Yayoi Kusama’s snake-like wrapper for a new Meatpacking District condo project tied up New Yorkers attention on Friday when it was first revealed—a collaboration between the Whitney and developers DDG Partners, the nifty netting has yet to be installed. But what is hidden behind one of the biggest pieces of public art to appear downtown in awhile? Some 37 luxury condo units, of course. Read More
Earlier this week, Hol Art Books, a publisher in Tuscon, Arizona, created what it called a “bootleg” version of Artforum‘s summer issue, with all of the articles and none of the advertisements. Two days later, it was hit with a cease-and-desist letter from Artforum‘s lawyers, who alleged copyright infringement: no more Read More
Drawings & Sculpture, a group exhibition currently at Lori Bookstein Fine Art, is so modest in tone and even in tempo that it takes a few minutes before one notices how good the work on display is. There’s no theme to the show, unless one is so backward as to consider quality theme enough. Ms. Read More
