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Releases: “Ai Weiwei: New York 1983 – 1993” Book

Posted by lowpro, October 28, 2011

Released in conjunction with Ai Weiwei’s photographic exhibition, currently running from October 15th 2011 to March 18th 2012 at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, Ai Weiwei: New York 1983-1993 chronicles the ten year period spent by the then unknown Chinese immigrant living in a tiny apartment in the East Village. Capturing the essence of New York through the lens of a youth enjoying freedom for the first time, more than 10,000 photos emerged during this period. Personally curated by Ai himself, the 220 photos selected offer an […]

Signings: James Jean – “Rebus” @ Reed Space

Posted by juggernut3, October 22, 2011

James Jean (featured) is in New York right now and will be making a special stop at Jeff Staple’s Reed Space to conduct a rare signing for his newly released Rebus Book tomorrow, October 23rd (5 – 7 pm). As seen at his recent signing at the LACMA, fans will be able to catch the talented artist’s work up close and get an opportunity to grab a signature. As an added bonus, James informed us that a special print will be released at the show […]

Releases: Yoshitomo Nara “The Complete Works” Book Set

Posted by lowpro, October 20, 2011

Last fall saw the release of a wonderful book to coincide with his Nobody’s Fool retrospective. This fall season sees the release of an even more comprehensive book set from Yoshitomo Nara. Published by Chronicles Books, The Complete Works is the definitive guide to the Japanese art legend’s life work. The two 400-page volumes bound in a fabric slipcase designed by Nara himself feature all of the artist’s prolific output over the span of his career to date, including more than 4,500 paintings, drawings, editions, […]

Ai Weiwei – W Magazine’s 2011 Art Issue

Posted by sleepboy, October 17, 2011

The recently named (according to ArtReview) most powerful artist in the world, Ai Weiwei, has broken his silence over his “enforced disappearance” with an interview in W Magazine’s upcoming sixth annual art issue. The Chinese artist and dissident also directed the cover shoot by Max Vadukul in a series of shots inspired by his own photography while living in NYC in the 80’s including images from the Tompkins Square riots. The implied message certainly will not please the Chinese government especially after returning to social […]

Retna x David LaChappelle for Vanity Fair

Posted by sleepboy, October 13, 2011

So, it looks like the new spread for Vanity Fair that we mentioned a while back finally materialized. Taken by David Lachapelle (who just opened a show at PRISM), the photograph features RETNA (featured) in front of his West Hollywood mural (covered) with a little help from photoshop it seems. As an added bonus, we have for you after the jump a video that surfaced recently featuring footage of RETNA’s WeHo mural as well as an interview…

Showing: Tim Barber – “Welcome to Earth” @ Yuka Tsuruno (Tokyo)

Posted by lowpro, October 12, 2011

On September 24th, Tim Barber unveiled a new body of work at Tokyo-based Yuka Tsuruno. Welcome to Earth sees the established New York-based photographer return to the Japanese gallery, where he showed in February 2010. In a departure from the bold color shots shown at his 2001 exhibition earlier this year in New York, the new series opts instead for a subdued black and white format. Long known as a behind the scenes player in the art world, Barber has slowly but surely made his […]

Baby Tattooville ’11: Preview – “Baby Tattooville on Parade” @ Riverside Art Museum

Posted by sleepboy, October 8, 2011

As per tradition, each year’s Baby Tattooville is associated with a show at the neighboring Riverside Art Museum. This year’s exhibition (October 8th, 8-10pm), in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the event, includes work from every artist that has ever been associated with the art retreat (with just a couple exceptions), so in other words, it will include a staggering amount of quality work from many of your favorite artists lent from various collections. Take a look at all the artist’s names included in […]

Contests: VNA 16 / Invader Cover Giveaway

Posted by sleepboy, October 2, 2011

Our friends over at Very Nearly Almost have graciously decided to run a giveaway on the newest issue of their magazine here on AM. Not only does issue #16 feature a good slate of artists like Kid Zoom, Will Barras, TrustoCorp, but this is the special edition with a 3 color screenprint from Invader on the cover signed by the French street artist and in a numbered edition of 150 (this one is an AP). The pack also contains a sticker sheet and screenprinted envelope. […]

Tauba Auerbach Keynote Speaker @ The NY Art Book Fair (Queens)

Posted by lowpro, September 29, 2011

The NY Art Book Fair is set to kick off tomorrow, September 30th running through October 3rd. Generously organized again by non-profit Printed Matter, the sixth iteration of the free and open to the public event will see more than 200 exhibitors, cementing itself as the world’s premier event for artists’ books, contemporary art catalogs and monographs, art periodicals, and artist zines. The gravity defying architecture of MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens is reason enough to attend. However, as an even greater incentive this […]

Jeremy Fish Original “Absolut” Art Scavenger Hunt in London

Posted by lowpro, September 19, 2011

Cover artist Jeremy Fish (featured), who back in July had an impressive exhibition with Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC, has devised a fun publicity campaign for the October Juxtapoz issue. In an continuation of his association with the ABSOLUT Blank project (see his artwork here), the Bay Area artist has rendered original pieces of art on the inside front cover of 10 copies of this issue as part of the ubiquitous, art-inclined vodka company’s ABSOLUT Blank Golden Ticket x Juxtapoz campaign. While 3 Golden Tickets […]