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Danny Meyer’s Sandwiched at the Whitney Museum Biennial

On Saturday I went to the 2010 Whitney Biennial with my friend Justin and his ol’ lady. I’ll tell you, I was actually more excited about the food options at the museum than the exhibit. I mean, 2008′s biennial sucked a big ol’ donkey’s ass and I vowed not to ever go to another. Well, [...]

Documenting an art project

My friend Justin has been drawing insanely cool fictional portraits on the subway since he moved here a few years ago. Recently, he’s been working on a set called the Urban Tribal Series, which is strange, disturbing, and compelling. It’s sort of based on the concept of Japanese salarymen, but the suited men of Justin’s [...]

365.67: Milwaukee Art Museum

365.67: Milwaukee Art Museum, originally uploaded by Adam "Slice" Kuban. If my info is still correct, the Calatrava Addition at the Milwaukee Museum of Art is the only Santiago Calatrava building in the U.S. It’s nice to see how the city has embraced this signature building, and, if the in-flight magazine I read is correct, [...]

Art: ‘China Now, The Edge of Desire’

When: February 21 to March 21 Where: Max Lang Gallery, 229 Tenth Avenue, New York NY 10011 (b/n 23rd and 24th; map) Justin forwarded this exhibit info to me. Looks interesting. From the wankery art-speak press release: The artists in this unique exhibition are documenting and navigating this historic moment with open eyes and bold [...]

Rut Blees Luxemburg

Rut Blees Luxemburg at Union Gallery Just heard a few songs from Original Pirate Material on BBC 6 Music, which had me navigating to read a bit about the album on Wikipedia. I’ve always liked the album art on that record. Wiki says it’s by Rut Blees Luxemburg, “a German artist who studied photography at [...]

‘Spending Time with Poster Boy’

From the Wooster Collective website: Here’s Poster Boy’s Flickr photo stream. [via Matty]