On September 8th, 2012, THE MOMA-BOUND DOMESTIC INTEGRITY FIELD RUG…
…which has a 6′ hole in the middle to accommodate the beginning of the rug we made at Mildred’s Lane this summer, is now up to 12′ in…
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On August 13th, 2012, THE WRITINGS OF ROBERT SMITHSON…
…the beautifully designed book edited by Nancy Holt and published six years after his death in 1979 by New York University Press (kindly presented to me last night…
On August 3rd, 2012, NEWTON AND HELEN MAYER HARRISON…
…the trail-blazing artist couple now based in Santa Cruz whose work I have been aware of since college days – their early work taking the form of radical …
On July 30th, 2012, PEARL HSIUNG’S RAINBOW…
…at the Hammer Museum’s biennial show Made in L.A. is a dramatic L.A. spirited standout that responds nicely to the strange rainbow shaped window she found on the…
On July 29th, 2012, JOHN BALDESSARI AND HANS ULRICH OBRIST…
…packed the LACMA Art Catalogues space and lobby with crowds to hear an engaging interview event marking his new artist book.
On July 15th, 2012, THE VENICE BEACH BIENNIAL…
…not to be confused with that other thing going on over there in Italy – casually and graciously infiltrates, while paying homage to, the existing landscape of art,…
On July 23rd, MILDRED’S LANE SOCIAL SATURDAY…
…is a lovely open-door semi-weekly summer tradition here, starting with an elaborate ‘hooshed‘ meal al fresco somewhere on the grounds followed by a fire and then gathering to…
On June 21st, A MILDRED’S LANE VISIT…
…for a few days began this afternoon pulling into the bucolic scene in rural Pennsylvania, just over the Delaware River and the New York state border, where J.…
On May 13th, 2012, BOOKS BY CARLOS MOTTA…
…Petite Mort: Recollections of a Queer Public (2011) and We Who Feel Differently (2012) – by artist-activist friend, and contemporary queer culture instigator, raconteur, organizer, and editor –…
On May 11th, 2012, CRESCENT CITY: A HYPEROPERA…
…opened tonight, featuring set installations by artist friends Alice Konitz and Katie Grinnan (presenting a bright shiny colorful dramatic ‘Junk Heap’). Crescent City is a hyperopera with music by…
On April 21st, 2012, “THE LAND GRANT: ART, AGRICULTURE, AND SUSTAINABILITY”…
…is the title of today’s event featuring farmers, market stands, local honey, fresh produce, and talks (including one by me and also by Bay Area artist friend Amy…
On April 19th, 2012, GREENSBORO’S ELSEWHERE…
…is a local arts space started over 10 years ago by George Scheer (in the buildings where his grandmother ran a thrift store for decades) which I had heard…
On February 29th, 2012, DAWN, WU, K8 AT THE 2012 WHITNEY BIENNIAL
…are some of the old friends whose work I am especially jazzed to see at the show this year – just opening tonight – like Dawn Kasper‘s studio…
On February 15th, 2012, ROTTERDAM PORT PONDS FOR TOADS…
…(endangered Natterjack Toads) were created by some sensitive folks from the Port of Rotterdam and the Bureau Stadsnatuur Rotterdam to provide a place for these little creatures to…
On February 13th, 2012, J MORGAN PUETT AT PRINCETON STUDENT COLONY…
…(who runs an amazing place called Mildred’s Lane where I spent a dreamy few days in the summer of 2010) joined us this afternoon in our cozy tent…
On February 12th, MY BARBARIAN’S BROKE PEOPLE’S BAROQUE PEOPLES’ THEATER
…kicked off last night at LA’s Human Resources in Chinatown (where, despite the crowd, I managed to get real Doris Day parking – right at the front door)…
On February 9th, 2012, DETROIT’S SIGNAL-RETURN PRESS…
…established in 2010 by recent Portland Maine transplant friends whom I first met at Mildred’s Lane just before their momentous move west – is one of the more…
On February 8th, 2012, DETROIT’S POWER HOUSE…
…established in 2006 by extreme urban-adventure-seeking visionary revolutionary activist artist and architect duo Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert, headquartered in a gradually evolving powerhouse laboratory with veggie garden beds…
On February 7th, 2012, DETROIT’S AFRICAN BEAD MUSEUM…
…was the first stop in the first hour of my first day in this really real, amazing/puzzling, invigorating/unnerving, fascinating/shocking, picturesque/grotesque town with a real ‘edge’ as they say,…
On January 29th, 2012, MY BARBARIAN AT THE BALL…
…(the Ball of Artists, that is) last night gave us a little preview of some upcoming new work for their big big show at Human Resources next month…