From the monthly archives:

June 2010

Best Link Ever! Party in the Matrix!

by David Harper on June 25, 2010

Only the Internet could make The Matrix relevant again. In this edition of Best Link Ever Dave Harper locates a Matrix party page with complete instructions on how to celebrate with dark glasses. Enjoy!

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Someone Get That Horse a Drink!

by Liza Eliano on June 24, 2010

AFC’s third exciting spotting of the horse lamp! It’s an IRL meme!

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Scope Basel Draws Complaints From Exhibitors

by Liza Eliano on June 24, 2010

Exhibitors from this year’s Scope Basel fair complain about poor organization and harsh words from fair founder, Alexis Hubsman. Adding this to the list of other unhappy exhibitors in the past, we wonder if Scope should still be around.

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Work of Art: Judging This Book By Its Cover

by Paddy Johnson on June 24, 2010

This week on Bravo’s Work of Art: Design a book cover. Artists are designers? Contestant Judith Braun resists this idea, Miles Mendenhall takes four hours out of his day to read Frankenstein, and Erik Johnson is pleased his cover is also a tattoo already on his arm.

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Heart As Arena: Love That Burns.

by Art Fag City on June 24, 2010

Heart As Arena: Love That Burns. – Dread Scott's "mix of the two major elements, fire and money, guaranteed a certain tension. Money is food and rent until it's been recontextualized by a flame. Then we have to think about it." Um, no. The guy's burning money on Wall Street, he's not "recontextualizing it" as […]

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Jerry Saltz’s Work of Art Recap: Self-Critique — Vulture

by Art Fag City on June 24, 2010

Jerry Saltz’s Work of Art Recap: Self-Critique — Vulture – "A museum giving a show to a winning artist of a TV competition doesn't pass the smell test." Um, YES.

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Art Fag City at the L Magazine: Your West Village Gallery Tour

by Paddy Johnson on June 24, 2010

This week at the L Magazine I give a tour of the good, the bad, and the hilarious at West Village/ Soho galleries.

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James Franco, Is He Any Good?

by Liza Eliano on June 23, 2010

James Franco’s first solo art exhibition opens today at Clocktower Gallery and we’re wondering if this celebrity has any chops as an artist. Alanna Heiss, curator of the show, gives praise, but Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery thinks differently.

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I Was Here — Paper Monument

by Art Fag City on June 23, 2010

I Was Here — Paper Monument Sarah Hromack: “But why do we bother with these anachronistic gestures—scribbling your name in a book, checking out the others there—at a moment when the New York art world is mostly tracked online?”

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