawing, photography and sculpture set alongside work by contemporary artists."

10.04.2011

haim steinbach


At his show at Tanya Bonakdar, Haim Steinbach continues to "raise everyday objects to the level of art."

10.03.2011

vik muniz


Vik Muniz's show at Sikkema Jenkins features pieces created from scraps of paper collaged together that, when seen from a distance, resemble famous works from the history of art.

10.01.2011

nick cave


Nick Cave's exhibitions For Now and Ever-After, at Mary Boone and Jack Shainman, feature his iconic Soundsuits, sculptural forms that "camouflage and amplify the body, creating an exuberant second skin that conceals race, gender, and class."