Monday, January 12, 2009

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From Soup to Nuts Jack Rasmussen. Boned , 2008. Acrylic and collage, 18x24 inches. From Soup to Nuts: Art for All Tastes is the title of th...
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Secretary of the Arts Quincy Jones has started a petition to ask President-elect Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts. While many other ...
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Obama at NPG The stencilled portrait of President Elect Obama by street artist Shepard Fairey, which became the key image of the Obama elect...

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Congrats For a couple of years now I have been telling you to acquire Michael Janis ' artwork. From the 1,047 artists from 43 countries ...
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Che: El Chacal de La Cabaña A while back in the mail I got some preview tickets to the opening of the new Steven Soderbergh two-part epic ab...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

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Inauguration Ball Artomatic, Inc. and Playa del Fuego, Inc. – institutions of the mid-Atlantic arts community – have joined together to crea...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

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Lynn Dunham Lynn Dunham's Art Blog is lively, full of information, opinions, news and all kinds of good stuff. Visit it here .
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Art Fair Season starts The 2009 art fair season starts later this month with the Los Angeles Art Show , which after 6 years at the Barker Ha...
Friday, January 09, 2009

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Airborne Heading home... more later. I'm at the airport checking my email for the first time and I'm already over 1,000 emails behin...
Thursday, January 08, 2009

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Secrets of the auction room The advantage to auctions is that they have a certain democratic, or rather meritocratic, element: for new colle...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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At plan b in DC

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Florida'ng Still baking down here; good sun and great Cuban food (later I will tell you one of the best and cheapest Cuban food joints i...
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Monday, January 05, 2009

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Webminar: How to build your art resume For about a decade, while I was the co-owner of the Fraser Galleries in DC and Maryland from 1996-200...

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My Space on 7th Two years ago Touchstone Gallery in DC created My Space on 7th . It is a unique, non-juried opportunity for local area art...
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Prices Plummet at End of 2008 Sotheby’s and Christie’s lost at least $50 million and $40 million each from failed guarantees in their final-...
Sunday, January 04, 2009

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Crisis or Transformation? Renee Phillips' terrific article in Art Calendar is a must read for emerging artists. Read it here .

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At La Florida I'm in Florida for a bit of sun and sand and fermented drinks, thus why postings have been sporadic. Reading Tom Gjelten&#...
Thursday, January 01, 2009

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Happy New Year's May 2009 bring all of you loads of good things and good health... salud!
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

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Goodbye 2008 Nothing like a good beer to say adios to the 8th year of the 21st century.

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Airborne Heading to Miami for the New Year's... more later. Already pissed off that US Air charges $15 for your one piece of checked-in ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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Opportunity for Artists Deadline: June 16, 2009 The Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site in Philadelphia is seeking proposals for its 2...

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Job in the Arts (Photography) Deadline: February 1, 2009 The Photography and Media Program in the Art School at CalArts is seeking applicati...

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No Bailout for the Arts? While government bailouts are being offered or considered for financial institutions, the auto industry, homeowners...
Monday, December 29, 2008

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Opportunity for Fairfax County (Virginia) Artists Deadline: January 19, 2009 The Arts Council of Fairfax County awards Strauss Fellowships ...

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Bar (Art) Coasters I'll let Mike Licht tell you all about these bar coasters. Read it here .
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Webminars: Bootcamp for Artists For about a decade, while I was the co-owner of the Fraser Galleries in DC and Maryland from 1996-2006, I co...
Sunday, December 28, 2008

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New Orleans AIDS Monument The New Orleans AIDS Memorial's design was achieved through an international design competition, which was wo...

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Opportunity for Artists Deadline: February 6, 2008 by 5PM Artists are being sought to participate in the Howard County Arts Council Annual S...

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Bailey, Bailey, Bailey... The DC Examiner picks up on the Right Reverend's on the dot commentary on the Maryland water main pipe break...

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C'ville galleries to close "At least two more Charlottesville-area art galleries will close in the coming weeks as art sales contin...

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Public Service Jobs for Artists? The appeal of public-service employment for artists isn’t hard to understand. In our market economy, many m...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

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The Power of the Web Remember that I told you about the fact that my Brooklyn childhood church (Our Lady of Loretto) was scheduled to be de...
Friday, December 26, 2008

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Opportunity for Artists Deadline: February 15, 2009 Art House sends you the sketchbook, then you make the art. Then Art House is taking all...
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Thursday, December 25, 2008

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Feliz Navidad! "Family Tree," oil on linen, 24x36 inches by David FeBland
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

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Baltimore Bad News I hear that the Baltimore Harbor Place and Galleria went on the sale block last Friday. Allegedly it has 94% losses and a...

