by Thomas Friel | Apr 16, 2014 | Blog
This article is part 3 in a series of stand alone kvetching about the state of the artworld. The opinions expressed within are held by a big baby, and not the blogs they are found on. There is no need to read them all, but if your beverage of choice is Haterade, then...
by Thomas Friel | Oct 16, 2013 | Blog
The Art Market is inflating out of control, making all but the wealthiest few cry foul. Like it or not, this is affecting the way contemporary art is viewed and thought about. Meanwhile, Jeff Koons continues to be the perfect Poster Boy for the inflation, and it just...
by Lise McKean | Aug 3, 2019 | Blog
Lise McKean talks with French artist Sophie Rideaud at her studio and gallery in Les Sables d’Olonne Translation by Laurent Houphoue and Lise McKean Photos by Lise McKean Lise: Let’s start with talking about how you became an artist and came to have a studio and...
by Erin Leland | Nov 14, 2014 | Blog
Theatrical sets allow for the real world to be transformed into the internal world. Against complete darkness, imagine a stage light illuminating one room within a house. Walls, hallways and exterior walls of the house are constructed out of the absence of light,...
by Jesse Malmed | Apr 8, 2013 | Blog
Like so many in our worlds, Brett Kashmere’s engagement with art spans making, writing, teaching, curating, editing and organizing. Perhaps more impressively, he’s good at each of these. His subjects often pertain to history, collective identity, sports and the ways...