Things you may already know about New York art wunderkind Ryan McGinness: he runs with the Deitch crew, his saturated paintings habitually contain signs and logos, he once posed for J. Crew, and he's not Ryan McGinley. Thing you may not know: McGinness is going renegade and taking back the "middleman" from auction houses by hosting an artist-direct auction tonight, comprised of 16 lots by...
I’m sure that some people are just now recovering from the collaboration celebration par excellance that was the Creative Places + Spaces conference. For those keeping track, this was my first “work-conference” (ooooooh!). For whatever reason it actually does make a difference somewhat. Anyways, it was a pretty dizzying few days with incredible addresses from minds [...]
This week, the third-ever Creative Places + Spaces has been bending my brain with a near-perfect melange of speakers: the obvious brilliant locals like Richard Florida and Mayor Miller are on stage with a dash of international thinker-stars like Sir Ken Robinson and inspiring outside-the-box artists like Kat Cizek ( filmmaker-in-residence at St Michael's Hospital ), naked crowd photographer Spencer...
The Maldives government pulled the ultimate global warming PR stunt this past weekend when it held a cabinet meeting on the sea floor. The stunt, meant to highlight the issues facing the lowest-lying country on Earth, received plenty of attention . All of which got us thinking: what other global warming PR stunts have made an impact? Below, we look at some of our favorites. 1. Earth Hour Contentious?...
Spencer Tunick, an American photographer and artist best known for his installations that feature large numbers of nude people posed in artistic formations is once again using the `naked medium’ to highlight danger of climatic change ahead of negotiations on a global climate treaty begin in December in Copenhagen. http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3265271&page=0...
Poll: Are trees an accurate enough recorder of air temperature to accurately determine past temperatures? Yes, the tree derived temperature data seems clear and accurate on this point and is a good record of past temperature 2% (35 votes) Warning Signs: EPA: The Blob that Ate America The EPA has been the spear point for the global warming hoax, the creation of many worldwide and domestic environmental...
Today, Saturday 3 October, Greenpeace invites all those who dare to take their clothes off in a vineyard in the South of Burgundy - rain or shine. Together with photographer Spencer Tunick, Greenpeace wants to create awareness for the impact of climate change on French wines and vineyards. Here's the trailer video. No doubt the [...]
Jean-Hubert Martin's latest project, Against Exclusion , opened in Moscow, introducing Anish Kapoor and Spencer Tunick, to be joined by underappreciated Russians such as Valery Koshlyakov and Alexandr Brodsky, as well as artists from African villages, aboriginal tribal chieftans, and Afghan carpet weavers. www.3rd.moscowbiennale.ru
The press release of Juergen Teller's current show at Lehmann Maupin states that the artist "removes the artifice between photographer and subject, leaving only the purity of each image, and unlike the sculptures in the museum's [Musee du Louvre de Paris] collection, his photographs do not present a standard of beauty but are more akin to a tribute to women and the human form." For those...
Moscow - The third Moscow Biennale had its official opening Thursday with exhibitions of contemporary art by more than 80 artists from 25 countries. Jean-Hubert Martin, a French museum director and curator of the exhibition, is showing works from Afr...
YouTube - HUMAN COUNTDOWN: Central Park - Sunday, Sept. 20 On the eve of the UN Climate Summit, thousands of people will form the shape of a giant earth moving through a human hourglass sculpture. Think half-time show meets Spencer Tunick meets Earth Day rally. Not since Christos Gates installation has Central Park hosted a spectacle of this scale. What it was supposed to look like: Thousands of climate...
The Human Countdown choreographed sculpture is the flagship event kickstarting the Climate Wake Up Call, a series of coordinated events worldwide to bring attention to the dangers faced by the world's poorest people as a result of climate change. As...
A bar owner dressed as a town crier, a stay-at-home mum and an IT consultant are just some of the participants who have appeared on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square today.
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