Media Snatch

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  BREAKING NEWS: Artnet Biggie to Wed Downtown Diva This Week

  January 25th, 2010 by Paul H-O

  

  (Pictured at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival L-R: Lisa Rosen, D’art Demone, Art Crumb, Walter Robinson) photo by Jesse Winter.

  An Obituary to Singlehood: Two of  the NYC Downtown scenemakers have decided to tie the knot after years of living in sin! More…

• Sylvester "Rambo" Stallone Sprays Miami Basel With Deadly Paint Fire

  January 17th, 2010 by Paul H-O

  

  I finally found something truly interesting about the 2009 Miami/Basel. Sly Stallone, whom I believe had purchased a number of works from L.A.’s newest museum director, is also a collector, paint-slinger, and sensitive artist type.  More…

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  The Next Great Art Reality Con? What is China Chow Wearing?

  January 13th, 2010 by Paul H-O

  Be wary. It’s going to get hairy. Bill Powers, the new judge with Jerry Saltz and Jeanne Greeberg-Rohatyn, for the new reality show THE NEXT GREAT ARTIST is partners with novelist JAMES FREY at Half Gallery. so reality is what, a con as art presented as fact?

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  Phenomenal L.A. 1960-70 Primary Atmospheres

  January 11th, 2010 by Paul H-O
  

  Primary Atmospheres, L 2 R - Craig Kauffman, Larry Bell, De Wain Valentine

  David Zwirner Gallery, Jan 8 -Feb. 6 2010.  With Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Laddie John Dill, Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, John McCracken, Helen Pashgian, James Turrell, De Wain Valentine, and Doug Wheeler. Curated by Tim Nye.  More…

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  Deitch to Pull LA MOCA Out of the Ditch?

  January 10th, 2010 by Paul H-O

  Big Bird just laid this egg on us. Groovy baibeee. Jeffrey Deitch, the preternaturally fountain of youth, finger on the pulse, ear -to-the-rail wheeler dealer just may be running the floundering L.A. Museum of Contemporary Art beyond the fray of desperate ladies-in-waiting. When in doubt, whip the White Knight out? The LA Times reports:

• It's Curtains for the Velveteria - Oregonlive

  January 7th, 2010 by Paul H-O

  So much for the Velvet painting museum in Portland,  Oregon. back to Vegas? Chelsea? Bushwick? More…

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  Artist Plans Space Mission to Montana

  December 22nd, 2009 by Paul H-O

  Artist Steven Brower has a dream, and that is to build a rocket to fly in Montana in search of human life. He calls it Moranic Mission to Montana – BPL 003 : A Space Mission on a Budget. Steven Brower makes no bones about not having any rocket science knowledge but insists that he can do it in spite of little to no resources. Brower says More…

• Woodstock NY Shocker - Still Green

  December 21st, 2009 by Paul H-O

  It’s a shocker to us but Woodstock NY , the town that didn’t have the Woodstock Festival of hippie bands but had the best name, is still like a hippie hipster place. More…