Glenn Ligon

Is New York Still a Home for Artists? Or My Home... So to Speak?

Kalup Linzy | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Justin Davidson, New York Art Scene, Tom Sachs, Glenn Ligon, Kalup Linzy, Public Theatre, Brooklyn Museum, Gabriel Kahane, Christies, Wangechi Mutu, Jerry Saltz, Thelma Golden, Amy Larocca, Emma Straub, Sanford Biggers, Glenn Lowry, Moma, Romare Bearden, Damian Woetzel, Jeremy McCarter, Amy Cappellazzo, Henry Louis Gates, Kurt Andersen, Studio Museum in Harlem, Young Jean Lee, Video, Arts News
Kalup Linzy

Unlike my early days in New York, I no longer roam the boroughs attending opening after opening, party after party, all night conversations in some random artist loft/apartment/space (the after after party). It sounds great because it was great. It was also more distracting than inspiring.

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Top 11 Auction Shockers Of 2011

Bruce Helander | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Raymond Pettibon, Cindy Sherman, Art Auction, Andreas Gursky, The Art Economist, Glenn Ligon, Barbara Kruger, Zhang Xiaogang, Arts News
Bruce Helander

The annual fall auctions have just taken place during the week of 11-11-11, and so we've picked the top 11 priciest bombshells from the final "hammer price" tabulations.

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Museums for Tolerance

Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Vija Clemmons, Glenn Ligon, David Hammons, Museums, Theaster Gates, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles, Whitney Museum, Arts News
Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson

The idea that art can broaden awareness of and exposure to "other" cultures is particularly well expressed in Los Angeles right now.

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PHOTOS: Exhibitions Celebrate Evolution Of African Art

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Glenn Ligon, Pst, Video, African American Art, Art in Africa, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Slidepollajax, African Art, Leonard Freed, Pacific Standard Time, Basquiat, Alma Thomas, Now Dig This!, 30 Americans, Mutual Art, Arts News

(Via MutualArt) Much like the leaves of autumn, the face of America is ever-changing. And this is also true for the art world, which reflects back ...

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Contemporary Design Takes Over New York For ICFF

Marina Cashdan | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Model Citizens NYC, Shayna Kulik, Icff, Tobias Wong, Fredrik Färg, Caroline McKeough, Stephen Burks, Roll & Hill, Museum of Arts and Design, C McKeough Unlimited, Artek, Amuneal, New York, Glenn Ligon, Design, Chris Ofili, Arts News
Marina Cashdan

This past weekend New York City celebrated everything that is contemporary design with one of the world's most well-regarded design fairs, the annual ...

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PLAN ForYourArt: February 24-March 2

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Ligon, Katharina Fritsch, Mathew Sumich, Pierre Huyghe, Wade Guyton, Wolfgang Tillmans, Jean Farrar, Modernism Weekend, Richard Phillips, Claire Rojas, Douglas Gordon, Nel Ivanich, Sergej Jensen, Ugo Rondinone, Anish Kapoor, Dan Graham, De LaB, Elizabeth Taylor, Lacma, Dominic Sidhu, Richard Prince, Black Swan, Rachel Kneebone, Nick Mauss, Leland Y. Lee, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Ace Hotel, Peggy Honeywell, Regen Projects, Christopher Wool, Walead Beshty, Karen Kilimnik, Banks Violette, Spaghetti Westerns, Matthew Barney, Beverly Hills, Culture, Psycho, Ed Ruscha, Thomas Cole, Los Angeles, Iran Firooz Zahedi, Darren Aronofsky, Palm Springs, Course of Empire, Arts, Prism, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Ed Ruscha's Psycho Spaghetti Westerns features wide horizontal paintings, in which landscape becomes a surreal mental construct.

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Art in Anticipation: 11 Reasons to Look Forward to 2011

Rebecca Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Palais, Glenn Ligon, Guggenheim, Moma, George Condo, Anish Kapoor, Susan Philipsz, Maurizio Cattelan, Monumenta, Pipilotti Rist, Pacific Standard Time, Tate Modern, Contemporary Art, New Museum, Gerhard Richter, Whitney Museum, Art Exhibitions, Art Exhibits, LA Culture, Arts News
Rebecca Taylor

Whether he's striking down the pope with a meteorite or restraining his dealer to a gallery wall with masking tape, Maurizio Cattelan does it with wit and panache. This promises to be an unprecedented and, likely, unorthodox installation.

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Obama's Modern Art (PHOTOS): White House's New Art On Display

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Glenn Ligon, Michelle Obama, National Gallery, Obama Art, Modern Art, Slidepoll, Jeri Redcorn, Richard Feigin, Rothko, Obamas Paintings, Ruscha, Barack Obama, Obamas Art, Modern Art White House, William Allman, White House History, Interior Decorating, Hirshorn Museum, Hirshorn Musuem and Sculpture Garden, Art Collection, Harry Copper, Jasper Johns, Abstract, Alma Thomas, Michael Smith, Patents, Alma Thomas Obama, Obama White House Art Collection, Style News

WASHINGTON (AP) You can't see it, but there's a quiet cultural revolution under way at the White House. The Obamas are decorating their private space...

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