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AIPAD The Association of International Photography Art Dealers’ Annual New York Show was this past weekend. The 7th Regiment Armory at Park Ave & 67th Street, Site of the 2011 AIPAD PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW NOTE ON PHOTOS: To supplement the visuals, I have included some gallery links so you can view more of the photographs displayed […]

JapanNYC – JADA – Sebastian Izzard Asian Art 17 E. 76 St, NYC At this writing things are still going from bad to worse in Japan. A country whose contemporary culture has recently been a major influence on the rest of the world’s creative arts. So much so that Carnegie Hall and the City of New York decided […]

Asia Week New York (March 18-26) is a collaboration among 18 Asian cultural institutions and museums, 34 Asian art dealers and 5 auction houses. Incorporated into Asia Week, JapanNYC part II is a New York City wide festival hosted by Carnegie Hall and led by Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa which explores the culture of Japan […]

This wrap-up of Armory Arts Week is the only posting this week. The next posting of ARTSnFOOD will be late Saturday Evening for your Sunday Morning, March 13th enjoyment. Cannot wait? Check out some of these past issues: Feb 3, 2011 – Stieglitz, Steichen & Strand Met’s Fab Photos, Rubell’s Collection + Times Square Warm-Up  Jan. 16, 2011 […]

  ART: 90% of all major art collectors, major art galleries, art stars and the most interesting art appreciators in the world have arrived, simultaneously, in NYC to see and be seen for the next 4 days! If you have heard of NYC’s Fashion Week, well this is NYC’s Art Week. This year, March 3-6 is […]

Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday or the day before Ash Wednesday – is on March 8th this year, but the party in New Orleans has been going on for weeks.   More than thirty tribes of Mardi Gras Indians are festive highlights as they parade through their respective neighborhoods. They combine African dance with stylized and […]

ART – Now Showing: Jennifer Rubell and HRH at Stehpen Friedman, London!   Kelly Crow reports that during artist Jennifer Rubell’s opening at London’s Stephen Friedman Gallery, Bianca Jagger splashed a glassful of red wine across one of the artist’s $25,000 blank canvases with a protruding whisky spigot. Auctioneer Simon de Pury saw Ms. Jagger’s gesture […]

ART – Now Showing:   Tara Donovan – Drawing (Pins) detail below   Artist Tara Donovan makes large-scale sculptures and beautiful wall objects from drinking straws, buttons, pins, No. 2 pencils, etc. She allows the shape of the object to determine the form, transcending the commonplace usage of their intended purpose. Donovan, age 42, earned a $500,000 […]

A Mark Rothko Painting in Houston’s Rothko Chapel.   Art: Enjoying HOUSTON’S ROTHKO CHAPEL “The Rothko Chapel is a place apart. It calls for a different form of attention,  a more hypnotic gaze than we are accustomed to expect.” –David Anfam   If you are ever in Houston, Texas, you must search out and visit the […]