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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Another Bristol Banksy Vandalized

Image: Bristol Evening Post

The Bristol Evening Post reports that one of the city’s most well known Banksy murals was hit by paintball vandals earlier this week. The piece has been protected by the Bristol City Council since 2006, when a public vote revealed that over 90% of respondents were in favor of conserving it. The act is an obvious retaliation against the artist’s current high profile exhibit at the Bristol Museum and comes just two months after another Bristol Banksy was defaced. When will the haters realize these antics only drum up more publicity?

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

“USA Today” opens in Badajoz, Spain

USA Today: An approach to 21th Century Art in USA opened this past week at Sala Europa in Badajoz Spain and runs till July 8. The exhibit was organized by Contemporanea, a Granada based company specializing in the production of art editions and exhibitions, and focuses heavily on the Beautiful Losers camp of artists, with some worthy editions.

The full list of participating artists includes: Ray Barbee, Scout H. Bourne, Todd Bratrud, Kelsey Brookes, Thomas Campbell, David Choe, Larry Clark, Richard Colman, Matt Costa, Cheryl Dunn, Fernando Elvira, Brian Donnelly (KAWS), Shepard Fairey (OBEY), Mark Gonzales, Matt Gordon, Tommy Guerrero, Steven Harrington, Evan Hecox, Ben Horton, Jim Houser, Andy Howell, Cody Hudson, Caroline Hwang, Jo Jackson, Rich Jacobs, Todd James (REAS),  Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Andy Jenkins, Chris Johanson, Spike Jonze, Harmony Korine, Matt Leines, Thom Lessner, Chris Lindig, Ari Marcopoulos, Geoff McFetridge, Barry McGee, Ryan McGinness, Mike Mills, Andy Mueller, Neckface, Chris Pastras, Don Pendleton, Andrew Pommier, Steve Powers (ESPO), Clare E. Rojas, Mark Ryden, Andrew Schoultz, Jeff Soto and Ed Templeton.

USA Today: An approach to 21th Century Art in USA
June 18 – July 8
Sala Europa
Avenida Europa, 2
Badajoz, Spain
Hours: Mon – Sun, 11am – 2pm  and 6 – 9pm
info@contemporanea.org

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Design Miami/Basel Expands to Seoul

Image: Design Miami/Basel

Design Miami/Basel has reached an agreement with officials in Seoul that will bring the fair to the South Korean city’s future design museum and convention centre as early as 2012.  The news of this expansion comes shortly after the opening of the fair’s Basel exposition last week, which, only in its second year, has relocated to a larger venue. The two year old venture is a partnership between its founder, Miami real estate developer Craig Robins and Art Basel owner Messe Schweiz Group.

More at Artinfo and The Art Newspaper

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Barney + Peyton Collaboration Surfaces

Blood of Two, the highly secretive collaboration between Matthew Barney and Elizabeth Peyton, was unveiled this past Tuesday as part of the inauguration of Deste Foundation’s Slaughterouse, a new satellite exhibit space located on the Greek island of Hydra. At dawn, a largely notable crowd gathered seaside and watched as local fishermen pulled a glass sarcophagus containing Barney and Peyton’s artifacts from the water, and slowly ushered it up the cliffs to its final resting place within the former slaughterhouse. As expected of Barney, the rest of the ceremony was drenched in cryptic symbolism, including a dead shark and goat herders. Check out The Moment for the full recap.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

London Contemporary Art Auctions

The big three auction houses are gearing up for their annual summer Contemporary Art sales in London. Day and evening sales kick of with Sotheby’s on June 25th and will be followed by Phillips de Pury on June 29th and Christie’s on the 30th and July 1.

With an estimate of £1.5-2 million at Christie’s Postwar + Contemporary Art Evening Sale on June 30, Richard Prince’s Country Nurse (pictured above) is telling of the increasingly conservative methods auctioneers are using to minimize risk in an already diminished market. One year ago a similar piece from the Nurse series was estimated at £4-6 million and sold for £4,241,250 at Sotheby’s July 1 London Contemporary Evening Sale.

Follow the links below to browse auction catalogs:

Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction, London – June 25

Sotheby’s Contemporary Day Auction, London – June 26

Phillips de Pury Contemporary Art Day + Evening Sale, London – June 29

Christie’s Post War + Contemporary Art Evening Sale, London – June 30

Christie’s Post War + Contemporary Art Day Sale, London – July 1

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Venice Biennale Roundup

Image: TheArtCollectors/Jeff Newman

With opening week of the 53rd Venice Biennale in full swing, there’s no lack of shortlists and reviews to keep you busy.  Planning a trip between now and November 22? We’ve done the sifting for you – Here’s some reading to get you on the inside track:

Francesco Bonami, director of the 2003 Venice Biennale and curator for the next Whitney Biennial served as guest writer for the New York Times’ The Moment blog last week. Get his inside view of the event here

The NY Times also informs us about Pop Minimalist, John Wesley’s, mammoth retrospective, organized by the Prada Foundation, which runs till Oct. 4th in conjunction with the Biennale. Read on

Artinfo is on the ground and tweeting throughout the opening week, while our friends over at Art Observed caught the early look and posted regular updates during preview weekend. Check them out here

The Guardian’s resident art critic, Adrian Searle gives a video tour of some highlights as well as a more comprehensive and academic review here, or check out the paper’s blog here for a quick don’t-miss list.

The London Times and The Independent also served up overviews.

And for the street art enthusaists, Vandalog has posted a ton of images of the arrival of Swoon’s Swimming Cities in Venice, while Shepard Fairey has kept fans updated on his decoration of the city here and here

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Eric White at Magda Danysz

Eric White is currently exhibiting at Magda Danysz in Paris. Some of the works on display break from White’s well-known surrealist and figurative paintings (more here) , and playfully reinterpret iconic album covers, including those of Bad Brains, Black Sabbath, and Fleetwood Mac. Also on display are new works from Daniel Davidson. Exhibit runs till June 30.

In other news, Magna Danysz seems to be avoiding the market slump, and will be opening up a new gallery in Shanghai, China later this month. The opening marks the gallery’s 10 year anniversary and will feature an inaugural exhibit by JonOne, one of several NY native graffiti writers who have latched on to greater success in France than back home.

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Self Portraits in Berlin w/ JR, D-Face, J Supine, Jeff Soto

Berlin’s Circleculture Gallery opens a new group exhibit Friday, June 5, featuring self portraits realized by several well know street art and contemporary artists spanning four continents, including works by D-Face, JR, Jeff Soto, Aaron Rose and Judith Supine. Show runs till July 4.

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Serennisima Final Performances + Benefit

Swimming Cities of Serenissima, Swoon’s most recent traveling art armada, has nearly completed its voyage along the Adriatic, arriving at its final destination in Venice. Tomorrow, June 4, the crew will launch three days of Clutches of a Cuckoo, a variety show of sorts, including music from the band Dark, Dark, Dark and live theater performances. Back in New York, Honey Space will hold a silent auction and raffle benefit on Thursday, June 4, to help raise much needed funds for the project. 

For more info on the project, check out our previous coverage of Swimming Cities here

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

New BAST P.O.W. Print

This one came and went quickly today. Edition of 150, 25.2 x 17.7 inches, signed, numbered and hand-painted. £285.