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Ran up to Santa Ana last night w/Ed Giardina to catch the Oral Fixation show. It was great to see that DIY attitude again back in SA. Now that the Lofts are in the 800K range and all the rents have skyrocketed most galleries and artists have left for greener pastures. It was also interesting to take Ed out there. He was one of the early pioneers of the artists village with Edward Giardina Contemporary Art and the original Raid Projects. Their first location was...

04 December, 2005 /

Last night I got an unexpected invite to go with the FS crew on a road trip up to LA to catch a couple of shows. It was rainy and everybody was in Miami so there wasn't much to do but we managed before we headed back to HB and Brian wiped me and my regular crew out in our weekly poker tourney. Some foto's follow: The FS Crew, Ed & Brian. Holly Topping @ Angles If you're in Venice you are bound to run...

03 December, 2005 /

This one includes Scope & Aqua. Nice Job Artinfo. Update: MAO does Scope and Aqua Update #2: More sales scoop Update #3: Artnet's turn ...

02 December, 2005 /

So, now I know why everyone wants to be an artist! For those of you that say there is so much bad art out there. Now you know why. ...

01 December, 2005 /

Artinfo launched a blog. and it looks like they're going to actually talk about art and sales (be careful that could get you into trouble, I know). Most informative one going so far. La Dauphine is talking art too. ...

01 December, 2005 /

First Saturday is approaching so that means Santa Ana is going to be the hot spot this weekend. All the regular stuff will be going on, so no changes there, but I did want to point out one particular show you should not miss. Jacqueline Bunge who is the exceptional Curatorial Assistant at LAM and some of her associates are throwing a one night art event that I'm sure is going to be the place to be Saturday night. What: Oral Fixation A Group Exhibition Where: 202...

30 November, 2005 /

It seems some good things are happening to good people. Next up is Natasha Caruana who you may remember from this kinda recent post. Natasha shot me an email this morning to inform me her recent book project Lying Still: Portraits of the Other Woman has been added to the British Library collection, The Woman's Library collection and the Centre Pompidou collection in Paris. Wow! So here's the exciting part. This project will be making it's US debut here at the Office next spring. So any of...

30 November, 2005 /

The scoop from the NY Times. Here's the list. Looks they're going international. Need some time to see how many Californian's made it. Should probably just check with Blum & Poe. I'm sure there will be lots of discussion on this after Miami. Except those excited galleries that got someone in. I'm sure they'll be shouting it to the passing crowds. Interesting timing. ...

30 November, 2005 /

Congrats to Zoe Strauss for her inclusion in the 2006 Whitney Biennial! You may remember me bringing her up Here. Go check out her blog. She tells the story of how she found out. Very cool. ...

29 November, 2005 /

Interesting counterpoint from Todd at FTF. Personally, I like the idea of people...

29 November, 2005 /

Art Fag City posted a great review of the Brian Jungen show at the New Museum I discussed in the earlier post. Pictures included. ...

29 November, 2005 /

Lost in all the ABMB din of the last couple of days was this little tidbit. It's nice to see the LA glitterati & Gov. Officials pull a no-show. Good luck with those LA vs NYC comparisons now...

29 November, 2005 /

A couple of other stops we made in NY I forgot to mention that will probably end up on the year end top ten list were the Egon Schiele show at the Neue Galerie and the Van Gogh Drawing show at the Met. Although both shows were really crowded both shows were really good. Just bring your patience. And the hot new find courtesy of my friend Mark Dutcher was his recommendation to have lunch at Cafe Sabarsky in the Neue Gallerie. It really did feel...

29 November, 2005 /

This Thursday you may want to head over to the Beall to enjoy all the art+technology+music you can handle. This Thursday from 6-9pm you'll be able to enjoy the FIVE(5) show while DJ J Dub spins live. All of this for no charge. Hope to see you there. ...

29 November, 2005 /