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Spotlight on DiverseWorks

Last weekend I visited Houston's DiverseWorks. DiverseWorks is an art space dedicated to delivering new visual and literary arts. That may be the understatement of the year. Not only is there a full roster of programming year-round, but they are incredibly active throughout town creating unique art experiences in one form or another.

How do they raise money you ask? Certainly through donations, but they also host two amazing fund raisers per year. One is through a raffle (more like an art scramble) at the Center. Attendees receive a raffle ticket. If your number is called, you have :15 to scramble and pull a piece of art (that's been donated by local artists) off the wall that's yours to keep. Their second fundraiser is a gala event. This year, it's called Debutantes Run Wild! It will be a playfully irreverent ball. Fun!

Damn, Flavin

This week will likely feature a range of Houston-inspired posts as I just returned from a great trip there with an awesome group of people. Among my many 2010 goals, I want to buy a fluorescent glowing piece of art. So, that made our visit to the Menil Collection's Dan Flavin exhibit that much more exciting. Richmond Hall's space features three great rooms of Flavin's work including this one with a rainbow of bright lights. Something I could easily live with. Bottom line: Get to Houston, ASAP!

A Show of Blogs

One of my favorite blogs is now a show. Beginning tonight James Danzinger (of Danzinger Projects) is opening  an exhibition "The Year in Pictures" presenting a selection of photographs featured in the blog The Year in Pictures.

Begun in 2007, the blog has been a platform of his personal enthusiasm about the medium – a place to share good and new work that is sent to me or that I see on my travels; alert readers to new exhibitions, books, and other photography events; and reflect on ideas and issues. Since it's inception, the blog has posted over 500 stories, received over a million visits, and is viewed an average of 50,000 times a month.

Scott Ingram @ Solomon Projects

Heads up, Atlantans! Scott Igram has an upcoming exhibition (beginning Jan. 22) at Solomon Projects. It's a conceptual observation of not only his work but also his understanding of modern and contemporary art and architecture.

The show is a selection of works from 2000 to the present. It is not to be observed as a retrospective but to pin point a cross section of his interests and place them in a visual context. The intention of the exhibit is not only a show of evolving core interests in his work, but to place the work into a context of modernism as it often splinters from “contemporary” art.

I Like Bright Lights

One day I'll have some neon art in my house apartment. A Dan Attoe piece would do just fine! He's representing by Peres Projects based out of Los Angeles and Berlin.

Richard Serra Recession Buster

Need that something special for the backyard? How about a Richard Serra?

Serra’s giant concentric sculptures “Blind Spot” (2002-2003) and “Open Ended” (2007-2008) are now on show in Gagosian Gallery (21st Street), along with a small room full of works on paper.

Warhol x Polaroids

I'm not a Warhol fan, but I do love Polaroids. That's why Danzinger Project's show, Athlete Series is cool. Featuring a little-known trove of Polaroids by Andy Warhol of famous athletes. They were commissioned by one collector in the late 1970s and early ’80s.

Sarah Hobbs

If you don't know about Sarah Hobbs, you need to. An Atlanta-based photographer, Hobbs' work explores human behaviors and compulsions by carefully staging photograph scenes that are meant to embody phobias, neuroses, and obsessions. That's why she's right up my alley. Check out her new work at Solomon Projects in Atlanta.

Aperture Benefit + Auction

Aperture Foundation is hosting their largest auction ever with fifty pieces from artists including Joel Meyerowitz, Dian Arbus, Bill Armstrong and more. Check out Gail Albert Halaban and Jacqueline Hassink.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers, 6:30–10:00 pm

Cocktails and Silent Auction
Dinner, Award Ceremony, and Live Auction