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Chelsea bits and pieces

Cate and I spent last Saturday afternoon in Chelsea and a couple things leaped out as really good. More pictures here. Chris Ofili

Weekly Update – Heartworks Sizzles

This week’s Weekly has my review of the Mazzoni Center fundraiser, Heartworks, the exhibit and auction at the Icebox. The auction is Saturday night. More photos at flickr Anne Magnusen’s faux Basquiat painting made specially to be auctioned this weekend at the Heartworks fundraiser. Though many artists donate art to worthy causes, they don’t always donate brand-new work or favorite pieces. Christopher Veit, organizer of “HeartWorks,” the week-long art show and auction, got a tsunami of dazzling works by more than 80 artists (many of them with national and international reputations) to land in Philadelphia. Proceeds from the auction Saturday ... More » »

Weekly Update: Air Kissing your way to success in the art world

This week’s Weekly has my review of Air Kissing at Arcadia University Art Gallery. Below is the copy with some photos. More pictures at flickr. Kalup Linzy’s video is a soap opera send up of the art world. It’s greaaaat! Biting the hand that feeds you is often a winning strategy in the art world. Art that pokes fun at museums, galleries, schools and the art market—insider’s art—can get you into a show or a collection. A product of postmodernism’s love of irony and navel-gazing, communistically self-critical art has great appeal to those in the field who appreciate a little ... More » »