Hand-Wringing and Art Raffling at Momenta Art’s Annual Benefit
Last night the hallways of Bushwick’s 56 Bogart Street, the rising gallery district’s de facto art center, were filled with artists and collectors, all clutching 200 items-long checklists as their...
View ArticleAfter a Buried House and Oil Derricks, Kiki Smith Will be Third Artist on The...
Though it certainly saw its fair share of odd sights when it housed a hotel during Times Square’s seedier years, The Last Lot — the Art Production Fund’s temporary public art project space on a vacant...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Will Give Koons, Cai Guo-Qiang, and More State Department’s...
In a luncheon ceremony tomorrow at the State Department’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will honor five contemporary artists — Jeff Koons, Cai...
View ArticlePostcards from the Edge is Back!
John Baldessari, William Wegman, Catherine Opie, Danh Vo, and Ed Ruscha, are just a few of the artists contributing to this year’s “Postcards from the Edge,” an annual benefit for Visual AIDS at which...
View ArticleInstagrams of the Art World: Kiki Smith, Olaf Breuning, RIP Jan Hoet
Half Gallery’s Bill Powers clearly has some explaining to do. Artist Olaf Breuning, whose upcoming installation “Clouds” will rise above the Doris C. Freedman Plaza in Central Park next week, brought...
View ArticleKiki Smith’s Fountain to Debut at the Girls Club
Artist Kiki Smith has designed a custom fountain as a gift to the Lower Eastside Girls Club — an organization that runs dynamic after-school, weekend, and summer programs for local girls and young...
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