Abdessemed Exhibition Closed Under Threats of Violence

. San Francisco Art Institute has canceled closed the controversial Abdessemed exhibition as well as the public forum. The exhibition was curated by Hou Hanru, who was interviewed by us in Episode 129. From the SFAI Website: In response to a series of violent threats...

Duncan and Brian Speak at CAA

This Thursday, Duncan and Brian spoke about Bad At Sports at the College Art Association 2008 Annual Conference in lovely Dallas, TX. The panel was titled “artblogging == global.exibit(local)” and was a part of the New Media Caucus at the Dallas...
Murakami Steals Awesome Graffiti

Murakami Steals Awesome Graffiti

For two days in December, Los Angeles residents were blessed with some of the best public art I’ve seen in quite a while. A billboard for Takahasi Murakami’s retrospective was bombed by legendary writers AUGER/REVOK. LA weekly is now reporting that the...
Brian and Marc review Tony Lebat’s “Bulk”

Brian and Marc review Tony Lebat’s “Bulk”

Brian and Marc recently collaborated on a review of Tony Lebat’s Bulk at Queens Nails Annex for Shotgun Review. Here’s an excerpt: “Tony Labat’s exhibition Bulk opened to throngs of art students, smoking and drinking on the sidewalk. At first,...