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Christie's Shakeup Christie’s International will announce a “reorganization” in January as the financial crisis continues to damp demand...

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Colors of War to Come reviewed in Richmond My current show in Richmond's Red Door Gallery is reviewed in the Richmond Style Weekly by A...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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Zenith Gallery to close its physical location From DC's Zenith Gallery 's press release: After 22 years at 413 Seventh Street NW, Ze...

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Madoff Fraud Hits the Arts Some prominent art patrons have been caught up in the $50 billion investment fraud perpetrated by Wall Street adv...
Monday, December 22, 2008

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Multinational Peacekeeping Force Medal for Syria Multinational Peacekeeping Force Medal for Syria Oil on canvas by F. Lennox Campello, c. 20...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

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Tim Tate video on his videos Cool Globatron video report interviewing Philly's Projects Gallery director at the Miami art fairs discuss...

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Wolgin Prize (Via artblog ) The largest art prize of its kind in the world was announced by Temple University a few days ago. The Jack Wolg...
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You get what you pay for The mechanics of buying and selling conventional objets d’art—paintings, sculptures, even photographs—are fairly st...
Saturday, December 20, 2008

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iPoding Two years ago someone gave me an iPod as a present, and a few days ago I actually opened it for the first time and started using it....

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Liberta Awards Uber bloggers Roberta and Libby have their 2008 Liberta Awards here .

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Is the end of the one gallery-in-control near? Artists are taking an increasingly independent role in the management of their work, taking b...
Friday, December 19, 2008

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And another one down... New York art dealer Christoph Van de Weghe had eight works by Damien Hirst in his booth at the Art Basel Miami Beach...

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Another one bites the dust Reflecting the recent nose dive in confidence in the art and antiquities markets, the International Asian Art Fai...

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Lino Tagliapietra (Via DCist ) The Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Glass exhibition at the Renwick Gallery:
Thursday, December 18, 2008

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Bouguereau for VFMA The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts board of trustees has approved the acquisition of "The Battle between the Centaur...
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Book on deaccessioning controversies at U.S. museums When done well, she said, “pruning a museum collection so that the collection as a whol...

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Dumas at MoMA Since I got this really cool catalog sent to me in the mail, I figured that I better plug this show:
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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Need to rent a house for the Obama inauguration? I've got a couple of properties for rent, and like a good capitalist, I've just rea...

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Bourgeois Spider That huge spider now greeting visitors on their way into the Hirshhorn Museum is a true testament to the power of represent...
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New Art Blog And off to a great start: check it out here ; visit often!

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Hire this model... please! Need a Cuban-American fashion model? Hire my daughter Elise ! Contact her here .
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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Artomatic 2009 Artomatic , the open art show that traditional art critics hate and that everyone else loves is coming back to the DMV in ...
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Monday, December 15, 2008

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Burrito? A while back I wrote about my absolute favorite TV show (Showtime's "Dexter") and how it puts me on a private pedan...
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Robert Johnson's black art collection coming to DC Johnson may be known for the low-budget comedy routines and booty-shaking music video...
Saturday, December 13, 2008

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MOCA Supporters "About 450 people, including a number of prominent Los Angeles artists, crowded into the Museum of Contemporary Art'...

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Strauss Fellowships for Individual Artists Application Deadline: January 19, 2009 Named for Bill Strauss (1947-2007), gifted writer, co-foun...

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Incredible Art Day in DC area Today is the day of days if you're into the arts in the greater DC area... not only are there a ton of ope...
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Friday, December 12, 2008

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Opening in Richmond today! All the background about my solo show opening at 6PM today is here , but the bottom line is that if you are anywh...
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Rousseau on Aquilino John Aquilino has been one of my favorite DC area painters since he moved from New York to the Maryland suburbs a few y...

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Bettie Page is gone "Page was mystified by her influence on modern popular culture. 'I have no idea why I'm the only model who ...

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The richer they are... The cheaper they are: "He is one of the world's richest artists, who defied the credit crunch in September b...
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

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I'm opening in Richmond on Friday You can read the background about the show here , but the bottom line is that if you are anywhere near...

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Open Studios: Matt Sesow DC's Matt Sesow is having shows all over the place, but this this Saturday from 12-6PM he has an open studio. ...

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Lecturin' at the Museum My world famous lecture on collecting contemporary art (a primer for art collectors), which includes a bonus lec...