June 2010
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Honoré Daumier’s Auction House Painting at the...
I spotted Honoré Daumier’s “At the Gallery Drouot” (1873) at the Corcoran Museum in DC two Sundays ago. It was a nice surprise.
Daumier excels was representing casual social moments that people normally didn’t record in art, like sitting in a carriage, walking down the street, or buying things from the Drouot auction house in Paris.
The artist still gets stigmatized as an “illustratrator”...
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FOX News (July 3, 2008): Jazz Singer Performs... →
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Painterly Photog Alexa Meade at DC’s Irvine...
A live model sits in the corner of Alexa Meade‘s installation of Irvine Contemporary, where she is part of a two-person show, Picture Planes: Robert Mellor and Alex Meade (June 19 - July 24, 2010).
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As Yoko Ono’s “Wish Tree” Takes Root in New York,...
Today, one of my fellow tweeter alerted me to the fact that one of Yoko Ono’s “Wish Trees” was about to be unveiled at the Museum of Modern Art (above) — the Museum confirms this — but last weekend in Washington, DC I encountered another one of Ono’s works at the Hirshhorn Museum which had a polite sign (below) telling people not to tie their wishes to the tree while it continues to bud. Their...
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@BPGlobalPR’s shirt, following the typical proceedings in BP oil spill graphic design of a black-tinted dripping logo. All the proceeds go to healthygulf.org The Frederik Wepener and Ross Zietz for Threadless design steps it up a notch with a oil saturated pelican carrying what appears to be the partial outline of the Gulf of Mexico, or just an equally oily fish. All proceeds also go to...
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Hyperallergic + Norte Maar Raise Over $1,300 for...
We did it! Tuesday night’s “One Image, One Minute: Significant People Present Significant Images” fundraising event was a success.
The evening raised over $1,300 for Camp Pocket Utopia children’s art camp in upstate New York, and thank you to everyone who donated to this worthwhile project. The children of Rouses Point, New York, and the surrounding North Country also thank you!
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Always Social: Right Now (2010 — ), Part Three →
Editor’s note: This is the third and final installment An Xiao’s series which explores the recent history and parameters of Social Media Art. Part One and Part Two appeared in the Blogazine earlier last week. Digital Gets Physical … On November 2, 2009, at 4:12 pm, I was having a late lunch in Santa Monica at Cafe Crepe, just a few blocks from the beach. I remember it was pretty good, and it...
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