Art Show Showdown: Banksy vs. Elizabeth Peyton
Unless THOMAS KINKADE is involved, it’s pretty senseless to say that one person’s art is better than someone else’s. But we’re not here to make sense — we’re just giving you something to do before you...
View ArticleMichelle Obama to Live Forever, Courtesy of Elizabeth Peyton
Obama portrait to Live Forever: A portrait of MICHELLE OBAMA and her daughter SASHA will now join ELIZABETH PEYTON’s exhibit — a decision that hinged on the outcome of the election. The exhibit, LIVE...
View ArticleWhere to Take Your One-Night Stand When the Guggenheim’s Booked
VIEW THE SLIDESHOW OF HER INSPIRED MISADVENTURES After reading about Jerry Saltz’s overnight stay at Carsten Höller’s Revolving Hotel Room at the Guggenheim, we got to thinking: What would it be like...
View ArticleThe Third Rail: The Fine Art of the Cocktail or “The Pipilotti”
Art and drinking have always mixed. Ask any poor college student who’s taken advantage of the free wine served at gallery openings (and for those indigent NYU undergrads out there, here is the source...
View ArticleChampagne, Anyone: A Bubbly Evening at the Art Show
Gagosian Gallery director John Good with James Rosenquist painting at Richard L. Feigen & Co The Art Show, a stylish art fair organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), kicked off...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Kurt Cobain Resurrected, in Art
Sometimes, when we’re feeling too deep and nostalgic for our own good, we get to wondering whether Kurt Cobain was the last real rock star. We certainly can’t name another musician who, in the 16 years...
View ArticleLimited-Edition Beach Towels for Contemporary Art Lovers
When a range of limited-edition towels from the Art Production Fund first debuted at Art Basel Miami back in 2006, everyone was clamoring to get their hands on one of the eye-catching designs. Since...
View ArticleA Contemporary Art Ode to the Symbolists and Gustave Moreau
Les Fleurs du Mal, a new exhibition at New York’s Nahmad Contemporary, named after Charles Baudelaire’s literary ode to decadence and eroticism, features the works of 19th-century Symbolist Gustave...
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