Monopoly, 2009, by Susana Rodriguez. Part of the MexiCali Biennial, which opens at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis in L.A., this Saturday. Panel discussion at 2 p.m.; opening reception at 4pm. (Image courtesy of MexiCali Biennial.)
- In Washington D.C.: The Matteo Ricci World Map at the Library of Congress, through April 10.
- In Philadelphia: Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-68 at the University of the Arts, opens Friday.
- In NYC: Ernesto Neto, Navedanga, at MoMA, opens Friday.
- In NYC: Steve McQueen at Marian Goodman, through March 6.
- In NYC: Caitlin Masley, Karl Mendonca and others at Liminal Space at the Lay-Up, in Brooklyn, opens Friday at 6 p.m.
- In NYC: KK Kozik, Imitation of Life, at Black & White Gallery, opens today at 6 p.m.
- In L.A.: Aakash Nihalani and Mark Jenkins at the Carmichael Gallery, opens today.
- In L.A.: Alexis Rochas, I/O, at Sci-ARC in downtown, opens Friday.
- In Zurich: Guillermo Kuitca at Hauser & Wirth, opens Friday at 6pm.
A very large mural of dogs playing poker. At the Bar Morazan in San Jose. (Photo by C-M.)
Detail of a Roman-era micro-mosaic of a satyr and a nymph, unearthed in Pompeii, at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. (Photo by C-M.)
- In L.A.: Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture Around the Bay of Naples at LACMA, opens Sunday.
- In L.A.: Gary Baseman, La Noche de la Fusión at Corey Helford, opens Saturday.
- In Long Beach: Novel Constructions: Contemporary Artists Create Monumental Books at the Long Beach Museum of Art, opens Friday.
- In Long Beach: Open Studios at the Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, this Sunday, starting at 10 a.m.
- In Seattle: The stitched paintings of Sabrina Small at Grey Gallery, through May 9.
- In Chicago: Art Chicago, at the Merchandise Mart, starts tomorrow.
- In Chicago: Martha Cooper signs copies of her new book, Going Postal, at 1114 Ashland, Friday beginning at 5 p.m.
- In Philadelphia: Zoe Strauss will be exhibiting her photos under I-95, this Sunday, beginning at 1 p.m.
- In NYC: Boxed In: A Group Art Exhibit by Plaztik Mag at Factory Fresh in Brooklyn, opens Friday.
- In NYC: Wild Things: Photography for Animal Lovers at Stricola Contemporary in SoHo, opens Saturday.
- In NYC: The Great outDoors: Street Artists Illustrate Doors at ArtBreak Gallery in Brooklyn, opens Saturday.
- In London: Cindy Sherman at Sprüth Magers, through May 27.
Michael de Feo in Miami’s Wynwood arts district. (Photo by C-M.)
- In Beacon, N.Y.: Michael De Feo, Elbow Toe, Cycle, Lady Pink + many other artists do a live paint jam at 510 Main Street, starting Saturday.
- In Huntington, N.Y.: Jae Hi Ahn at Alpan Gallery.
- In NYC: Neo Rauch at David Zwirner, through June 21st.
- In NYC: The Art of Moroccan Textiles at Cavin Morris.
- In NYC: Elizabeth Peyton at Gavin Brown, through May 17th.
- In NYC: Yong Ho Ji at Gana Art, through May 24th.
- In Washington, D.C.: Joe Shannon: Realism Surrealism at the American University Museum.
- In Washington, D.C.: The work of Eero Saarinen at the National Building Museum, through August 23rd.
- In Chicago: Richard Rogers lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago this Thursday at 6 p.m.
- In Santa Fe: Comic Art Indigène, a look at American Indian comic art, at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, through January 9th.
- In L.A.: Uncommon Gardens at Thinkspace.
- In London: Grayson Perry: Unpopular Culture at the Hayward. See a video interview with Perry here.
- In Madrid: Alexandre Arrechea, Suicide Landscape, at Galeria Casado-Santapau, opens tomorrow.
- In Madrid: Rodin at Fundación Mapfre.
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Caleb Neelon mural in L.A. His show, Caleb Neelon is Working On It, opens at the Carmichael Gallery this Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Carmichael.)
- HowISpentMyStimulus.com. (Via Coudal.)
- Shepard Fairey talks to Animal New York about his vision condition.
- Graff of the Day: Bastardilla in Colombia.
- A story about street art, on and off the street, by Hrag Vartanian in the Brooklyn Rail.
- Fecal Face has an interview with D*Face. Plus: Images of D*Face in S.F.
- Melodramatic Norwegian anti-tagging ad. (Via What You Write.)
- New Book: Andreas Gursky.
- Son of Rambow. This looks rad.
- “Shoot the Headline Writer.” CultureGrrl deconstructs the NY Times bogus auction coverage of Christie’s weak sales. She also reports that last night’s Sotheby’s auctions met expectations (and set a record for Léger), much to the relief of the art industry at large. If you don’t keep up on the minute-by-minute cash register ka-chings, Looking Around has a nice round-up of what’s been going on in the Art, Inc. sales department.
- There’s a rippling crackle going through the Russian art market, caused by a report claiming that 800 paintings in private collections there are fakes.
- Carnegie International is going gangbusters, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (Via AJ.)
- Art to Go, on the Chinese artists p.o.’d by the fact that the Estella Collection didn’t keep its promises: Welcome to Capitalism. She also offers this sound advice: get it in writing.
- The Day in Hyperbolized Art Conjecture, a gallery write-up comparing artist Chris Burden to Johnny Knoxville of MTV’s Jackass: “Almost three decades earlier, the artist Chris Burden choreographed a performance in which he had an assistant fire a single shot to his left arm. Knoxville’s act [getting shot while wearing a bulletproof vest] was a stunt, Burden’s Shoot sited as it was within the time frame of the Vietman War, understood as political/social gesture, contextualized as Art performance, was so much more. Both shots made a sound, Chris Burden’s was heard round the world.”
- Provocative Art Headline: “Is contemporary art paying too much attention to work that should be ignored?” Provocative Art Answer: Hell yeah. (Via AJ.)
- Missing sculpture by Margarita Checa shows up at L.A. gallery’s doorstep three years after it disappeared.
- In England: When public art commissions go BIG.
- Pork topiary.
- This should be good in its badness: Art for the political conventions.
- The work of Fernando Orellana. Check out his piece Extruder, which makes little cars out of Play-Doh.
- “It is now widely accepted that the art history of the second half of the 20th century is no longer a history of artworks, but a history of exhibitions.”
- Planet-Douche. (Via NotCot.)
- Life Without Buildings has a series of posts, in one, two, three parts, on how architecture and Star Wars intersect. Complete with visuals. (Via architecture.mnp.)
- The Month in Ironic (and Frackin’ Hilarious) Architecturespeak: The story of John Jessop, of the U.K., who had to provide a “design access statement” about a small shed on his farm. (Via Unbeige.)
- More Hollywood + Architecture: Neutra’s Lovell House in L.A. confidential.
- Concrete bat roosts help reforest. (Via The Show So Far.)
- Booty shot of the Day.
- Space porn: The Gegenschein over Chile. (Via Coudal.)
- Your moment of Don Rickles roasting Ronald Reagan.
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