April Gornik

Trees, Art And Spirituality

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Jewish Contemporary Museum San Francisco, Gabriela Albergaria, Tal Shochat, Judaism, Rodney Graham, Yoko Ono, Green, Environmental Awareness, Roxy Paine, Religion, April Gornik, Zadok Ben David, Charles LaBelle, Joseph Beuys, Christianity, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Do Not Destroy, Jewish Contemporary Museum, Buddhism, Slidepollajax, Spirituality, Arts News

From the Biblical paradise of the garden of Eden to the contemporary retreat from urban chaos, trees have long provided shelter, shade and natural won...

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Guild Hall Celebrates Laurie Anderson, Bruce Weber, Jon Robin Baitz, and Dina Merrill

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Robert Mitchum, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Marshall Brickman, Bruce Weber, Ken Olin, Paul Davis, Eric Fishl, Jon Robin Baitz, Laurie Anderson, China Machado, Michael and Ninah Lynne, April Gornik, Dina Merrill, Ron Rifkin, Fern Mallis, Janet O?Brien, Lou Reed, Guild Hall Celebrates, Guild Hall, Culture News
Regina Weinreich

Given the decidedly downtown edge to the awardees, the speeches were rather formal. Lou Reed presented to Laurie Anderson for Performing Arts.

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Haiku Reviews: 'Hair', Cirque du Soleil and Some Electric Cellos

Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Mahler, Walt Disney Hall, Peter Frank, Andrea Zittel, Hair the Musical, Lisette Model, George Heymont, Classical Music, Eric Doeringer, Burgoyne Diller, Video, Art, Laurence Vittes, April Gornik, Abstract Art, Doug Ohlson, Melissa Meyer, Robert Therrien, Cirque Du Soleil, Clinton Hill, Handel Streams of Pleasure, Johannes Brahms, Theatre, David Mamet, Fay Ray, Haiku Reviews, Gustavo Dudamel, Arts News

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditio...

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Calling a Painting 'Done'

Daniel Grant | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Jackson Pollock, Emily Mason, April Gornik, Daniel Greene, Eric Fischl, Nancy Hagin, Business of Art, Dean Mitchell, Giacometti, Arts News
Daniel Grant

In response to the question "How do you know when you're finished?" Jackson Pollock once made the reply, "How do you know when you're finished making love?"

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Our Real Wealth

April Gornik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charity Auction, Art, Animal Welfare, April Gornik, Southhampton Animal Shelter, Danese Gallery, Charitybuzz, Southhampton Animal Shelter Foundation, Animal Shelter, Impact News
April Gornik

Animal shelters have been making the news lately. The foreclosure crisis has greatly increased their populations, and it's no different here on Long Island. Our local Southampton Animal Shelter was hit especially hard.

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OTHER AS ANIMAL: a meditation

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jean Pagliuso, Ganese Gallery, Henry Beston, Diane Andrew Hall, John Clare, Ted Hughes, Amy Ross, Catherine Howe, Other as Animal, Rainer Maria Rilke, Jane Rosen, Daisy Youngblood, Simen Johan, April Gornik, Carol Muske-Dukes, Ross Bleckner, Sally Gall, D.H. Lawrence, Eric Fischl, Healthy Living News
Carol Muske-Dukes

The catalogue for the haunting "Other as Animal" show at Danese Gallery in New York City (which runs from June 4 through August 6th ) -- offers a quot...

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Artists Benefit New York AIDS Orphans Oct. 15th

Chris Norwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aids-Orphans, Art Benefit, Children's Health, Conde Nast Building, Trees, April Gornik, Health People, Milton Glazer, Garry Trudeau, New York News
Chris Norwood

New York City has the most AIDS orphans of any city in the Western world -- but you'd hardly know. The city doesn't even count them, much less try to assist them.

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