Compound Gallery contacted me in the middle of the year. They said they had an opening in their calendar for December and that they would love to feature my work in a solo show. Because I had previous commitments for shows in October and November, I had to decline. I would simply not have enough […]

“Naughty or Nice” was Thinkspace’s holiday group show featuring new works from 16 of the new contemporary art movement’s hottest young artists, including a large-scale installation from Los Angeles’ Jaime “Germs” Zacarias in our front gallery. Stepping into our space, you walk into Germs’ floor-to-ceiling mural installation to marvel at two large works that compliment […]

“Art Godz,” the exhibition curated by John A. Holt, took place at the White Room Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The ambiance was vibrant and positive with an enthusiastic turnout of art collectors and art aficionados. The pieces ranged from portraits, drip/action paintings, pencil and ink drawings, color photographs as well as sculpture, all by local […]

It´s the opening night of Danielle de Picciotto´s latest exhibition, "Misfit," and one of her drawings is being tattooed onto the upper arm of her partner, industrial music legend Alexander Hacke. And it´s loud. The sound of the needle, controlled by No Pain No Brain´s resident tattoo artist extraordinaire, W.T.Norbert, is being electronically manipulated and […]

The Artnews Society opened its exhibition space, Artnews Projects, at Brunnenstrasse 188 in Berlin-Mitte on the the 30th of September last year. The organisation publishing the online magazine, Artnews.info, hereby expanded from the internet to an exhibition platform for young contemporary art. This exhibition space will follow the international character of Artnews.info by inviting artists, […]

“Evil is the reason for Consciousness/Flesh is the reason for Oil paint/the meaning of substance—the meaning of unmeaningness/Cruelty as a condition of art.”When I was invited to Perry McPartland’s studio to write a review of the works in his forthcoming show in Norway, I spotted the above-quoted note stuck in a corner. I couldn’t resist […]

Pioneering computer multimedia artist Terri Ferrari follows a unique, well-considered and deeply felt artistic path. With little fanfare, Ferrari has contributed his knowledge, equipment and vision to countless conceptual, performance and computer artists in New York City over the last decade. He is truly an underground force and growing legend.   Terri Ferrari, Body, Ink […]

When was the last time you visited the Museum of the City of New York? “Black Style Now” would be an excellent reason to visit this brick and marble, Colonial Revival mansion at Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street on the park. This exhibition offers a celebrity-driven view of the hip-hop and fashion mesh that has […]

What is the object of art—what is the art object? We might begin by trying to describe the evolution of abstraction in art, or work plus words. Mallarmé and Apollinaire were poets who experimented with graphic elements in revolutionary ways. They were precursors of successive evolutions responding to and advancing the forms that led to […]

Truth being stranger than fiction, the outbreak and ensuing panic of a deadly madness epidemic spread by farm animals provides an apt theater for the absurd metaphor for our times. The title’s use is broad as it refers less directly to the meat-induced disease and more directly to a play on the word mad. The […]