Monthly Archives: May 2011

Openings: Miss Van – “Bailarinas” @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Posted on May 29, 2011 by sleepboy

Last Thursday, the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York was the site of French-born and Barcelona-based Miss Van’s new body of work. One of the pioneers for women street artists in a male dominated genre, the delicate yet strong characters that … Continue reading →

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Openings: Ryan McGinness – “Sketchbook Selections” @ Giant Robot 2

Posted on May 29, 2011 by sleepboy

Just this past Friday night, Ryan McGinness started to hit his stride as he continued on to the middle part of his tour of LA. The special book signing, barbecue, exhibition of sketches, and lecture all rolled into one was held … Continue reading →

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Openings: Kent Williams – “Convergence” @ Merry Karnowsky (Los Angeles)

Posted on May 29, 2011 by sleepboy

Last weekend, the talented Kent Williams presented his new body of work entitled Convergence at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles. His set of oil paintings, some large scale, displayed a keen sense of the human form and bring to … Continue reading →

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Openings: John Chamberlain @ Pace Gallery

Posted on May 29, 2011 by AM Editor

We recently went by Pace Gallery to see sculptor John Chamberlain’s 13th and final solo with the gallery (he recently left to become represented by Gagosian). Chamberlain has made his 50-year career by creating large-scale painted metal sculptures—typically out of … Continue reading →

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Overtime: May 23 – May 29

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Khoi

REVOK gets up while in prison – on the front of the Wall Street Journal & TWBE. According to Deitch, Arts in the Streets “will evolve when it opens next year at Brooklyn Museum.” Graffiti artist Meno caught in the … Continue reading →

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Showing: “Memories of King Kowloon” @ ArtisTree (Hong Kong)

Posted on May 28, 2011 by sleepboy

We touched on the life and “career” of the late Tsang Tsaou Choi, or the self-styled “King of Kowloon” back in 2009 when his work achieved a nice hammer price at auction. For those still lingering in Hong Kong after … Continue reading →

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Openings: Derek Albeck – “Mysterious Strangers” @ POVevolving

Posted on May 28, 2011 by sleepboy

A couple weekends ago when AM attended the opening of Nate Frizzell’s solo show in Chinatown, we also stopped by the adjacent POVevolving Gallery to check out Derek Albeck’s newest work. The show entitled Mysterious Strangers featured a mix of … Continue reading →

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Highlights: ArtPadSF, San Francisco

Posted on May 28, 2011 by rhinomilk

San Francisco, last weekend, hosted a slew of fine art fairs around the city. One noteworthy fair was the inaugural edition of ArtPadSF (held at the legendary Phoenix Hotel in the Tenderloin), which focused mainly on Bay Area galleries that … Continue reading →

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Art HK ’11: Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

Posted on May 28, 2011 by sleepboy

As you knew from our teaser article, we were looking forward to the Emmanuel Perrotin booth at Art Hong Kong because of what KAWS had to offer.  But, turns out the gallery was showing many other artists from their roster … Continue reading →

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Openings: Ryan McGinness – “Trophies” @ PRISM

Posted on May 27, 2011 by sleepboy

Last night, PRISM filled its spacious gallery rooms with Trophies, the fourth in a series of shows from Ryan McGinness. As with the other Los Angeles exhibitions we have already covered (Michael Kohn & Country Club), this showing centered around … Continue reading →

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