“Writing with Scissors”: Graham Rawle’s Woman’s World

What You’d Least Expect on the Lower East Side

The reemergence of Pocket Utopia — not in Bushwick but on the southernmost lip of Manhattan’s Lower East Side — in partnership with the uptown fine prints and drawings dealer G.C. Boerner, might strike some as an offbeat, even aberrant choice. But having gotten to know Austin somewhat after writing about her solo show at Storefront in 2010, it made sense to me that she wouldn’t attempt to repeat herself.

Image caption: Claude Mellan, “Portrait of the Painter Virginia Vouet, née da Vezzo” (1626). Engraving, 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 inches. (image courtesy Pocket Utopia)

A Bird’s-Eye View of Heaven

Image caption: Pearl Blauvelt, “Intersection from Air” (nd) (image courtesy Kerry Schuss)

Required Reading (May 6, 2012)

This week, occupy design, Seven on Seven, Mr. Brainwash copyright case, brutalism’s savior, literary New York, Damien Hirst in London and more.

Are Artists the Best Curators?

Hermine Ford, image from artist book “ii ss” (2011) (image courtesy Granary Books) via Call and Response: Kathleen Fraser’s “movable TYYPE”

Asking Bedford Avenue about Contemporary Art

We asked 10 (actually 11 and one dog) every day Williamsburgers (and a few tourists) what they thought about contemporary art and who their favorite artists are. Read them all HERE