Archive | April, 2011

Festival of Ideas New York

30 Apr

The New Museum, in conjuction with the City of New York and local arts initiatives, launches the inaugural Festival of Ideas for the New City

This three part festival includes the Conference portion of lectures, panels and symposia, StreetFest inviting over a hundred grassroots organizations and local business to present their products along the Bowery, and Projects section which hosts art installations, performance and walking tours around the Downtown area.
ArtJetSet is looking forward:

May 4: The keynote panels by architect and inovator Rem Koolhaas

May 5: Presentation by Jaron Lanier author of You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto

May 6: The Reconfigured City panel hosted by Elizabeth Diller, Frank Duffy among others.

Shannon Plumb: The Window Series installation on the facade at 200 Lafayette St, bw Broome and Kenmare.

Jon Kessler: Theater of Situations at Salon 94.

Painting Club at Exit Art

21 Apr

Exit Art is launching a fantastic event called the Painting Club.   Framed as an ongoing series of gatherings where participants are encouraged to talk, learn and share the experience of painting.

The inaugural event being held April 23,  is SOLD OUT, but as an ongoing event throughout the year, I am looking forward to attending the next one.   Four artists will present paintings on stage at Exit Art’s Trickster Theater space.  Before the paintings are presented, the title of the work will be announced, and the audience will have three minutes for silent observation, as encouraging the viewer to focus on the act of looking, building a platform for painters and audience members to share ideas.

PAINTING CLUB Saturday, April 23 / 6-9pm Presenting artists: Stephanie Campos, Ariel Dill, Osamu Kobayashi, and Rebecca Watson Horn

The Director is in at The Homeless Museum of Art

17 Apr

ArtJetSet caught a street interview between an artist and the director of The Homeless Museum of Art (HoMu) in Chelsea, by the HighLine entrance.  The Homeless Museum Of Art is an art project created by New York-based artist Filip Noterdaeme, with a mission to subvert the market-driven art world.

CRG Wishing and Praying

14 Apr

CRG presented Wishing and Praying as their curated show during ADAA fair in New York, and now at their main gallery space in Chelsea.  This thoughtful and contemplative show exemplifies contemporary look at religious iconography in a variety of media.  Beautiful.

Click HERE to see the post on ADAA

Sculpture in the City – Urs Fischer LampBear

5 Apr

In conjunction with the Post-War & Contemporary sales starting on May 11, Christie’s will be installing Urs Fischer’s Lamp/Bear in midtown Manhattan.   This 7-meter high bronze teddy bear will be snuggled under a black bedside lamp on display for the next five months.

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