I went to see Van Gogh in America today with my sister Betsy. Vincent’s family encourages everyone to take selfies with his art, so here goes nothing. More about my experience at Vincent John Doe. It was overwhelming, the amount of great and iconic work we saw in this collection. […]
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Beastie Boys “EXHIBIT” Opens in LA at CONTROL Gallery
Beastie Boys EXHIBIT. Control Gallery – Beyond The Streets. (photo © Ari Marcopoulos courtesy of Beyond The Streets) Here, for a few stolen moments, you can look at these items, most previously unseen, which floated through the lives of that nice Jewish boy band named Beastie back when Reagan was […]
K.R.M. Mooney at Miguel Abreu Gallery | Orchard Street
K.R.M. Mooney’s first exhibition with this gallery (and in New York) features a selection of suggestively deformed equipment, from architectural and industrial materials to nearly figurative compositions. Take the wall-mounted assemblage Housing (c.) ii (all works 2022), with its bent, expensive-looking, copper-colored sheet. This aspect nearly resolves into something that […]
Mhairi Killin at Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art
In August 2018, the carcasses of nearly 120 deep-diving beaked whales washed up along the coastlines of Iceland, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, and Scotland’s Hebrides archipelago. Scientists concluded they were victims of the sonar signals from naval exercises, which can confuse the echolocation systems the animals use to survive. Mhairi […]
“Web 3.0 Aesthetics: In the Future Post-Hype of the NFTs” at Annka Kultys Gallery
“Web 3.0 Aesthetics: In the Future Post-Hype of the NFTs” (a Trilogy Curated by Annka Kultys for LaCollecionio) will explore NFT aesthetics through the lens of social, intellectual, and technological upheaval that took place in the turn on the 21st century. The exhibition will include 27 NFTs presented in three themes “Metamorphosis of the Body,” “Digital Florascapes,” […]
Sickboy – “Dreamworlds POV” @ Mirus Gallery (SF) « Arrested Motion
Returning to San Fransisco next Friday for his second exhibition with Mirus Gallery, Sickboy (interviewed) will be presenting a new series of paintings and sculpture entitled Dreamworlds POV. Arrested Motion paid a visit to the Bristol-based artist’s studio, which is housed in a former Victorian church, to see what he has […]
London Police Barge Into Gallery After False Tip About Sculpture – ARTnews.com
A pair of bemused officers forced their way into a London gallery on Sunday, reportedly under the misconception that a sculpture of slouched-over woman was a real person in need of help. Artnet News first reported news of the incident at Laz Emporium, which involved taking a locked door off […]
Is Showing Your Art in a Co-op Gallery Worthwhile?
Recently I wrote a post about the advisability of showing your work in a “vanity” gallery. This post has already received a lot of attention, comments, and questions. I appreciate the input from the community and the willingness to share personal insight from past experiences. In the comments, it became […]
Samanthe Rubell to Lead Pace Gallery amid Restructuring
Samanthe Rubell has been named the next president of Pace Gallery, Artnews reports. The change comes as the blue-chip gallery, which has nine outposts around the world, restructures for the second time in under a decade. Rubell was awarded the position by Pace CEO Marc Glimcher, son of gallery founder […]
Ask a Gallery Owner | What Do I Do When a Friend Is Chatting Me up at an Art Show?
From a recent email: Dear Jason, Thank you for the great class. I wish I would have known these things when I was a gallery co-owner. There were 11 owners and we were not trained in selling, just learned by experience. I know there were times like you mentioned when […]