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Sophie Calle, The Room, 2011. Lowell Hotel, October 2011. Photograph © Robin Siegel.

Room Service: Sophie Calle at the Lowell Hotel


A photo essay reports on the French artist’s recent New York installation


BMW Guggenheim Lab, New York, August 3 to October 16, 2011. Photo: Paul Warchol

Urbanology: The BMW Guggenheim Lab


The mobile laboratory is on world tour, on view in New York through October 16


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Culture Clash: Rave at Brooklyn Museum Versus Twilight Dance at the Botanical Gardens


First Saturday at Museum trumps first ever dance performance at Gardens


Members of a canari torso perform Paradis by Yanira Castro at Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Photo by Kevin Kwan

A New Species at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden: Live Performance at Twilight


Yanira Castro and a canari torsi presented Paradis this weekend


Assistant at Deborah Bell Gallery. Photo by Robin Siegel

When in Rome: A photographer does the photography show


Visitors, gallerists and booths at the AIPAD Photography Show New York 2011

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Armory and Leggery: Glamor and Style at the 2011 Fairs


Paparazzi take note: artcritical is looking for its own Bill Cunningham.


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The Armory Show 2010: A photo journal


AGAINST THE WIND CHAMPAGNE ON ICE A remarkable swell took place after the doors opened, and not just fare-goers making for the various courtesy bars. The powerful and glamorous A-list crowd amassed quickly, imbibed, and prepared to consume art. The mood was generally upbeat and optimistic, if not exactly replicating the feeding frenzy of the…


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MoMA’s After-Party for The Armory Show: A photo journal


IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR A young, buoyant crowd, enlivened by the day’s nonstop art crush, landed on West 53rd Street to let loose at The Armory after-party to benefit The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. A VIEW FROM A BRIDGE BACKED BY MOMA DONORS PERFECT CRANIUM THREE MUSES MUSTACHIOED CONNECTION…


Mother-and-son team Joan Washburn and Brian Washburn place themselves in painting’s expansive field.

The Armory Show Modern (Pier 92): A photo journal


“The second year looks good,” commented Washburn, the type of dealer who makes returning to The Armory Fair Modern a pleasure.


The Art Show 2010: A photo journal


FORTIFIED ART VAULT Timed to open the same week as The Armory Show on the piers, the ADAA’s long-running fair is Blue Chip city, with high-end historical and contemporary offerings. The name confusion between the two fairs is an ongoing source of befuddlement to the general public—and probably part of some larger, intentional strategy. ROLLING…