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

January 13th, 2010 • Paul H-O
The Next Best Artist To What?

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 • Paul H-O
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[caption id="attachment_1729" align="alignnone" width="399" caption="Primary Atmospheres, L 2 R - Craig Kauffman, Larry Bell, De Wain Valentine"]Primary Atmospheres, L 2 R - Craig Kauffman, Larry Bell, De Wain Valentine[/caption] 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 »

Deitch to Pull LA MOCA Out of the Ditch?

January 10th, 2010 • Paul H-O
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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:

Classic GB - Big Teeth Chomp Brooklyn Museum

January 5th, 2010 • Paul H-O
The (now) Brooklyn Art Museum is famous for it's XXL rotunda that generally locates the new art installations and in this case it's artist Rona Pondick that uses the sprawling  more »

Classic Beat with Mike Smith and Doug Skinner

December 23rd, 2009 • Paul H-O
Artists Michael Smith and Douglas Skinner put together a series of puppet theater performances that were quite popular for their satirical realism of life whether it was art or insurance.  more »

Jumping the Shark, Art?

December 18th, 2009 • Paul H-O
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Charlie Finch, Artnet blabmaster and our erstwhile commenter l'enfant terrible', is lending us a wordsnap year ending end to the trend. Art's getting the hook , in line, and in the media, sinker. Do you agree?

Stephen Holt - "I've never heard of her"

December 8th, 2009 • Paul H-O
Dredged up this old bit from earlier this year. The dying gasps of free public access. When I still had cable :( I would occasionally see Mr. Holt and he never fails to lavish his audience with a kind of drag queen in man-drag nonsensibility bordering  more »