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Valerie Hegarty Among the Sierras with Woodpecker 2005 [pretty large detail of both installation and admiring naturalist] Guild & Greyshkul showed this wonderful paper creation by Valerie Hegarty in their booth at NADA Miami early this month. Note that...

Big, wonderful surprise when I rounded a partition and found these two beautiful new images by Scott Treleaven inside John Connelly's booth at NADA! Treleaven will have a show in the gallery's new space on 27th Street in February....

not barefoot, but with cheek of tan to be sure Some gallerists have a more casual approach to the concept of office space than others. I found this very distracted Daniel inside his gallery's booth at NADA in Miami...

for your every convenience Whew! Really glad [the holiday] is over. Maybe now we can all go back to genuinely enjoying things more or less spontaneously. I've been saving up this picture taken in Miami Beach earlier this month...

"Quiet tsunami prayers mark Christmas in Thailand" read the headline on the lead story on YAHOO! NEWS when I first looked this afternoon. The story begins:KHAO LAK, Thailand (Reuters) - Simple Buddhist ceremonies marked Christmas Day in Thailand's tsunami zone...

Brian Ulrich Edinburgh, UK 2003 (Shoe) Lightjet C-print 30" x 40" Brian Ulrich Chicago, IL 2003 (Freezers) Lightjet C-print 30" x 40" Brian Ulrich Smithhaven, NY 2003 (Sugar Plum) Lightjet C-print 40" x 50" Brian Ulrich Chicago, IL 2002...

more and more just a punch line? I suppose that since I'm just a blogger I'm not expected to know much about a journalist's responsibilities, but I do think I can improve on what New York Times executive editor...

This morning Barry remembered we had once made a very short video of Sweetpea, and he's arranged a link to it here. Be warned, the file is pretty big. Early in his stay with us, several years ago now,...

warming up on the cold afternoon he flew through our opened window three years ago Barry and I said goodbye to Sweet Pea* this afternoon. I know it's silly, but I have to say it: He was part of...

large detail of a still from Elena Kovylina's Waltz, a 2001 performance in Berlin documented in a video shown at Schroeder Romero this fall Never thought I'd get to see this piece except in the form of the video...

recto New York Grimm|Rosenfeld showed a spectacular site-specific installation by Felix Schramm in their booth at NADA in Miami. These two images document what he had done with one wall of the three walls [the projecting materials in the...

I don't have any details, mostly because this is a view of an open portfolio of an artist whose work the people of Seattle's very interesting artists-run Platform Gallery had first come across just prior to the Miami fairs....

looking up It wasn't just about the art. Michael, our Florida sunshine We went to Miami Beach during the run of Art Basel Miami this year (and the five or so shows which were scheduled for the same days)...

Sir Harold Nobel laureate Harold Pinter addressed the Swedish Academy yesterday. He began with a beautiful description of his own creative process, but very soon stepped up to the broader political pulpit which the prize so generously provides its...

Between pre-Miami, during-Miami and after-Miami distractions and commitments, I've been unable to post anything for a week or so. My vacation ends tomorrow however. I'll try to make up for my neglect. [image from mikkibeymer]...