Now, Paul McCarthy is just rubbing it in. Yes, there is a giant balloon dog sitting on Randall’s Island. But it is not Jeff Koons. It is a Paul McCarthy. Like that poop. If you remember, we had quite the chortle about Jeff Koons grandiose flight of delusion back when he sent cease and desist letters to San Francisco’s Park Life store/gallery […]
For the past few weeks, math whiz and finance guy-turned-artist Nelson Saiers has been showcasing a series of new work at The Hole Shop without incident, but on Tuesday night serial shit-stirrer and Neoist artist Istvan Kantor disrupted his exhibit. The Hungarian-born Canadian provocateur tagged his signature nom de guerre “Monty Cantsin” on a mattress […]
This weekend, ANIMAL reported that a person was arrested for graffiti at the Whitney during the museum’s marathon 36-hour closing of the Jeff Koons retrospective. We obtained video clips (watch above) that show the audacious stunt from start to finish. No art damaged, museum official said to me. But new photo angles on Koon's "Hanging […]
Giant dice flopped through the air last night at Postmasters Gallery, tumbling over a room-sized “Monopolart” game-board. Players moved their paper-mached photo-collaged sculptures of Larry Gagosian, David Zwirner and the blue-chip-like, landing on various famous artists, deciding whether they should buy them or with their giant fake money. For their very important decisions, the players consulted our very important […]
In 2011, Alice Walton, daughter of Walmart co-founder Sam Walton, unveiled her ultimate vanity project: the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Exquisitely designed by architect Moshe Safdie, the world-class art institution reportedly cost over a billion dollars and sits on a 24-acre site that meticulously incorporates the woodsy, natural surroundings. It’s about a five […]
A traffic light swooshes past our heads. We duck down under the High Line. From the roof, artist Jennifer Catron leads the tour group to chant “LARRY! LARRY! LARRY!” directly outside one of Larry Gagosian’s 15 galleries, but, unsurprisingly, he doesn’t come out to say hello. Artist Paul Outlaw is at the wheel of this hand-modified auto-beast. We bump through Chelsea, […]
A new Supertall* skyscraper is being planned for Lower Manhattan. The slender glass castle will feature ten full-floor 5,300 square foot penthouses, topped with a 10,600 square foor duplex in the tower. It will be just 12 feet shorter than 1WTC’s roof with three full floors just for “maid’s rooms.” 125 Greenwich Street was originally being […]
“WHat is the difference between NeO-MoDerNism and MoDErn AbSTraCtion???!! Why is some art SO EXPENSIVE?? Why is it so hard to find female artists in Chelsea???” We have often wondered about these things. Thankfully, artists Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw are going to give bus tours of Chelsea now. We’ve previously run into Jen and Paul strapped to […]
Artist Michael Green is attempting to sell the world’s most expensive animated GIF on eBay as we speak, with one watcher and zero bids. This is the second time he’s tried. The first sale failed late last night. Green’s GIF is a reference to Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog sculptures, one of which (the orange one) became the […]
After several starts and stops, The Water Tank Project is moving along. Organized by the environmental nonprofit Word Above The Street, the program will showcase art on water tanks all around the city to raise awareness of sustainable environmental practices and water conservation. The artworks, which include pieces already on display by Laurie Simmons and […]
