Produced by U.S. Biennial, founded by Dan Cameron, Prospect New Orleans is the first biennial art fair in the United States. Situated in New Orleans, it is has been a successful artistic and economic stimulator to the region following the catastrophe of Huricane Katrina. Prospect 2 will launch Novermber 3, 2010, and run till February 12, 2011.Presenting work of local, national, and international artists, from more than 20 countries and diverse cultural generational and artistic backgrounds.

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Marian Goodman presents new works by Jeff Wall. This exhibition features large format large scale prints typical of Wall’s work, with an approach moving towards ‘near-documentary’ conception. Traditionally Wall practice has been a more photographer as witness to spontaneous and fantastic situations, that were staged by the artist to look as if the viewer has intruded in on the moment. These new works move more towards a purity of the documentary tradition away from his narrative cinematic practice.

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Subway Love Letters is an new interactive installation work by Sophie Calle launched in Toulous France. Transport Amoureux allows passengers to send love messages on station screens through a specific website, as away to announce fleeting love to another train rider. We have seen different incarnations of subway poetry programs, but this one is compelling since it is interactive and instantaneous.

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Gagosian Shop is due to open tomorrow at 988 Madison Avenue in New York, selling posters, t-shirts, artist multiples, books and catalogues. The 2500 sq foot space will feature limited editions by John Currin, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, Anselm Reyle, to name a few. The stre will also offer a reading lounge with out of print catalogues and video installation of the current gallery exhibitions. Art collector Aby Rosen is a principal in RFR Realty LLC which owns […]

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J. Crew’s current winter catalogue features artists Ryan McGinness, Chris Dorland, Vito Acconci, Stephen Shore, Lucien Smith, Glenn Ligon, and Billy Sullivan in their studios…. posing for J.Crew talking about art and fashion. Yes, Gap did the Red Campaign, and collaborations with artists for charity is not new…. but this J.Crew feature seems all a bit contrived. Especially with the few too many shots posed non- chalantly drinking Starbucks. At least the reportage was very sincere and unedited. The “what’s […]

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On view at PaceWildenstein‘s 22nd Street location is an entrancing large-scale installation by Maya Lin In Three Ways of Looking at the Earth, Lin has subjected three very different topographies(two real and one imagined) to dramatic shifts in scale that allow a re-imagining of our natural world as threedimensionalenvironments recreated in the interior space of a gallery. Lin further transforms viewers’ perspectives about the land and the sea by inviting them to navigate around, through and under these site-related installations. […]

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Afro Margin, an exhibition of eight pencil drawings by Chris Ofili.Known for his bold paintings incorporating fantasy, black figuration, and urban ethnic dialogue, Ofili distinguished “afro heads,” as a signature motif he began working with in the early 1990s. This a soft departure from his bright vivid paints, possible reflection of calm manifest of his move from London to Trinidad.

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I am writing my memoirs… à la James Frey…. short sweet machine gun rhythm… thanks to Joe Doucet‘s Blackbox printer. MDR LOL LMFAO TTYL BRB A+

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