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At a Biennial on a Budget, Tweaking and Provoking "In what felt like a pre-emptive effort at damage control, the Whitney Museum of American Art did everything to under-pitch its 2010 Biennial," writes Holland Cotter. "With 55 artists, we were advised, it would be half the size of the 2006 show. No frills. Tight belts. We're doing our best. Don't shoot. The show lives up — or down — to its billing." ........... by Holland Cotter Source http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/arts/design/26biennial.html?ref=arts

The Drawing Center invites kids ages 5–8 and their families to join us for a Family Art Workshop this Saturday from 10:30am–12pm. Organized in conjunction with the exhibition, Selections Spring 2010: Sea Marks, the workshop combines group discussion with hands-on experimental drawing activities. Families will engage in a fun exploration of the relationship between drawing and the various sensations and experiences associated with water. This workshop is free and open to the public - no experience necessary! RSVP Recommended: 212.219.2166 x205 or agood@drawingcenter.org. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Family Art Workshops are supported by a grant from the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation. 35 WOOSTER STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013 T 212 219 2166 | F 212 966 2976 | DRAWINGCENTER.ORG

source: http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/AriMarcopoulos Ari Marcopoulos Born: 1957 in Amsterdam, Netherlands Resides in: Sonoma, CA Known for: Rough, sometimes grainy black-and-white photos, with the occasional handsome color portrait as well. The ur downtown hipster photographer and a chronicler of the early hip-hop scene, Marcopoulos assisted Warhol in the 1980s and has appeared in most prominent fashion magazines. Last year he received a mid-career survey, "Within Arm's Reach," at the Berkeley Art Museum (curated by Stephanie Cannizzo). Education: Unknown Represented by: AFG Management http://www.exfed.blogspot.com/ Source: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/33984/whitney-biennial-2010-the-elders/

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The 22nd Annual Art Show During the first week of March 2010, the international art world will converge in New York City during the 22nd annual Art Show, organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) to benefit Henry Street Settlement. The 2010 edition of The Art Show continues ADAA's tradition of bringing the highest quality artworks to one monumental art exhibition space at the Park Avenue Armory. The 70 selected exhibitions, presented by the nation's leading art galleries, will feature museum-quality works ranging from 19th and 20th century Old Master works to recently completed contemporary painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and multi-media. The Art Show and its Gala Preview, on March 2, 2010, will benefit Henry Street Settlement and continue an art world institution. View full press release http://www.artdealers.org/artshow.html

"People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love." ~ Claude Monet

AT THE WHITNEY The Whitney Biennial is an affair of short-term memory and long-term amnesia. How many artists can you name who were in it, say, in 2006? With this year’s model slated to open in February, however, the museum will offer a refresher course in the form of “Collecting Biennials,” an exhibition of works by artists who have participated in the Whitney Museum’s periodic surveys of the art of the moment over the last eight decades. Judging by the preliminary list, the museum’s curators have done a pretty good job of picking winners. From Edward Hopper to Ed Ruscha, it is an all-star roster. It also has the potential to serve as a fascinating lesson in the evolution of 20th-century art and the vagaries of taste and fashion. A quick read of the list suggests this narrative: Early on there was the Magic Realism of Peter Blume. Then came the Abstract Expressionism of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, followed by the proto-Pop Art of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns and the...

http://dossierjournal.com/events/whitney-biennial-2010/trackback/ Seated in front of the gargantuan Julian Schnabel painting Hope from 1982 Francesco Bonami, co-curator of the 75th Whitney Biennial, says, “We wanted to mark a moment in time. We didn’t look for a theme. But we wanted less macho, less bombastic art. Less imperial art.” Then, pointing to the canvas behind him, says, “Not this.” After the laughter dies down he continues, “It says it is from an anonymous donor–I don’t know if he is ashamed he bought it or what, but it does mark a moment in time. When I came to New York it was ‘82 and this was it and we thought it was forever. Themes change, there are fluctuations.” Perhaps that is why the curators have chosen to display, as an adjunct to the main show of new work by 55 contemporary artists, pieces from the Whitney’s permanent collection that were featured in Biennials past. This Collecting Biennials works as a sort of reminder of the fickle trends in art–a considered backdr...