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Demain est un Autre Jour – par Mathieu Lehanneur

mathieu lehanneur‘s tomorrow is another day (demain est un autre jour), is a sculpture created by gathering real time weather information from the internet, and summarizing it visually. originally intended for a hospital palliative care, the device eludes the course of time by offering everyone the opportunity to see tomorrow’s sky. the luminous, atmospheric and impressionist image of this sky is diffused through the network of a honeycomb structure, appearing both like a sculpture and a celestial globe. mathieu is an artist and designer, and you can see more if his work here.  by kl

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marianne boesky gallery in the armory show

this is a piece by anthony pearson, who is represented in the 2012 armory show by marianne boesky gallery, along with artists diana al-hadid, andisheh avini, pier paolo calzolari, jesse chapman, rachel feinstein, barnaby furnas, adam helms, donald moffett, william j. o’brien. check them out at booth 500 in pier 94. allez-y! by ak

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art is in the air

along with a 68 degree debut to spring, the 2012 armory show is starting today and all the artsy ones are meeting up in piers 92& 94 through this sunday. although i am impatiently waiting for the frieze art fair (only because it’s outdoors in the sweet may sun) i am looking forward to see what the 14th edition of armory show has to offer, as it’s a great event to find out about new artists, and see new works by the ones we already know and love. 133 international exhibitors are featured in the fair, including names like ai weiwei represented by gallery hyundai. the photo is from 2011 armory show, a work by daniel arsham. by ak

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tabula rosa at the moderna museet


i felt as if i should adhere to the current mentioning of sweden here at ts.  i recently read an article featuring a short q&a with daniel birnbaum, the moderna museet of stockholm’s newest curator (c. 2010).  daniel is a visionary of extraordinary lengths, who not only has vast experience in the art world, but spent most of his childhood in stockholm.  he wants to create a “tabula rasa” or clean slate for the museum, being able to envision “an experimental playground for contemporary artists”  this incorporates trying to transition the museum from a eurocentric institution, to a modular, globalized unit (where have I heard that before) …according to birnbaum, the secret of the art world is that, “nothing is hidden.”  perhaps this is an entity he will share with us in exhibitions to come. by sv

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artist mike kelley dead at age 57

i remember mike from his quote, “if a bear shits in the forest will anyone hear it?” …or something to that extent. he taught at my school, i remember him with his long hair and guitar. i was never a huge fan of his knitted stuffed dolls or object works, but i loved his sense of humor. it’s sad to hear he’s no longer with us, and that he took his own life. lee ranaldo and the sonic youth crew will surely miss him too. here’s what our friend lee had to say about him on his blog. RIP. by uh

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wim wenders – pina

so after waiting for almost a year, pina, wim wenders homage movie to pina bausch is on screen in nyc at ifc… and that was worth the wait. i remember this interview of him saying that seeing a pina bausch show was a life changing experience and after viewing the movie i’m sure it’s not quite far from it. on top of that, i was a bit skeptical about the 3d thing but i have to say that it really topped the cake. a must see. check the trailer here. by pp.

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