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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Please Fund The Penis Wall

by Whitney Kimball on February 9, 2015

Let’s toast Valentine’s week with an evening of penile discourse. Also: significant political art from Russia; shows inspired by fury; and a discussion on Latinos in the media.

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Liveblogging “Artist as Debtor”: a Conference on Artists Under Capitalism

by The AFC Staff on January 23, 2015

Now liveblogging “Artist as Debtor”, a conference on a now all-too-familiar topic of art school debt.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Good Reasons To Put Pants On

by Whitney Kimball on January 12, 2015

For those of us who didn’t get out much last year, we get to head to the White Columns Annual for the last round-up of everything we should’ve seen. Also in significant artworks from 2014: Godard’s 3D film “Goodbye to Language” is screening at BAM. Do not miss out. You can not pirate this on the Internet.
These, and more art events worth braving the cold.

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UNTITLED. Continues to Make Gains in Miami

by Paddy Johnson on December 4, 2014

Look out, NADA.

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Dueling Reports: Is the Post-Art School Job Crisis Bullshit?

by Whitney Kimball on October 22, 2014

Does art school lead us to the fulfilling creative life we all hoped, or is it the most expensive possible qualification for a dishwashing job?

Such are the very different pictures of life after art school, painted by two opposing reports: one by the collective of arts alums BFAMFAPhD’s “Artists Report Back”, and another by the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) “Making It Work”. In the introductory letter, SNAAP Research Director Steven J. Tepper wonders “how we can serve our students and graduates better as they transition from school to work?” BFAMFAPhD asks: “If we are not supporting ourselves as working artists, what jobs do we work?”

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Wednesday Links: Urinating in Someone’s Mouth Not Considered Helpful

by Paddy Johnson on March 26, 2014

Always good to get a little context. Patricia Morrisroe, Robert Mapplethorpe’s biographer, on the reception of his work while he was alive: “At a time before gay marriage, when most gay men were still in the closet, pictures of leather men in chains hanging upside down, or urinating in someone’s mouth, wasn’t considered helpful in furthering gay rights.” [Dazed]
LOL. “post-Internet artists have moved beyond making work dependent on the novelty of the Web” [Artspace]
24 year-old Lucien Smith was scouted by Jeanne Greenberg-Rohatyn at his Cooper Union thesis show. Now his work is selling at auction for 6 digits and there’s speculation that David Zwirner will pick him up. Smith is now dating Zwirner’s daughter Marlene (though we hear that relationship is no longer). WTF? [Artnet]
Christian Viveros-Faune on William Powhida’s “Overcultured” at Postmasters. “As most artists and the majority of critics scratch their heads, Powhida has effectively conceptualized several novel ideas and forms to better illustrate our confounded present. In that spirit, Powhida makes art out of the normally utilitarian press release, where he defines “overculture” as “a small cultural group (artists) within the larger culture, often affirming the beliefs or interests of the ruling class (collectors),” and also as “a negative or ambivalent feeling about culture often in relation to socio-economic conditions.” [The Village Voice]
Felix Salmon thinks Mark Zuckerberg is the Warren Buffet of technology. [Felix Salmon]
OMG. Tonight, a burlesque tribute to Star Trek at The Slipper Room. [The Slipper Room via City Room]
For those who can’t attend, but want to pay tribute at home, we sourced these Star Trek Insignia Pasties. [Etsy]
Give me some Jeff Koons Banality Service Plate please! My favorite is the Michael Jackson and Bubbles plate, but a whole set is available. [MoMA Design Store]

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Thursday Links: We’re All Getting Older

by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on March 20, 2014

Sarah Lucas at Gladstone

Blake Gopnik has some nice things to say about William Powhida’s new show at Postmasters. [Artinfo]
For those of you who have been following the missing Malaysian aircraft story: Australia may have found some debris from the plane in the southern Indian Ocean. [The New York Times]
The Hauser & Wirth expansion continues. The gallery is opening another location in July – this time in Somerset England. [Baer Faxt]
Looking for more art news from the southern states? Welcome Mississippi Modern! [Mississippi Modern via: Nathan Mullins]
Adam Lindemann loves the new art rating website for collectors, Sell You Later. Sure, people make believe they are looking at the work, they make believe they are interested in art and what it says about the world, but let’s face it, real art-talk sounds archaic in the world of the now, where most conversations quickly circle back to last week’s auction prices. SellYouLater.com is the epitome of where we are at. [Gallerist]
What does lesbian supremacy look like today? Hyperallergic interviews Ridykeulous, the artist group founded by Nicole Eisenman and A. L. Steiner in 2005 and loosely organized around the theme of lesbian supremacy. Their new show “Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™” is up now in St. Lewis. [Hyperallergic]
Howard Halle on Gladstone’s Sarah Lucas, a YBA (Young British Artists) who is now in her 50’s. Her show includes a lot of stuffed dicks and car crushers, which Halle seems to like. The rest, not so much. “Somewhat distracting and totally unnecessary, however, are the photomurals reprising early works, like the 1990 image of the artist eating a banana. Like low-rise jeans, being cocky doesn’t wear well with age.” [Time Out]
Christian Viveros-Faune has decided to give the Whitney Biennial a little extra tenderness because it represents the community that might lead the way out of “Manhattan’s grossly blinged-up, tin-eared echo chamber.” He’s still critical, and shares the consensus that Michelle Grabner’s fourth floor show is the best. [Village Voice]

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Homemade Art Machines

by Corinna Kirsch on February 25, 2014

There are a bajillion openings this week.

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The Art F City Paddle8 Auction is Live!

by The AFC Staff on February 7, 2014

Good news. The Art F City auction is live on Paddle8 and we’re employing every form of digital media to let people know! That means you’ve got through Monday, February 17th at NOON sharp to bid on all live items before the heading to Postmasters Gallery for the live auction with CK Swett. You have through Monday, February 17th at TEN PM to bid on silent lots.

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