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February 1, 2012

Mike Kelley Gone

from Gallerist NY
Pioneering Artist Mike Kelley Has Died at 58
By Dan Duray, Andrew Russeth and Michael H. Miller
Mike Kelley, one of the most critically acclaimed artists of his generation, has died at the age of 58. According to several sources close to the artist that The Observerhas spoken with the cause of death was suicide.
The artist had recently been selected [...]
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Published on February 01, 2012 12:20

January 27, 2012

Juan Luis Pedro Philippo DeHuevos Epstein Gone

from Associated Press via Pioneer Press
Robert Hegyes, who played Epstein on 'Welcome Back Kotter,' dies
Associated Press
METUCHEN, N.J. - Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" has died. He was 60.
The Flynn & Son Funeral Home in Fords, N.J., said it [...]
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Published on January 27, 2012 10:22

January 25, 2012

A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR by Leo Fitzpatrick

from EXHIBITION a

 A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR 
BY LEO FITZPATRICK
Currently featured in a two-person show at Max Fish, Leo Fitzpatrick is perhaps best known in the art world for his title page poetry series. As an actor, Leo is familiar to the public at large for films like Larry Clark's KIDS and notable turns in HBO's The Wire, Sons [...]
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Published on January 25, 2012 10:31

January 24, 2012

2012 Virgin Banksy

from MediaBistro's UNBEIGE
First Banksy of 2012 Spotted in What Might be the Artist's Most Prolific Year
By Steve Delahoyde on January 24, 2012 10:54 AM

You may have considered either 2010 or 2011 to have been the year(s) that popular street artist Banksy possibly hit his career high, becoming a near-household name with his documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop and [...]
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Published on January 24, 2012 08:11

January 22, 2012

Eight year-old Hardcore

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Published on January 22, 2012 16:09

Matt Strauss' White Flag Projects Hits NYC

from St. Louis Today
St. Louis gallerist curates his first show at a significant New York gallery
MATT AT BAT: Local art gallery operator and curator, Matt Strauss, who has become bi-coastal in the past couple years, had his first curated show at a NYC gallery open on Friday.
Although it was a frigid night, there were some ex-pat [...]
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Published on January 22, 2012 11:16

January 17, 2012

Marlborough's All-Star Group Show

from ARTINFO
See Cindy Sherman and Others Celebrate the Art of Fiction in Marlborough's All-Star Group Show

WHAT: "Blind Cut," curated by Jonah Freeman and Vera Neykov
WHEN: Opening Jan. 19 - Feb. 18, Tuesday-Saturday 10am – 5:30pm
WHERE: Marlborough Gallery Chelsea, 545 West 25th St., New York
WHY THIS SHOW MATTERS: As news of art forgeries is scattered across the web and legal questions [...]
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Published on January 17, 2012 11:07

January 15, 2012

The Second Coolest Shower Curtain Ever

from The LA Times
The Dave Eggers shower curtain

The Thing, the quarterly that issues objects that are art-ish or connected to literature, will publish a short story shower curtain by Dave Eggers later this month. It is The Thing Issue 16. Previous issues of The Thing include a cutting board seared with a short story by Starlee Kine, [...]
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Published on January 15, 2012 11:45

January 10, 2012

A Clockwork Box-Office

from Moviefone
How Stanley Kubrick Invented the Modern Box-Office Report (By Accident)
by Mike Kaplan

Stanley Kubrick believed that "filmmaking is an exercise in problem solving." He meant that to include the distribution and marketing of his films as well as their production, and he devoted more time and effort to managing the release of his films than [...]
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Published on January 10, 2012 16:10

Finch on McWhinnie

from artnet
John McWhinnie
BOOKWORLD
by Charlie Finch









John McWhinnie sifting through Richard Merkin's archives in 2010, photo by Duncan Hannah






The loss of book dealer, promoter, collector and champion John McWhinnie in a water accident last weekend at a young age is a devastating one to those who love books, especially old books, which, these days, is just about [...]
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Published on January 10, 2012 08:46

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