Pole Dancers, Art, ‘Birth of Big Air’ for the Bicycle Film Festival

Bicycle Film Festival, JOYRIDE ART SHOW

The Bicycle Film Festival kicks off tonight at the Anthology Film Archives. If you made it out to the Joy Ride Art Show at Dash Gallery last night, you’ve seen the portable bike-towed pole dancers. Stop by this weekend to check out the group art show, curated by BFF’s founder and director Brendt Barbur. Highlights: Brian Barnhart‘s photography, Tom Sachs ‘s booze-powered sculptural bike wonder and Ryan Homphrey’s Duchamp revamp. See our photos (and pole dancing ladies) below. Read more »

By on June 18, 2010 at 3:13 pm
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Tom Sachs Teaches Art of Bicycle Theft

As part of Lance Armstrong’s STAGES art show at Deitch Projects, a bike community center, WNW Space, has taken over Trackstar. Before it turns back to a track bike shop this weekend, the space will host a discussion and demonstration about stealing bikes. Read more »

By on November 19, 2009 at 4:40 pm
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Lance Armstrong ‘Stages’ Cancer Benefit Art Show

Combining two of life’s greatest joys, bicycling and art, Lance Armstrong’s Stages exhibition opened at the Emmanuel Perrotin gallery in Paris last week. On view through August 8th, the benefit show for the Lance Armstrong Foundation features commissioned work from the “world’s most accomplished and promising international artists.” The selection of 16 artists, all but two of them male, was tasked with creating new work with some type of cancerous connection. Read more »

By on July 24, 2009 at 6:42 pm
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