Art in One Form or Another

Gillian Wearing

At Tanya Bonakdar, Gillian Wearing stages something of a selective mini-retrospective, showing major works produced since her last solo in New York, back in 2003.

75 x 75

Jeff from BOOOOOM put together 75 photos by 75 photographers he came across in 2010. It's worth checking out.

Christopher Bucklow

 

I'm late to the game on Christopher Bucklow but happy to have found him. The silhouettes he creates using a pinhole camera are awesome. Would love one of my dog!

Younger Than I'll Be

Skye Parrott is a photographer and creative director based in Brooklyn and puts together a portrait of New York past–the city as it was when she was growing up in the 80's and early 90's. Not all of the works date from those years, but they all encompass the feeling of being young in the city as it was before the big boom, back when Manhattan could still feel dangerous. Check out the show at Brooklyn Art Museum.

BAMart Silent Auction

Brooklyn Academy of Music's (aka BAM) sixth annual silent auction is around the corner and there are a few gems available. With over 150 pieces from some great artists there's a solid range of design objects to chose from. Bidding begins March 18th (through the 28th). Pretty please, don't touch that Marilyn Minter. It's mine!

Unexpected Celebrities

David LaChapelle is no stranger to photographing celebrities, but after going through his site (which is fantastic, BTW) there's a ton of unexpected celebrities who stand in front of DL's lens. Among them are Daniel Day Lewis, Dolly Parton, James VanderBeek, Sofia Copolla, Heather Graham and JLo (as Jennifer Biels in Flashdance!). Take a look!

Filling The Sartorialist's Shoes

Tommy Ton is quite simply a great photographer. He  took over Scott Schuham's job at Style.com which says a lot. If you don't follow his blog, Jak and Jil, you need to.

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.

Collect. Give

My friend Chad turned me on to a great site, Collect.Give that sells photography while donating money to a worthy cause (including efforts to help Haiti). The photographers featured on Collect.Give have pledged to donate 100% of the profits from their print sales to worthwhile causes they support. Great idea!

Fraenkel Gallery iApp

 

Fraenkel looks to be the first gallery on the scene with an iApp. Check out their exhibitions, publications and artists (with special attention to one of my favorite photographers, Richard Misrach!).