Clik here to view.
Art World Missed Connections: Pretty-Eyed Whitney Ticket Boy, and Met Steps...
Whereas last week’s Art World Missed Connections took us from Uptown to Brooklyn, this week we have just two Upper East Side items, one from the steps of the Metropolitan Museum, the other from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
And This is What a Building Wrapped in a Big Yellow Yayoi Kusama Painting...
As Kyle Chayka noted last week, the construction scaffolding surrounding 14th Street condo development 345meatpacking has been wrapped in a ten-stories-tall reproduction of Yayoi Kusama’s painting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Check Out Yayoi Kusama’s Trippy Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland
Did you know that Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama illustrated a full version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland? Published earlier this year, the book features polka-dotted representations of iconic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Retrospect: If Putin Had Boobs on His Face He’d Probably Pardon Pussy Riot
Join us every Saturday as we look back on our favorite boob-faced blog posts of the Shark Week, in retrospect. — In retrospect, the members of Russia’s anti-Vladimir Putin feminist punk rock band...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yayoi Kusama is the Latest Artist to Leave Gagosian Gallery
It’s been a rough week for Larry Gagosian. Yayoi Kusama is the latest artist to leave the gallery, where she has shown since 2009, the Art Newspaper reports. The news comes at the heels of yesterday’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Zwirner, Pace, and More Sell Bucketloads During Art Basel’s VIP Days
As Art Basel finally opens its doors to the public on Thursday, many dealers have already moved millions of dollars, euros, pounds, and assorted other currencies worth of art over the fair’s preview...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Love, Peace, and Living In an Institution: Yayoi Kusama Gets Candid at David...
On the eve of the opening of her gigantic show of 30 new paintings, two infinity rooms, and one video work at all three West 19th Street locations of David Zwirner Gallery, 84-year-old Yayoi Kusama...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mad for Merch: Art Production Fund Rolls Out Yayoi Kusama and Ryan McGinley...
Headed to Art Basel in Miami Beach next month? Don’t forget to bring a towel. An Art Production Fund towel emblazoned with a design by Yayoi Kusama or Ryan McGinley, that is. After tapping John...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NYC Crowds Are Cuckoo for Kusama
Planning to pop over to Chelsea real quick to check out the Yayoi Kusama infinity room at David Zwirner? Too damn bad! There’s a line outside the gallery’s doors most days by 9am, the New York Times...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Art World Missed Connections: Nude at the New York Academy, Cuddly at Kusama,...
Winter has undeniably arrived in New York, and after a fall full of art-sparked romantic longing, it now takes some serious heat to cause an Art World Missed Connection. There are some proven methods,...
View Article
