Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART

ARTWALK NY 2015

Artwalk NY 2015 Honorees Alec & Hilaria Baldwin, Richard Gere, Patricia Conin and Deborah Kass ART ARTWALK  NY 2015 Every year The Coalition for The Homeless, in New York City, sponsors an art event to raise money for their cause. Many great artists over the past two decades have donated fabulous art and their time. Recently the NYC Coalition […]

MARTIN SCHOELLER: PORTRAITS at HASTED KRAEUTLER Gallery, NYC + FOOD: American Gingerbread

  ART MARTIN SCHOELLER: PORTRAITS HASTED KRAEUTLER Gallery, NYC   Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, in NYC, had a major retrospective of Martin Schoeller’s photographs earlier this year, organized to coincide with the release of Portraits (teNeues, 2014), a monograph spanning 15 years of the artist’s work. The book features a written introduction by Jeff Koons, and is a true […]

Frieze New York 2015, Issue #5, “Ambient Photos”

ART Ambient Photos of Frieze NY 2015 The textures The beat The mood The atmosphere The artworks Issue #5 Frieze NY, 2015 In this post let’s take a stroll through the Frieze tent, enjoying the views and feeling the vibe, with no “brand names” to get in the way of our opinions. (Of the five issues […]

Frieze Art Fair NYC 2015 Issue #4 + FOOD: Green Juice Drinks

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Jac Leirner, “Teretete”, 2014, Plastic rulers, White Cube Gallery ART Frieze Art Fair  NYC 2015  Issue #4   More artworks from Frieze NYC, 2015. Antony Gormley, “STRESS”, 2014, cast iron, 76″ x 22 5/8″ x 15 3/8″, White Cube Gallery DAVID HAMMONS, “The New Black” 2014, painted wood, White Cube Gallery Haim Steinbach, “Bear with […]

Frieze Art Fair NYC 2015, Issue #3 + FOOD: Magical Leek Soup For Weight Loss

Natalia LL, from the series “Consumer Art”, 1974, original color prints, Spotlight Gallery, Warsaw, Poland ART Frieze Art Fair  NYC 2015 Issue #3 Artworks exhibited at Frieze Art Fair, New York City Kim Jones, “Hanging Rat”, 2015, rubber rat, wood, cord, acrylic and ink, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp   Pietro roccasalva, “Fanfaro” 2014, painted wood, […]

Frieze Art Fair 2015, Issue #2 + FOOD Tomato and Endive Salad

ART Frieze Art Fair  NYC 2015 Issue #2 Artworks exhibited at Frieze Art Fair, New York City, this year. Anish Kapoor, “Untitled” 2014, figreglass and paint, 35.4″ x 35.4″ x 17.7″, Lisson Gallery Anish Kapoor,  detail, “Untitled” 2014, figreglass and paint, 35.4″ x 35.4″ x 17.7″, Lisson Gallery   Carmen Herrera, “Equilibrio”, 2012, Acrylic on […]

Frieze Art Fair 2015, Calvin Marcus @ CLEARING gallery + FOOD Sea Scallops Ceviche

At Frieze Art Fair NYC, 2015 Self-portrait drawings by artist Calvin Marcus at C L E A R I N G gallery @ FRIEZE PROJECTS. Individually framed works on paper. Photo: Courtesy of CLEARING Self-Portrait drawings by artist Calvin Marcus at C L E A R I N G gallery @ FRIEZE PROJECTS. Photo: Courtesy of CLEARING […]

Street Art & “Green Villain” Graffiti Project Jersey City + Food: Sole a la Meuniere

ART: Street Art at THE Green Villain  Graffiti Project  Jersey City, NJ + REAL STREET ART   a photo-essay   It seems “Street Art” is the new graduate school for young artists. This issue of ARTSnFOOD takes a look at two approaches. The first approach looks at a project by the production company, “Green Villain”. They invited all the […]

George Washington’s Life Mask (cast) at the Morgan Library NYC + FOOD: Creamy Seafood Salad

Engraved portrait of the first U.S. President,George Washington. ART: George Washington’s Life-Mask (cast) at the Morgan Library NYC In portraiture a likeness is always the big question mark. Generally people don’t even like photographs of themselves, much less artistic interpretation, filtered through the eyes and hands of a human. Most people visiting The Morgan Library […]

Gargoyles of Notre Dame + FOOD: Potato Soup

A Parisian Post Card showing: a Gargoyle atop Notre Dame; and the Eiffel Tower. ART Gargoyles of Notre Dame   There are few sculptures in western art history that are as intriguing as the Gargoyles that peer out from Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, located on an island in the middle of the River Seine. The purpose of Gargoyles […]