On May 4, a series of books by the Italian photographer Jacopo Benassi were showcased at The Milan Image Art Fair. Among the featured work were the set of photos, The Ecology of Image, and two collaborative works with Kubiat Nnamdie and Pete Voelker titled LaSpezia is Not Miami/ Miami is not LaSpezia and LaSpezia [...]
Category Archives: Events
A Look at Frieze New York
May 10, 2012 – 1:57 pm
London’s perennially popular Frieze Art Fair descended on New York City for the first time last week with a roar, bringing with it Frieze’s famous custom-designed tent (this iteration designed by Brooklyn-based SO-IL), and unique programming around the fair’s temporary home on Randall’s Island. The Frieze Art Fair, organized by the inimitable duo Amanda Sharp [...]
Art in Wonderland
May 7, 2012 – 9:35 pm
I heard a story that Frieze Director Amanda Sharp found Randall’s Island on Google Earth – the perfect location to introduce New York to the art wonderland she created with Matthew Slotover almost a decade ago in London. It was a clever move to have visitors leave the main island by ferry or school buses to [...]
Coachella Finale
April 26, 2012 – 2:26 pm
I know you’ve seen a million pictures of Coachella already, but these ones by photographer Doug Neill remind me that summer is coming, and even if it has been a really mild winter, I’m still really excited. Also, I don’t care what anybody says, I think Katy Perry looks adorable. A$AP Rocky, too.
D4D and OHWOW Present The Pocket Guide to Politics
April 26, 2012 – 9:54 am
With campaigning for the 2012 general election well under way, Downtown for Democracy, the political action committee established during the 2004 elections, is back. Aimed at motivating and engaging the creative community to political action, the organization has begun this cycle’s crusade with the publication of a 75-page civics primer. D4D and OHWOW Present: The [...]
Presenting Comedy, By Olive Ingrid Leiss
April 15, 2012 – 9:07 pm
Who is Eleanor Friedberger? A musician, we think. More importantly, who was Eleanor Friedberger’s miniature on-stage ingenue-companion during her March 24 performance at the Crowley Theater in Marfa, Texas? (Ballroom Marfa invited Eleanor to partake in a weeklong residency and recording session at the Marfa Recording Company which culminated in the performance at the Crowley). [...]
SXSW: A Diary
March 28, 2012 – 10:34 am
When the Los Angeles-based photographer Lauren Ward headed down to the Austin, Texas music festival SXSW to bunk with Roy Harper, Jonathan Wilson and his band next door to Robert Plant‘s house, no less, we asked her to catalogue her adventure in images—from the endless live music to the eclectic attendees to the general weirdness [...]
Roommates
March 25, 2012 – 12:33 pm
A portrait of a frenetic Christopher Walken takes over both the psychic and physical space on the second floor of the old Dia Center for the Arts in Chelsea. The actor appears contemplative, his life experience revealed through lines on his face rendered in a volcano of warm reds, yellows and oranges; his facial hair [...]
Monsters Inc.
March 13, 2012 – 5:29 pm
Forget vampires or werewolves, New York-based artist Meryl Smith has created her own world of magical animals called Cryptids. Based on mythological beasts whose existence has been implied throughout history, but never proven, such as the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot, these lesser known cryptids are rendered in meticulous true to life detail, making them [...]
Artsy Fartsy
March 9, 2012 – 2:27 pm
Each year when The Armory Show comes to town, I feel like more and more things happen surrounding it. This year is particularly interesting as everyone anticipates the Frieze Fair taking over Randall’s Island in May. Will it be bigger, better and more interesting than the Armory? Probably. Will more things happen surrounding it? I’d [...]
