Tropical Fantasies, Dark Histories
Ward's repurposed objects report on loss, while his meticulous repetitive processes, applied to materials that seem valueless, offer a kind of recuperation. Broiler pans panel the wall in Iron…
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You Can Always Go Downtown: The Lower Manhattan Art World Through the Years
Given the whirlwind of geographic and conceptual changes in contemporary-art landscape, we couldn't help doing some serious navel-gazing (especially in light of the upcoming "Inventing Downtown: Artis…
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What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?: ‘Art Breakers’ and the Art World’s Reality TV Problem
There have been two former attempts to translate the art world into a successful reality television series. Work of Art, which debuted in 2010 and ran for two seasons on Bravo, had up-and-coming…
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‘Let’s Make It Happen’: Deitch on Almost Joining MoMA, Bribing Michael Jackson’s Doorman, and More
“I don't really care about money,” Jeffrey Deitch told New Museum curator Massimiliano Gioni last night at the New York Public Library. “Money is something to do more crazy projects with.” There you…
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Losing His Edge? Jeffrey Deitch Thinks You Were Too Hard on Him
Jeffrey Deitch, the art dealer, curator, and controversial former director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, opened his legendary gallery, Deitch Projects, in 1995 at 76 Grand Street in…
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Woodlawn Cemetery’s 150th Anniversary on Display
An exhibition at Columbia's Wallach Gallery showcases the graveyard's art
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Jon Kessler’s New, Fast Pace
For the last few years, an exhibition of the work of Jon Kessler has entailed a whirligig installation of cutout and ephemera, with live-feed cameras and monitors that scoped out visitors in a paranoi…
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On With the Shows
Jeffrey Deitch explains why his career change from dealer to museum director makes sense.
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Kehinde Wiley Sticks a Fork in Art Basel
On Sunday night, as Miami Basel's last lights were winking out, Kehinde Wiley was bopping around the back yard of the Shore Club in a floral-print suit, grinning, smoking, and greeting guests. He was…
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Filling in the Dots
Tauba Auerbach's dizzying, opt-art minded work draws influence from many sources, from the stark graphic designs of Alexander Girard to Guy de Cointet's linguistic musings. Working across a variety of…
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