Brian Alfred is an artist based in Brooklyn. His work rooted in his time has a strong personal insight. Compelling.
Till feb 20 at Haunch of Venison Gallery.
1230 Avenue of the Americas
Between 48th and 49th Street
20th Floor
New York, NY 10020
T +1 212 259 0000
Brian Alfred, a so ny artist
February 6th, 2010 · No Comments
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The Faith of Graffiti
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments
Amongst the peculiarity of NYC, there is the birth of graffiti i.e the birth of a new culture in the 70’s. In 1974, the iconoclast Norman Mailer wrote an essay about this art pairing Jon Naar’s stunning photography. The Faith of Graffiti became a milestone. Yesterday, Jon Naar presented a slideshow of his pictures followed [...]
Jeffrey Deitch
January 16th, 2010 · No Comments
Jeffrey Deitch is a figure in the art world, an art dealer and a renowned independent Curator and. He has a Harvard MBA and was the vice president of the City Bank’s art department. NYC is its hometown celebritywise and now he runs three galleries : two in Soho and one in Long Island. His [...]
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Tim Burton at the Moma til April 26, 2010
November 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Fetching, enchanting, funny, clever, astute, smart, quick, witted, witty, great, I could go on and on and on. Every single piece – 700 !- of Tim Burton displayed at the MoMa is worth seeing it. The way the drawings, photos and puppets are set is beautiful.
Today was the preview with Mister Burton himself. The MoMa [...]
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Hasted Hunt Kraeutler
October 11th, 2009 · No Comments
This week, with Krauetler, their new partner, Hasted Hunt’s gallery opened a new space right on 24th between 10 and 11th whereas the one on 20th is situated on the 2d floor.
The gallery represents a bunch of really cool photographers as Mark Cohen, Aaron Siskind, Erwin Olaf and Joel Witkin. For their first show, they [...]
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Black Panthers at the New Museum
August 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Emory Douglas became the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party in 1967 and held the job since the early 80’s. He is the one who create the amazing print trade of this revolutionary movement. The New Museum presents more than 150 Black Panther’s covers, the Party’s weekly newspaper and posters. Nothing better for [...]
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NYC's photos
August 18th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s Long Island, not Manhattan which can be a problem, yet Julian Goldstein and Kat Kohl ’s work is worth checking out.
Goldstein’s scrutinizes the surroundings of his New York. Kat Kohl explores the shaping of light and shadow through the use of architectonic forms. RB©Julian Goldstein
The exhibition opens today and go through september 5th.
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July 1st, 2009 · No Comments
The Ugo Rondinone’s Hell, Yes! sign which has adorned the New Museum since it opened on the Bowery in 2007, was planned to loan for a two-year exhibition. The piece was recently purchased for the museum by a group of image-conscious trustees and therefore will remain up for at least another year, “as it has [...]
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AC : Anonymous Curators
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Curated by AC (Anonymous Curators)
“AC is a group of international museum curators who out of institutional boredom and personal initiative have decided to reach out to non-museum spaces in search of new audiences, challenging themes, and more dynamic exhibition platforms. In
Lip/Stick opened today. The show exhibits the work of women artists and is curated by AC [...]
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Martha Kirszenbaum
June 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments
1- qui a eu l idée de cette expo
This show was conceived in the framework of a festival on Muslim culture in New York City named “Muslim Voices”, organized by Brooklyn Academy of Music, Asia Society, the Metroploitan Museumand Center for Dialogues at NYU. The Austrian Cultural Forum, located on East 52nd Street was appointed [...]
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