Art Basel Miami Beach, the most fabulous art fair in the world, marked its 10th anniversary over the past few days with one of its best presentations of modern and contemporary art ever. More than 260 international galleries packed the Miami Beach Convention Center with every size, shape, and form of art imaginable — from Mike Kelley’s assemblages of found plushy animals and Nick Cave’s surreal Soundsuits to eye-catching displays of Andy Warhol’s commercial work and a life-like sculpture of Prince William ready to fulfill your royal dreams. Flavorpill combed the aisles for days to offer you the best of this year’s fair. Read More »
On November 5, the fifth annual NY Art Book Fair opens at P.S.1 in New York. Presented by Printed Matter, the weekend-long fair brings together 200 international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists, and publishers, and offers special project rooms, exhibitions, screenings, book signings, and performances.
Of the many presses that will be involved in the fair, we’ve compiled a list of ten exciting publishers that you have most likely not heard of, but should know about. They produce art books, limited artist editions, zines, comics, posters, chapbooks, original web books, freely accessible online archives, and exhibitions. Some focus on emerging artists and street art, while others reprint the long-lost work of established artists. And if you have the opportunity to come to the fair, you can take in some of the special projects such as the Zine-Trade-Meet-Up or Goteblüd’s exhibition of more than six hundred Riot Grrrl zines, with a working photocopy station.
Since we like both women and artists, we decided to make a list that combines the two. The following are books on or by leading women artists that we think you should look into. The catch: if the following titles haven’t recently graced a bookshelf near you, they will in a matter of months. Remember: Andy Warhol once said, “The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting.” Artists include Dana Schutz, Barbara Kruger, Frida Kahlo, Marina Abramović, and more. Click past the jump to view all ten.
Following Tara Donovan’s untitled, honeycomb-inspired installation at midtown’s Lever House building, is a bold, black and white lobby display from Barbara Kruger, which was commissioned by real estate mogul Aby Rosen. The space has previously housed works by Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, and Keith Haring. Read More »
Despite the snarkification of our culture thanks to the likes of Gawker, Perez Hilton, and Simon Cowell, its hard to improve upon Barbara Kruger’s biting feminist witticism. So why try?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s first primarily multimedia historical survey, The Pictures Generation, takes its title from the moniker that sprung up for a group of artists working in New York during the late-’70s and early-’80s. This unofficial movement was encapsulated by the 1977 exhibition Pictures at alternative gallery Artists Space, which debuted work from the incubators of Buffalo’s Hallwalls and conceptual artist John Baldessari‘s classes at CalArts, outside of LA. Read More »
