From the monthly archives:

July 2006

Special Saturday Posting

by Art Fag City on July 21, 2006

Yes, that’s right. In honor of the fact that I am away today and the Art Fag City “original” emerging artist series has not yet been published, I will be posting Saturday. Consider it a special AFC weekend treat – assuming you have it in you to turn on your computer this weekend.

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Wikipedia Proves to be a More Comprehensive News Source than the New York Times

by Art Fag City on July 20, 2006

The headline above isn’t entirely true, but certainly Wikipedia provides a lot more background to the case than the Times did this week in regards to the possible Viacom merger with The Onion. On Tuesday the New York Times DealBook had this to say about the possible deal: At first blush, a free, fake newspaper […]

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An Interview with Artland: USA’s Mame McCutchin

by Art Fag City on July 19, 2006

MAME McCUTCHIN Co-host of Gallery HD's Artland: USA*, this series follows Mame and cohort Charlie Luxton across the country in an RV. They speak to art makers and professionals about what they do, and chat about it some more on the road. Well, that and Mame's distaste for sweaty feet. Mame McCutchin speaks at a […]

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Publication Notice

by Art Fag City on July 19, 2006

I am sure that the problems of free blogging software are pretty low on the list of interesting reading material, but none the less, I need to take a moment to tell blogger that it can suck my asshole inside out. That is all. Wednesday’s Emerging Artist Series will arrive on Thursday, as we are […]

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Retitled: Electric Skin is Now Code-Z

by Art Fag City on July 19, 2006

Electric Skin, a site which described itself as “a black art magazine focusing on articles that present new visions of art throughout the black diaspora,” was one of 12 blogs reviewed in Art In America's “Art in the Blogosphere” feature in 2005, but since that time appears to have dropped off the map. Until now […]

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The Golden Egg

by Art Fag City on July 18, 2006

This winter I was asked to contribute to a book project and art show called The Golden Egg, which is a curatorial effort at PHILSPACE gallery by Sheilah Wilson, the Director of Artist Residencies at The Santa Fe Art Institute. I have quoted the press release below, but for those just as inclined to skim […]

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Art Blogging Biz: Boring Crack, But at Least Its Got Being Crack Going For It

by Art Fag City on July 17, 2006

What is up with the Gawker empire? Up until recently they have been quick to offer snide remarks on a few offerings from the art world, but this pretty much constitutes their arts coverage. Someone must have sold Denton on the power of art and design, because last week they started soliciting artist work, and […]

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Massive Links!

by Art Fag City on July 14, 2006

Mean spirited artists, your day has come. Gawker is looking for creative folk to design art work where you usually see ads. Awesome. Now artists finally have a chance to sell their soul to the Internet equivelent of Us Weekly. The World Wide Web brings great tidings indeed. Blogger and artist extraordinaire Joy Garnett has […]

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An Interview with Marc Handelman

by Art Fag City on July 14, 2006

An interview I conducted with the awesome Marc Handelman has been published by the good folks at Fanzine. This means you get to read a short excerpt below designed to peak your interest and then follow a link to an external site. The conventions of quoting published material are thrilling aren’t they? All self depricating […]

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Entertainment Seekers Find Met Museum Admission Prices To Be A Better Deal Than Six Flags Amusement Park

by Art Fag City on July 14, 2006

The Met Museum announced Tuesday, that they will be raising their admission price 33% in August, which has prompted a shit load of discussion from various media sources about public access to museums. There is good reason for this dialogue to be happening, because there really shouldn't be any charge to visit a museum in […]

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