Remember Gatsby fever? Like, two weeks ago when everyone was all drinking Champagne and wearing seersucker at parties? Oh, those heady days of early spring!
It’s sort of tapered off a bit. That movie blew! However, should you find yourself in need of another Gatsby fix (or, you know, if you’re just a normal person Read More
MoMA PS1 in Queens has announced its schedule of summer Warm-Up parties, which kicks off June 29 with a performance by Detroit techno pioneer Juan Atkins. Read More
“I’ll admit, when I first saw ‘party in the garden,’ I hoped it had something to do with the Knicks,” Mr. Bloomberg said. “But this is the party in the garden [at MoMA].” [WSJ]
“After a two-year battle, a Brooklyn carpenter has beaten a $2,000 ticket for picking up a discarded TV antenna for Read More
Swann Galleries has withdrawn six lots of material from Ronald Reagan’s presidency from its May 23 autographs auction in compliance with the Presidential Records Act, which mandates the preservation of all presidential records that are generated in the course of doing governmental business composed after Jan. 20, 1981. The redacted material comes from the files of Anne Higgins, Reagan’s Special Assistant and Director of Correspondence, and was consigned to Swann by a relative of Ms. Higgins. The auction house made the decision after receiving a notice from the National Archives and Records Administration. Read More
At 8 a.m. two Sundays ago, Hans-Ulrich Obrist was at his midtown hotel, pouring packs of orange powder into a glass of water. He was casually immaculate in a checkered blue suit with a pressed white shirt. Mr. Obrist, co-director of London’s Serpentine Gallery, was in New York for the Frieze Art Fair; the release of his book Do It: A Compendium, published by Independent Curators International; the opening of Expo 1, the ecologically-themed exhibition he helped organize at the Museum of Modern Art and its sister museum MoMA PS1; and a few dozen gallery shows, studio visits, meetings and parties.
“I stopped coffee,” Mr. Obrist said. He was speaking with the speed of an over-caffeinated teenager, his arms jittery and cutting the air for emphasis. He sleeps four or five hours a night. He wanted to meet at 7 a.m. I told him I didn’t think that was possible. Even this early, I was guzzling a succession of cups of black coffee to jolt myself into something resembling consciousness. Mr. Obrist gets by on “the excitement and the curiosity. And I drink a lot of green tea, a lot of things for the immune system–vitamins and stuff. Because I travel a lot and I always get these colds.”
“No coffee,” he added, as if he might really miss it. Read More
Paddle8, the online auctioneer founded in 2011 by Alexander Gilkes and Aditya Julka, has tapped Sarah Goulet to be their in-house head of worldwide communications. Ms. Goulet joins Paddle8 after three years working with the PR department of Pace Gallery, which runs four galleries in New York, as well as spaces in London and Beijing. Monday was Ms. Goulet’s first day at the new gig.
MONDAY, MAY 20
Benefit: Fire Island Pines Performance Series Benefit Party
A benefit that includes performances by Tyler Ashley, Megha Barnabas and Ryan McNamara, plus music by Thinner, Lauren Dillard and JD Samson. Hosted by John Early and Ladyfag. —Michael H. Miller
209 Elizabeth Street, New York, VIP 6-8 p.m., after party at 8 p.m. Tickets $25 to $100, available at iheartfireisland.org
Inaugural Hyperallergic ArtTalk: Klaus Biesenbach
Want to hear Klaus talk about “Expo 1?” Want to drink some Pernod? Want to high five Hrag Vartanian? Sure you do! —Dan Duray
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The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum in Baltimore will reopen in October. The museum closed in September 2012 due to lack of funding. The new museum will focus on the story of Poe in Baltimore, as well as on the house itself. Read More
A look inside the Nahmad family. [NYT]
A little late to this, but worth a listen: fashion-trend forecasters say that Dubai and Frank Stella are hot. [NPR Planet Money]
Here are some obscure Dalí watercolors of rather erotic fruits. [The Guardian]
Thomas M. Messer, a pioneering director of the Guggenheim, Read More
The sculptor Mark di Suvero was awarded a gold medal by the American Academy of Art and Letters at a ceremony at the academy’s headquarters last night. Read More
