Archive for June, 2009
by Emily Waldorf There is much urban lore about the ambitious and creative women who choose to work in the art world. Charlotte York of Sex and the City fame first incarnated the archetype and it was further developed by Danielle Ganek’s loveable gallerina protagonist in her novel Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him. What happens […]
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Tags: art world, Charlotte York, Christie's, Danielle Ganek, Emily Evans Eerdmans, how to find an art job, hunting, job, Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him, Sotheby's
by Emily Waldorf Just two months after opening in New York’s Lower East Side, at 45 Orchard Street, Michali Fine Art, opened its doors last Friday, June 5th, for the opening of their inaugural summer show, The Meaning of Life, featuring work by New York based artists Hedi Ferjani and Scot Thompson. The artists’ respective works […]
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Tags: gallery openings, Hedi Ferjani, Lower East Side, Meaning of Life, Michali Fine Art Gallery, New York, party pics, Scot Thompson
For Art Lovers, Basel Doesn’t End at the Fair (NY Times) A More Serene Venice Biennale (NY Times) Den Mother to the Louche and Famous: Francis Bacon (NY Times) The Intersection of Islam, America, and Identity (NY Times) The Art World’s Olympics: Venice Biennale (WSJ) Exhibitions Axed as Recession Bites (Art Newspaper) Review: Pae White […]
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Tags: 1301 PE, America, Art Basel, Francis Bacon, Islam, Los Angeles, MET, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pae White, party pics, Venice Biennale
By Emily Waldorf On May 7th, I organized my latest cultural field trip to Culver City called “Women in Art,” with a focus on female-run art ventures. We started the field trip at uber talented floral designer Holly Vesecky’s fascinating studio, followed by a walkthrough with Mary Leigh Cherry of Cherry + Martin‘s inaugural group exhibition in […]
Filed under: art charity, artist studios, collecting, contemporary art, dealers, education, galleries, Los Angeles, non profit spaces | 5 Comments
Tags: art field trip, Beacon, Cherry + Martin, Chris Oliveira, cultural field trip, Culver City, Holly Flora, LAXART, Los Angeles, Taylor de Cordoba
Back to Nature in Pictures and Action: Sebastiao Salgado (NY Times) Bringing the Streets Inside: Le Street Art (NY Times) Framing the Message of a Generation (NY Times) MOMA: Party in the Garden (NY Times) Anish Kapoor to Shoot Red Pellets at Royal Academy from Cannon (Bloomberg) Tracey Emin London Show Explores Solitary Pursuit of […]
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Tags: Anish Kapoor, graffiti art, le street art, Lisa Jack, M + B, MOMA Party in the Garden, Obama, Occidental, photography, Sebastiao Salgado, Tracey Emin, Venice Biennale