Art in One Form or Another

Guggenheim + YouTube Play

The Guggenheim and YouTube are hosting a biennial of creative video to discover and showcase the most exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding realm of online video.

The panel of judges is no joke including filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, visual artist Douglas Gordon, Ryan McGinley, Takashi Murakami and my fav, Marilyn Minter.

Since YouTube Play was announced on June 14, more than 6,600 videos have been submitted from around the world, attracting more than 2.6 million viewersa. The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2010, at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT.

Go See: Lush Life

Lush Life is a multi-part show that takes place at nine Lower East Side (LES) galleries: Collette Blanchard Gallery, Eleven Rivington, Invisible-Exports, Lehmann Maupin, On Stellar Rays, Salon 94 Freemans, Scaramouche, Sue Scott Gallery, and Y Gallery.

Lush Life adopts its title from Richard Price’s eponymous 2008 novel. The novel is set in the contemporary LES, where a murder investigation exposes the dynamically changing community of the neighborhood; which despite its evolution retains a ghostly and vital link to its layered past. The deep and varied history of the LES now includes the LES galleries as new community members, and Price’s novel provides a potent vehicle for the consideration of community as voices compete for, ignore and occasionally share the same physical and conceptual space.

The galleries will host concurrent exhibitions with each exhibition reflecting the idea of one of the nine chapters in the book. There will be a collective opening of all participating galleries on Thursday, July 8th from 6 – 9 pm.

Artists Protest BP at Tate

Protesters bathed an entrance to the Tate Britain in mock oil provoking anger from guests attending a party to mark 20 years of BP's sponsorship of the flagship gallery.

Beach Art

 

For many decades, Los Angeles lifeguard towers have been a sun-washed shade of blue. That will change through a major new project. The Portraits of Hope public art and civic initiative, Summer of Color, is the largest public art project in the U.S., and also one of the largest civic efforts in the world.  For five months beginning in May, the LA County lifeguard towers – on 31 miles of beach -- will be transformed into a collective work of art.

Top 200 Art Collectors

My life's goal is to make this list. ARTnews today released its annual report on the top art collectors in the world.

Uncollectable Contemporary Art

Looking back on the past half-century of art, one thing could be said for certain about its creators' achievement: much of their work is a headache for collectors. Here's part 1 in a look at top ten uncollectable contemporary works of art.

Art Theft Market

Forbes just rounded up the ever-growing “World’s Biggest Illicit Industries” and thieves and sellers of stolen art are cashing in $6 billion yearly, stateside. There’s only so many rich gents whose secret penthouses need a classy spruce up: while stealing is easy, selling is hard.

Traffic Art

You definitely have a captive audience here! As part of the LA><ART program,which promotes experimental exhibitions and public art initiatives, artist Joel Kyack has launched his project Superclogger, which will present puppet shows to drivers caught in afternoon traffic jams in various Los Angeles highways. Shows will be performed on a mobile theater housed in the back of a nondescript white pickup truck, with soundtracks broadcasted to the drivers’ stereos. Via psfk.

All City Street Art App

Love this! All City is a hand-held guide to street art from around the world. Easily tag and upload street art spots you find and discover new ones you haven't seen yet.

Exit Art Auction

On June 7, Exit Art is hosting a live auction called Ecstasy Benefit. With artists like Louise Brougeois (RIP), Nan Goldin (above) and Shirin Nesha, there's a range of work to bid on. Oh yeah, Gordon Gekko is the special guest, too.