DefamerOn Tuesday, serial plagiarist and "not famous" famous actor Shia LaBeouf invited the public to join him at his latest cry for help in Los Angeles. According to the press release for his new performance entitled "#IAMSORRY," LaBeouf will be "in situ" at an art...
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San Francisco’s MOMA Closed for construction, yet more open than ever
The San Francisco Museum of Art is closed for the year while its downtown facility undergoes a major renovation and expansion. But that hasn’t meant the end to SFMOMA exhibitions. Pursuant to the slogan “We’ve temporarily moved… Everywhere,” the museum is staging...
Art Flippers Chase Fresh Stars
BloombergFlipping has picked up as wealthy collectors chase paintings by emerging artists with the goal of reselling them quickly for a profit, a strategy some advisers say may be a sign that the contemporary art market is taking on characteristics of a financial...
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT: INSTITUTION, IMAGE, IDEOLOGY
Starting this Sunday, the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles is admission free. And the free-for-all will have a new exhibit that tells viewers they can take it or leave it.Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology is the first large-scale exhibition to...
Rene Ricard, Art Arbiter With Wildean Wit, Dies at 67
New York Times“I’ve never worked a day in my life,” Rene Ricard, then 32, wrote in an essay for The New York Times Op-Ed page in 1978. “If I did it would probably ruin my career, which at the moment is something of a cross between a butterfly and a lap dog.”.. ....
Reverb at Torrance Art Museum
Reverb at Torrance Art Museum Max Presneill once told me that all rock stars secretly want to be painters and all painters would really rather “get the led out,” and judging from The Torrance Art Museum’s current exhibit, "Reverb," I think I’d have to agree. Bringing...
Exile off the Strip: Dave Hickey
So like a few of you (not many more—which was wise—you really didn’t miss anything), I went down to the Grand Central Market at 3rd and Broadway downtown to hear Dave Hickey plug his latest, Pirates and Farmers, subtitled “Essays on Taste,” under MOCA’s auspices—which...
Massacre on 53rd Street
Well the axe has fallen once again on the magnificent American Folk Art building, designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects. The structure is considered to be an architectural gem having won numerous awards including an American Institute of Architects...
Hassan Hajjaj | My Rock Stars: Volume 2 at Gusford Gallery
"Photos courtesy of GUSFORD | los angeles http://www.gusfordgallery.com/exhibitions/11/installation_shots/" From Hassan Hajjaj | My Rock Stars: Volume 2. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 1/17/2014 (10 items) Hassan Hajjaj, Queen Latifah, Kelsey Lee Offield, Marques...
Platforms & Paint at The Gabba Gallery
Essie Zimm, The Stag with One Eye, 2013 Platforms & Paint at The Gabba Gallery The famous and sometimes infamous painter Joan Mitchell had a particular pet peeve about being called a “Lady Painter.” “So what if the painter happens to be female, why make a big deal...
Jonas N.T. Becker at Shulamit Gallery
"http://shulamitgallery.com/current-exhibition/" From Jonas N.T. Becker: Zol Zayn || What If. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 1/18/2014 (15 items) Shulamit Nazarian, Jonas N.T. Becker Shulamit Nazarian, Jan Belson, Tomi-Jean Yaghmai Doni Silver Simons installation...
Art Matters Names Grant Recipients
New York-based nonprofit foundation Art Matters has announced its grant winners for artists who are working on socially engaged projects. And the winners are . . . Claudia Alvarez Support for travel to Mexico City for research at Museo Nacional de Antropología and the...
Shia LaBoeuf Seeks LA Gallery Space
DefamerShia LaBeouf is sending messages to "every" gallery in LA, desperate for space. In his message he writes:I am in need of a performance space in Los Angeles I'm looking to put on a show. Your gallery is perfect. My plan is to repent in the way of...
Teen killer George Zimmerman’s Red Period
The WireGeorge Zimmerman goes Shepard Fairey for his latest piece of 'Art' which goes on sale tomorrow.. . . READ MORE
Miyoshi Barosh: Feel Better at Luis De Jesus
Miyoshi Barosh: Feel Better at Luis De Jesus Imagine a bunch of felines on acid, driving through downtown Los Angeles in a supped up Caddy sipping martinis, purring to Lady GaGa and you’ve acquired just a taste of Miyoshi Barosh’s fantastical and scathing...
“Racist Chair” outrage on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The GuardianRussian socialite, Dasha Zhukova, sparks outrage with 'racist chair' photograph where she is pictured sitting on a contorted, near-naked mannequin of a black woman. . . READ MORE
Adventures in art-market commodification, enhanced hammer edition
Reuters: FELIX SALMON“Business art” has arguably come to be the dominant form of art in our time. Today, this juggernaut of commodity-based art drives not only the way art is made, but also the way it’s promoted, marketed, sold, and, ultimately, understood both by...
The Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program application deadline set for March 31
Well known by artists as the "Gift of Time", the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program was established in 1967 to provide gifted studio based visual artists with the unique opportunity to concentrate on their work in a supportive, collegial environment for a whole year....