I spent the weekend in Brussels visiting Art Brussels and the Wiels Museum.   I don't have a lot of experience with big contemporary art fairs so this was somewhat unchartered territory for me.  Jason Graham, an artist and good friend from Sarah Lawrence, was working the fair with Fifty One Fine Art, and happily invited me to come check it o [...]

From the release: Student Art Exhibition May 4 - 18 Reception & Art Sale Art Gallery D101 & Courtyard Tuesday, May 4 4pm - 7pm San Diego Mesa College 7250 Mesa College Drive San Diego, CA 92111-4998 The San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery invites you to a reception and art sale to inaugurate the Spring 2010 Student Show, Pou [...]

Looks like Flateurville, the fictional city / arts salon run in part by French painter Laurent Godard, is hosting the official Paris Burning Man team before they get their send off.  I imagine you'll be able to get crazy and apply for citizenship all at the same time. From the release: BURNING CAFE Jeudi 29 Avril 18h30 - Mi [...]

Will Cotton, Consuming Folly, 2009-2010, Oil on canvas, 183 x 244 cm, 72 x 96 in. Galerie Daniel Templon in le Marais is opening its newest exhibition of what looks to be two radically different artists.  Above is a piece by New York artist Will Cotton.  This from their release: Le peintre New Yorkais Will Cotton revient à la Galerie Templ [...]

Michael Schmitt is at it again with the another one of San Diego's best poetry events.  He makes reading slots open to the first handful of people that contact him before the featured reader, and as I understand there are still a few places left. From their release: Ducky Waddle's Poetry Ruckus Wednesday, April 21st Doors at 7P.M. [...]

FEDERICO GUZMÁN, "Hombre = árbol" ("Homme = arbre"), 2009 Le CENTQUATRE, billed simply as an "Artistic Establishment of the City of Paris", is a large warehouse-turned-arts-space in the 19th arrondissement.  I can't help but reproduce the history of the building as found on the 104.fr website: After the Diocese constructed the building in 1873 [...]

David Ruddell, Blackboard with Green, Shellac Boat, 2010, 70 x 61 ½ x 8 inches One of our favorite galleries on the West Coast opening their new show next week.  Ruth Braunstein is an inspiration.  If you're around be sure to stop by. From their website: David Ruddell | New Work April 22 – May 22, 2010 Reception: Saturday, April 2 [...]

Since, after an annoying visit to the SFR store near Les Halles, I found myself in the area, I decided to treat myself to the Lucian Freud exhibit at the Centre Pompidou (9 euros tarif reduit quand-meme!).  Luckily, it was well worth it.  I squeeze off three shots before being informed that photography is interdit in the special exhibitions, so [...]

Benjamin Hélion at Galerie d'Est et d'Ouest Opening: April 15th 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 1 rue Francis de Pressensé 75014 Paris, France From the website: Dans cette nouvelle série qui fait suite à "Photographismes" et "Genesop", Benjamin Hélion termine son cycle esthétique sur le corps. Dans "Genesop", les couleurs étaient ardente [...]

Have you ever found yourself in a situation so surreal that your imagination was rendered unnecessary or useless?  It's a novel experience that gives way to a sort of floating sensation.  You absorb whats happening as you would a dream.  I've had but a few such experiences over the last  years, and none so sustained as my recent visit to Colo [...]