New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
The sleek, photo-based, politically incorrect across-the-spectrum art of the British artists Gilbert & George is as hard to love as it is to categorize.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
VALENCIA.- One way, one ticket. An essay on death in the IVAM Collection is an exhibition organized jointly by the IVAM and the EMAT. The show is presented as an essay on how death is seen in modern and contemporary art, in works from the IVAM Collection. The central focus is Christian Boltanski's installation La réserve des suisses morts (The Reserve Collection of Dead Swiss),
Vulture (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Photo: Kathryn Hillier/Courtesy of the artist and Yvon Lambert Paris, New York Jerry Saltz reviews Andres Serrano's " Shit ." John Heilemann checks in with Mario Batali, living large with Gwyneth Paltrow. Scott Brown reviews A Tale of Two Cities and The English Channel . Next year's Emmy oversights , today. Hugo Lindgren falls in love with TV on the Radio . David Edelstein reviews Miracle at St. Anna...
Off Center (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
• Seeds of dissent: Minneapolis-based painter (and onetime Walker employee) Rich Barlow touches on a topic near and dear: political seed art — something I once dubbed “agit-crop” — at the Minnesota State Fair and how this year’s offerings, perhaps due to the Republican National Convention hosted just a few miles away, had a sharper [...]
New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Andres Serrano's Shit is, yes, crap. Skip it in favor of Neil Campbell, who does more with less.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
NEW YORK.- This exhibition traces the evolution of photography in the 20th and 21st centuries, from early Pictorialist works that mimic the moodiness of late 19th-century painting, through the Modern formal experimentations of the Constructivist and Bauhaus schools, to the documentary ethos of mid-century America and the large-scale, staged tableaux of our own time. As indicated by its
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
The week in Beat columnists: We erred horribly when we stated that Marc-Oliver Frisch has moved to North Dakota. He has in fact moved to Idaho. The Beat regrets the error. § Meanwhile, Paul O’Brien is scaling back: Having taken a couple of weeks off, and returned to an absolute mountain of titles, I’m more convinced than [...]
The Culture Czar (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Vincent Gallo is the kind of guy who calls people “fucking cunts.” At least, that’s how he referred to Gawker reporter Molly Friedman after she posted a controversial item last Friday claiming Gallo had called Palin daughters Bristol (17) and Willow (14) “hot” during an Andres Serrano after-party. ( Daily Intel later proved Friedman may have been little loose with her quotes.) Vincent Gallo is also...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Earlier this week, one of our reporters caught up with provocative director Vincent Gallo at the Andres Serrano party at the Bowery Hotel. While she was interviewing him, Gawker operative Molly Friedman approached and joined the conversation, without telling Gallo she was a reporter. And after he harassed her for smoking cigarettes ("You look like you've been smoking for 40 years," he said — Friedman...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
NEW YORK.- NEW YORK.- Christie's announced three important sales during its Photographs Week at Rockefeller Center this October. With viewings for all sales open to the public from October 9 -13, the three distinct sales will present collectors with the finest photographs from many of the 20th and 21st century's most important and influential artists. The combined total for all
The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Depending on whom you ask, Latino artist Andres Serrano is either a courageous contemporary artist or an immoral perverted heathen . What is clear is that he is not afraid to ruffle some feathers via his artwork and photographs of risqué subjects. His latest exhibition is crap and we mean it in the most literal way possible : Now, the genial renegade is back, fulfilling his desire to do, in his words,...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Piss Christ artist Andres Serrano's new show at Yvon Lambert Gallery is simply and appropriately titled "Shit," featuring 66 weirdly gorgeous photos of dooty produced by dogs, jaguars, bulls, and the artist himself. "I wanted to take a close-up look at shit," he told us last night at Bowery Hotel following a dinner in his honor. Why? Serrano gave us the straight poop. So, are you over piss? I was...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Indie actor and proud Republican Vincent Gallo failed to shock and awe with his in-real-life blowjob scene with Chloe Sevigny in The Brown Bunny. But the scruffy about-town Gallo should be more...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Amazing, sometimes, how the ignorance and fear of New York City authority figures can contribute so much to success of the artists who come here. In the grand tradition of Jesse Helms making Andres Serrano famous (for Piss Christ , an obvious, um, violation of church and state), Rudy Giuliani helped Chris Ofili's career greatly when he decided to become upset about the artist's The Holy Virgin Mary...
Gossip Central (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The sculptures littering the floor of PaceWildenstein's 22 Street Gallery in Lego colored red, yellow, blue, green, black and white have the feel of sophisticated toys. At the crowded opening reception, a visitor could easily knock a block across the...
