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This Week’s Must See Events: Crack Some Nuts

by Paddy Johnson on December 7, 2016

This week starts off slow, presumably to give those of us who were at the Miami fairs a bit of time to recover. Today we’ve listed Ballet at the Brooklyn Museum and Faith Ringgold at MoMA and that’s it. Thursday, look out. Chelsea will be a zoo. We’ve listed Michelle Grabner and Andrew Kuo as picks, but there’s plenty more to see. Friday head to Bushwick. Every gallery and their dog is hosting an opening, including Parlour and Interstate. We recommend picking up a few Christmas presents at some of these galleries. Emerging art is very affordable, and your parents will either love it or give it back to you. Either way, that’s a win-win scenario.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Sports, Space and Sandwiches

by Emily Colucci Rea McNamara on May 31, 2016

Even after a lazy and steamy Memorial Day, the art world shows no signs of slowing down for the summer. Returning rested, refreshed and ready to go, this week is flush with performances from Itziar Barrio’s The Perils of Obedience to András Böröcz’s satire of artist’s practices, Leitz & Fuchs Escape Through the Chimney, to Cayla Lockwood’s tasty Free*Sandwiches and the inimitable Yvonne Rainier at The Kitchen. If live performance isn’t your style, this week also boast openings like the sporty Children’s Museum of Arts’ Game On! and Sardine’s starry-eyed Space Oddity.

And since it’s June, kick off Pride month with Visual AIDS’ First Saturday panel Women, Art, AIDS and Activism at the Brooklyn Museum and Natalie White For Equal Rights at WhiteBox. Who knows? Maybe you’ll feel radical enough to follow White on her two-week march down to D.C. starting July 8.

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The Art F City SPRNG BRK Fundraiser: Black Tie Meets Wet T-Shirt

by The AFC Staff on February 4, 2016

Where: Otto’s Shrunken Head
538 E 14th St, New York, NY 10009
When: Tuesday March 15, 6-10 PM
Honoring: Carol Cole
Benefit Chair: Marsha Owett
Tickets: Basic Beaches: Artist tickets: $75, General admission: $150, Ticket for an artist: $75 Private Islands (get your own table!): Individual tickets: $600, 2 tickets: $1000, 4 tickets: $1800. Pick them up here!
Paddle8 auction on now!Auctioneer: CK Swett
Dress code: Island attire

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Tuesday Links: Cops are Making Net Art

by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on June 16, 2015

Critic Rebekah Kirkman considers images from the Baltimore Police Department’s social media accounts. The often-poorly-photoshopped images are an attempt at improving the embattled department’s awful public image. But the result is so kitschy they have accidentally been making net art all along. [City Paper]

Fairphone—the Amsterdam-based social enterprise founded to create sweatshop-free, less environmentally destructive smartphones using transparently-traded minerals—has unveiled designs for their highly-anticipated latest model. The smartphone will have a built-in case, a crack-resistant screen, open source software, and can easily be taken apart for DIY repairs using replaceable, upgradeable parts. This is huge news for the electronics industry; the group of activists-cum-phonemakers is proving they can get everything right that Apple gets wrong for less than the price of a new iPhone. [Fairphone]

Yesterday, we posted a Rachel Dolezal painting that’s an uncredited copy of J.M.W. Turner’s The Slave Ship. Today, it seems Dolezal isn’t the only person with a secret. Art investor Jonathan Weal is accused of hiding a “long lost” Turner valued at £20 million. Maybe it’s just a Dolezal reproduction? [The Telegraph]

A giant Jesus statue made out of trash has been destroyed by Russian authorities at the request of the Russian Orthodox Church. The artwork by Maria Shinkevich and Alyona Pozhilenko is the latest casualty of the church’s culture wars. Past censored artworks have included everything from a production of the opera Tannhauser to a 3D light installation inspired by “The Eye of Sauron” from The Lord of the Rings. [Christian Post]

An entire article of inane quotes from gallerists at Art Basel about the “experience economy”. This means art hammocks and art tea for rich people. [The Art Newspaper]

Michelle Grabner will curate the Portland Biennial. [Artforum]

Why is the German art market lagging while the US, UK, and China are experiencing booms? Taxation and stricter laws governing the export of irreplaceable cultural commodities might be to blame. [artnet News]

Blaze Starr, the stripper who became a cultural icon in the 1950s and was once the First Lady of Louisiana, has died at age 83. This is a really great look back at her unconventional life, which served as an inspiration to John Waters and Divine. [The Baltimore Sun]

Liberate Tate, a 25 hour unsanctioned performance held inside the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall Sunday protests the museum’s sponsorship deal with BP, one of the world’s largest oil companies. Tate staff have formally voted to end the sponsorship. According to the Tate’s own reports, the BP sponsorship is pretty small—0.3 percent of their operating budget. Perhaps they can ditch it. [Hyperallergic]

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This Week’s Must-see Art Events: Talk Hard, Talk Dirty

by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on May 11, 2015

There’s a lot to do in the next seven days—from Chelsea openings to the Met’s rooftop and art fairs on opposite ends of Manhattan. When your eyes (and feet) are sore from trying to see it all, sit down and enjoy listening to some stellar presentations from some of the world’s best and brightest curators, artists, and critics. And Jerry Saltz.

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Power Women = Power Art

by The AFC Staff on April 9, 2015

What does it mean to be a Power Woman? In this auction benefit for Art F City it means you’re bad ass: You make great art and have been doing since forever. You’re an influential powerhouse within the art community. You are deserving of recognition for the work you do. In short, you are nothing less than amazing.

In honor of AFC’s upcoming Power Women 10th Anniversary Benefit, we’re sharing ten artworks for auction by ten power women. You’ve got four days to bid. Better get to that.

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Announcing the Art F City 10th Anniversary Benefit Auction

by Paddy Johnson on March 30, 2015

Zoe Crosher, “Billboard No. 3 (Washington Street & I-10 Heading West).” From LA-LIKE:SHANGRI LA’d, part of the the Manifest Destiny Billboard Project, 2015. Digital c-print, 6.5 x 14 inches.

Today we announce the launch of Art F City’s 10th Anniversary Benefit Auction, which runs on Paddle8 through April 13.

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Ryder Ripps’s “ART WHORE” In the Running For Most Offensive Project of 2014

by Whitney Kimball on November 11, 2014

This has not been the art world’s finest season.

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On the Latest Ken Johnson Shit Storm: Are “Bad Boy” and “Soccer Mom” Comparable Terms?

by Paddy Johnson on November 7, 2014

It’s been two weeks since New York Times critic Ken Johnson penned his review of Michelle Grabner’s show at James Cohan and debate over whether he used sexist language to dismiss it still rages on. A few responses to the responses on the responses.

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