Dash Snow and Dan Colen bring their infamous NEST performance/installation to Deitch Projects. You’ve read about it in ‘Vice’ Magazine, now come and see the real thing. Over 2,000 NYC telephone books were shred.
NEST
Dash Snow and Dan Colen
Deitch Projects
76 Grand St.
July 26 – August 18
check out the new cd ‘cross the bridge’. more info here
The shark is coming to the Met. “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” is being lent to the Met and will arrive before the end of August. It will remain here for 3 years. The Met seems a funny place for it, but I’m glad that it will be on view in the city. Maybe “For the Love of God” will follow?
Damien Hirst
“The Physical Impossibility of Death…”
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave. and 82nd St.
Through 2010
I finally went to The Frick earlier this week and came away quite impressed. The estate itself is remarkable, and the collection likewise. The Old Masters are well represented, with a standout Rembrandt self-portrait, and several exquisite Vermeer’s. My favorite, though, and quite unexpectedly, was “Vetheuil in Winter” by Monet.
Yes, Claude Monet.
The Frick Collection
1 E. 70th St.
btwn 5th and Madison
NYC
Rudolf Stingel’s show at the Whitney overshadows ‘The Summer of Love’ and should be seen. Stingel, who was included in the 2006 Biennial, challenges painting by using a variety of material, including styrofoam, carpet, and aluminum. Not only can one see the exhibit, but viewer participation is encouraged with the tinfoil installation.
Rudolf Stingel
Whitney Museum of American Art
75th and Madison
June 28 – Oct. 14
I just finished reading the very well written and interesting biography on Willem de Kooning, “An American Master”, by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, so everything I’ve been looking at lately is coming up de Kooning. None the least of which was his 1950 masterpiece ‘Excavation’ at The Art Institute of Chicago. I went, I saw, I lingered.
check out some work by my boy from minnesota, dan mcclelland. he’s a great one.
if you haven’t listened to this album in awhile, do so now.
TEAM Gallery
83 Grand St.
Gladstone Gallery
515 W. 24th St.
Through August 17.
If you’ve yet to see the recently opened Greek and Roman Galleries at the Met you really should go. It is spectacular.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave. (at 82nd St.)
NYC