(Image by _Robert_C_)
In early January WNYC put out a call to listeners to have someone join me at the press preview for the Tino Sehgal exhibit at the Guggenheim. The London-born Sehgal doesn’t show objects of any sort (he doesn’t even allow for the production of wall text, catalogues or certificates documenting his work). So, the idea was to have someone share in the experience and discuss what it was like on-air. More than 100 folks submitted comments (wow!). And super-smart Brooklyn-based painter Susanna Heller was chosen for the task. She was a willing and able partner-in-mischief. We had a total blast together. You can get the lowdown on our experience of Sehgal’s totally kooky ’situation’ right here.
Thanks to everyone who submitted comments. The response was fantastic. And if you happen to live in New York – even if you give a rat’s ass about art: do not miss an opportunity to see the Guggenheim totally nekkid.
[P.S. Special thanks to the Gugg for somehow letting me get away with this.]
Os Gemeos at Galleria Patricia Mocida in Milan. See more flix at Fecal Face. (Photo by *fab*.)
The Overachievers, by Clare Grill. Part of the exhibit What You’re Told at Jen Bekman Gallery in NYC, up through Feb. 7. (Image courtesy of Jen Bekman.)
- In L.A.: James Welling, Glass House, at Regen Projects in Beverly Hills, opens Saturday.
- In L.A.: Noah Davis at Roberts & Tilton in Culver City, through Feb. 20.
- In L.A.: Sweet Child of Mine at LACE, through January 31.
- In Oakland: Article X, David Trautrimas and Kristina Lewis, at Johansson Projects, opens Saturday at 5 p.m.
- In Columbus, Oh.: Hard Targets at the Wexner Center for the Arts, opens Saturday. (Find my write-up of the LACMA version of the show here.) (@TylerGreenDC.)
- In Arlington, Va.: Transhuman Conditions, at the Arlington Center for the Arts, opens this Friday at 6pm.
- In NYC: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Daniel Albrigo at Renwick Gallery, opens Sunday at 6 p.m.
- In NYC: Soft and Loud, with Stacy Fisher, Jaya Howey and JD Walsh at 117 Grattan in Brooklyn, opens Friday at 6pm.
- In London: Chris Ofili at the Tate Britain, through May 16. Read the Guardian’s review here.
Siddartha, by Doze Green, at Jonathan LeVine in NYC. (Photo by C-M.)
Untitled Sound Suit, by Nick Cave. From the exhibit, Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, at UCLA’s Fowler Museum, through May 30. (Image courtesy of the Fowler, via LAT.)
- In L.A.: Art Los Angeles Contemporary kicks off at the Pacific Design center this Thursday.
- In L.A. & Madrid: Alexandre Arrechea, the City that Stopped Dancing, at Casado Santapau in Madrid, opens today. Plus: Arrechea and Alejandro Almanza Pareda at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, opens Thursday; artists reception on Sunday, Jan. 31st, at 2 p.m.
- In Miami: La Colección Jumex at the Bass Museum of Art, through March 14.
- In NYC: The Visible Vagina, at Francis Naumann (open Wednesday) and David Nolan (opens Thursday).
- In NYC: Bruce Conner at Susan Inglett, opens Thursday.
- In NYC: David Maisel, Library of Dust, at Von Lintel, through Feb. 27.
- In NYC: Culture Wars, an art trivia competition hosted by Art21, at the 92nd Street Y, this Thursday at 6:30pm. Should be nerdarrific.
- In NYC: Jef Aerosol, All Shook Up, at Ad Hoc Art in Brooklyn, opens Friday at 6 p.m.
- In Milan: Os Gemeos at Galleria Patricia Mocida, through March 25.
All This And More, by Marc Johns. (Image courtesy of Marc Johns.)
