Internet-famous critic/artist Hennessy Youngman has finally dropped his much-anticipated sequel to the virally popular “CVS Bangers.” (more…)
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May 10, 2013, 4:21 pm
Dale Chihuly Will Melt Seattle’s Illegal Guns Into Outdoor Sculptures
After receiving over 700 guns through the city’s buyback program in January Mike McGinn, the mayor of Seattle, has decided to put the illegal weapons to good use with a new public art campaign “Weapons to Words,” which was unveiled Tuesday with a little help from Dale Chihuly, My Northwest reports. (more…)
May 9, 2013, 2:17 pm
Warhol Film Star and Beat Poet Taylor Mead Passes Away in Colorado
The legendary artist, filmmaker, beat poet, and Lower East Side institution Taylor Mead passed away yesterday after a stroke. Mead had recently relocated to Colorado after leaving his rent-stabilized Ludlow Street apartment in April due to a conflict with the property’s landlord over renovations. He was 88. (To read J. Hoberman’s obituary of Taylor Mead, click here.) (more…)
April 25, 2013, 1:34 pm
Sculpture of a Giant, Disembodied Head Found Floating in the Hudson
The Hudson River is classified as a tidal estuary, comprised of salt water flowing north from the Atlantic mixing with fresh water flowing south from its source. It’s no surprise then that some strange things might turn up in its waters. On Tuesday morning that was certainly true when the Marist College crew team discovered a seven-foot tall, Styrofoam-and-fiberglass, noseless, earless, head floating along the surface of the river. (more…)
April 24, 2013, 9:30 am
Is Fab.com Selling a Real Carroll Dunham Print at a 75 Percent Discount?
During an innocent online shopping adventure last weekend, this ARTINFO reporter noticed a strange item in Fab.com’s “Unframed Fine Art” section that was labeled “Dunham?Green Extension.” The reproduction print, made by Capital Arts, definitely appears to mimic painter Caroll Dunham’s genitalia-centric style, with its amorphous figures, and bright abstract imagery. (more…)
April 19, 2013, 3:52 pm
James Gulliver Hancock’s Beautiful Obsession with Trying to Draw Every Building in New York
Australian artist James Gulliver Hancock’s idea is not necessarily a new one, but it’s garnering him well-earned attention for his delicate, stylized drawings and paintings of New York buildings, which have recently been turned into a book published by Rizzoli.
April 18, 2013, 10:44 am
New Musical “Little Dancer” Inspired by Famous Degas Ballerina Sculpture
When Edgar Degas made the small, plaster cast replica of a ballerina clad in real ribbons, a tutu, and striking an attentive dancer’s pose, he likely never thought the story of his sculpture would finds its way to the stage. Now Tony Award-winning songwriters Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (of “Ragtime” fame) are teaming up with Susan Stroman (“The Producers”) for October 2014’s “Little Dancer.” The New York Times reports that the show, to be performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, is the fictional story of Degas’s Marie, and set within the Paris Opera Ballet. (more…)
April 16, 2013, 4:45 pm
Internet Art Critic Hennessy Youngman Presents “CVS Bangers,” a Mellow Shopping Mix
Our favorite rapper/artist/critic/young man Hennessy Youngman (aka Jayson Musson, among many other self-bestowed monikers) has given the internet yet another musical gem – that is, if you rightfully give him the credit he deserves for “Harlem Shake.” His latest project, “CVS Bangers” (embedded below), was first posted on his Tumblr last week, and is a roughly 30-minute playlist comprised of mellow, heavily synthesized jams you’d likely encounter meandering in the aisles of your favorite drugstore. (more…)
March 8, 2013, 6:51 pm
Women in Chiapas Use Art to Fight Violence
As today is International Women’s Day, let’s take a moment to look at some women who are changing the world through art. Rachael Kay Albers’s piece on Bitch Media calls attention to the art and activist group Ni Una Más of Chiapas, Mexico. The group is combating violence against women through public performances and art actions in their city that shouldn’t be ignored, and are bringing about solutions to ongoing problems for the area. (more…)
March 8, 2013, 1:29 pm
William Wegman Creates His First Ever Animated GIF: A Spinning Puppy in a Bowl
Today is an important day for art and weimaraner lovers. World famous artist and dog portraitist William Wegman, best known for his humorous photo shoots featuring his dogs Man Ray and Fay Ray, has created his first animated GIF art for his blog (see above). (more…)
