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The show the art industry loves to hate.

c-monster — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:26:12 +0000

My story in Time on the industry reaction to Bravo’s Work of Art. Plus: The Village Voice has a roundtable on the program, in which Christian Viveros-Fauné declares that China Chow looks like “a pug in taffeta.” There’s just nothing so seemly as the art world with its claws out, is there?

See it before it’s gone: Dean Radinovsky’s hidden chapel in NYC.

c-monster — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:26:00 +0000

Get the full story (along with an awesome video by Jenn Hsu) over at WNYC.

Rescuing Haiti’s priceless murals.

c-monster — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:00:17 +0000

My esteemed colleague Rosa Lowinger (aka the Art Nurse) was just in Haiti and penned a wonderful little piece for Gallerina about working to rescue what remains of the priceless murals at the Cathedrale de Sainte Trinité in Port-Au-Prince. (She also — bless her heart — took lots of amazing pictures, like the one above.) It’s a great reminder of why culture is important, even in the midst of devastation.

In which Paddy Johnson and I suggest improvements to Bravo’s ‘Work of Art.’

c-monster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:07:35 +0000

Read it here.

Video mash-ups 1920s style: Fernand Leger’s ‘Ballet Mecanique.’

c-monster — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:15:11 +0000

Love these.