WORLD NYC (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
With a name like Belchez it deserves some glances because this artist/brand has a palette that works up a colorful scene everytime. What a name “Belchez” “Picasso colors” “News about Andy” “Joy of Steve” “NYC Choking” an uptown brand reflecting how New York City is falling off, or basically getting choked up by L.A and everyone else… Black “Basquiat” Purple [...]
Lerterland (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York , October 2008: Bill Cole’s Untempered Ensemble , Proverbs for Sam (Boxholder) Lisle Ellis , Sucker Punch Requiem: An Homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat (Henceforth) Lee Konitz & Minsarah , Deep Lee (Enja) Rudresh Mahanthappa , Kinsmen (Pi) Michael Moore & Fred Hersch , This We Know (Palmetto) Adam Niewood , Epic Journey, Vols....
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
LONDON.- Christie's will present a series of exhibitions and auctions dedicated to Post-War and Contemporary art and 20th century Italian art from 15 to 21 October 2008, during a week when the international art world will gather in London for a showcase of contemporary art exhibitions and events including The Frieze Art Fair. The Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale on Sunday 19
Sharon's Wine Blog (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Here's one to go with pizza. Especially pizza at Pink Flamingo, the Canal Saint-Martin's little pocket of heaven. Especially the Basquiat, with prosciutto and gorgonzola. Or any of them, really. They all rock. I wanted to cry, nearly. Hadn't been back in ages to the PF, whose delivery fellows on bicycles will deliver canalside in the warmer months, after one has been given a balloon to identify one...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
The singer takes Elizabeth Day on a mini-tour of her favourite places in the bohemian New York suburb she's made her home.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Letters: Germaine Greer is right to say that Robert Hughes is wrong about art, but she is wrong about what is right
Chic in Paris (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
To celebrate the new Levi‘s 501 Unbuttoned campaign, the immortal streetwear brand gathered Paris‘ young and restless to an urban spectacle worthy of its legend. Performances featuring models stepping out of clouds of smoke, not unlike a phoenix, and unbuttoning their jeans alternated with screenings of the clips the new campaign is composed of. Some cooled [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Often dismissed as Hollywood's rent-a-psycho and once an expert hellraiser, Dennis Hopper is in fact a man of many parts who has impeccable taste. Sheryl Garratt meets the director, artist, collector and all-round gent at his LA home. Photographs by Tierney Gearon. Fashion by Daniela Agnelli.
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Via Disorientations, the brilliant Robert Hughes dissects Damien Hirst: The presence of a Hirst in a collection is a sure sign of dullness of taste. What serious person could want those collages of dead butterflies, which are nothing more than replays of Victorian decor? What is there to those empty spin paintings, enlarged versions of the [...]
Easy Bake Coven (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Jimi, Beatles, Basquiat, Burroughs, Baez and More The 50 greatest Arts videos on YouTube YouTube is best known for its offbeat videos that become viral sensations. But among its millions of clips is a treasure trove of rare and fascinating arts footage, lovingly posted by fans. link
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
LAS VEGAS.- The Las Vegas Art Museum will soon close the exhibition Las Vegas Collects Contemporary. This exhibition features works of contemporary art on loan from Southern Nevada's most important privately held fine art collections. Artists featured in the show include Jean-Michel Basquiat, Uta Barth, Dan Flavin, Andreas Gursky, Michael Heizer, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Donald
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
A look at what's opening at theaters this fall.
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
” It’s Tuesday List ” 01. St Germain - Rose Rouge Tourist (2000) 02. Ursula 1000 - Tigerbeat Kinda Kinky (Eighteenth Street, 2002) 03. Beastie Boys - Off The Grid The Mix Up (2007) 04. LOD - Sabado Gris The Unexpektheadz Chapter II: A Space Conquest Soundtrack (The Unexpektheadz Chapter II, 2007) 05. Miles Davis - Rated X (Doc Scott remix) Panthalassa (the remixes) (1999) 06. [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Travel: Paul Berger visits Green-Wood cemetery, home to Basquiat, Bernstein and a colony of fugitive parakeets
Slow Painting (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Cy Twombly Is there such a thing as a genteel graffiti artist? If there is, Cy Twombly must be the nearest thing to it. The American artist, who turned 80 a few days ago, is described by many as an artist best known for his large scale, “freely-scribbled graffiti paintings”. He doesn’t paint on walls or [...]
