A short clip of investigative journalist Greg Palast speaking at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC. There was a panel of guests / victims from other countries there to share their stories on the horrific crimes of the multinational Barrick Gold Mine Corp. Pretty riveting stuff I must say! The Bush crime family strikes again….
I’ve been keeping up with Palast as much as possible after reading his highly acclaimed book, Armed Madhouse. Highly recommended
“The greatest investigative journalist in America.”
—ALAN CHARTOCK, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
“The type of investigative reporter you don’t see anymore—a cross between Sam Spade and Sherlock Holmes.”
—JIM HIGHTOWER
Randall shared this documentary trailer with us this morning on one of my favorite New York artists. I’ve heard great things about it and can’t wait to see it.
Our friend KAWS was in The New York Times Magazine this Sunday.
Donnelly, who works under the name KAWS, has been taken on by the Gering & López Gallery in New York, where he’ll have a show this November. He will also exhibit a batch of paintings at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Miami in September and will have another solo exhibition early next year at Honor Fraser in Los Angeles. Sandra Gering, of Gering & López Gallery, had not heard of Donnelly before another artist she works with included him in a group show last summer, but she is clearly smitten with Donnelly’s bright, clean, slightly off-kilter canvases that often riff on pop-culture figures like the Smurfs or the Simpsons. And she figures there’s another market for his work. “I think it needs to get out there in the art world,” she says.
New York’s Central Park is to be a landing pad for the new Chanel Spacecraft like pavilion designed by Zaha Hadid. The 7,500 square foot pavilion holds commissioned art from about 15 contemporary artists. The building itself is constructed of lightweight panels that can be packed in 51 shippable containers. Coming October 20th - November 9th.
Stefan Sagmeister’s exhibition, Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far, opens at the Deitch Gallery on January 31, 2008 and will run through February 23, 2008.
“Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far, an interactive exhibition by Stefan Sagmeister, opens at Deitch Projects on January 31, 2008. The exhibition will include works that have a life of their own, transforming throughout the exhibition as viewers engage with them. Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far is timed to coincide with the release of a new book of the same title, which surveys Sagmeister’s illustrious career.”
