by Nicholas O'Brien | May 8, 2012 | Blog
This past weekend Frieze mounted their inaugural New York fair on Randall’s Island in an extensive, 180 gallery showcase of contemporary art. With large financial backers like the Financial Times, BMW, and Deutsche Bank, it seemed the big concern on...
by Nicholas O'Brien | Feb 14, 2012 | Blog
Deco Divider by Paul Flannery for Bubblebyte.net Recently the topic of online galleries and their proliferation in the past year has been on the tips of many tongues. Specifically, the argument involves a musing on how the development of online venues for showing...
by Nicholas O'Brien | Dec 20, 2011 | Blog
Over the past year Brad Troemel and Jonathan Vingiano have been steadily collaborating together to create platforms of digital exchange and dialog through their development of various browser-exclusive projects. These co-authored works have garnered a fair amount of...
by Nicholas O'Brien | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog
I used to be a painter. I was never a really good painter, so the discontinuation of that part of practice some seven years ago was not a big loss. That being said, I am often reminded of how much I owe to my humble/clumsy painting beginnings. While still in my...
by Nicholas O'Brien | Nov 8, 2011 | Blog
This week I am in New York City installing a show at 319 Scholes, a recently cited “go to” venue for all sorts of media-related arts including live audio/performance, digital interactive work, and netart. The show entitled Notes on a New Nature is a...