An Indefinite Conception

Libertine Spring 2012 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-10-15T17:34:00.000-04:00

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Sat., Sept. 10, 2012, Exit Art, NYC

Amanda Pleet Spring 2012 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-10-15T15:06:00.000-04:00

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Sat. Sept. 10, 2011

Custo Barcelona Spring 2012 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-10-09T19:17:00.000-04:00

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Sun., Sept. 11, 2012, NYC

J Cioli Spring 2012 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-10-09T10:54:00.000-04:00

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Mon., Sept. 12, 2012, NYC

Mara Hoffman Spring 2012 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-10-09T10:07:00.000-04:00

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Mon., Sept. 12, 2012, NYC

Concept Korea Spring/Summer 2012 collections - NY Fashion Week

2011-10-06T12:51:00.000-04:00

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Sat., Sept. 10, 2011
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

Gusheim Spring 2012 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-27T11:37:00.000-04:00

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Sun., Sept. 11, 2012, NYC

Farah Angsana Spring 2012 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-27T11:04:00.002-04:00

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Sat., Sept. 10, 2012, NYC

Samantha Black Spring 2012 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-25T21:43:00.000-04:00

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Mon., Sept. 12, 2012, NYC
Metropolitan Pavillion

Bebe Spring 2012 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-25T15:51:00.002-04:00

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Mon., Sept. 12, 2012, NYC
Metropolitan Pavillion

Sachika Spring 2012 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-24T20:16:00.000-04:00

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Tues., Sept. 13, 2012, NYC
"Dance With The Ocean"
presented by Stoli at Style360

Bibhu Mohapatra: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-20T21:23:00.000-04:00

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Tues., Sept. 13, 2012, NYC

Irina Shabayeva: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-17T19:34:00.000-04:00

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Audi Center, Manhattan
Wed., Sept. 14, 2012, NYC

Made In Africa (by Arise magazine): NY Fashion Week

2011-09-17T15:50:00.002-04:00

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Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Thurs., Sept. 15, 2012, NYC

Harlem's Fashion Way: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-17T12:23:00.000-04:00

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Frederick P. Rose Hall, Lincoln Center
Fri., Sept. 16, 2012, NYC

Juan Carlos Obando: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-16T22:26:00.000-04:00

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Wed., Sept. 14, 2012, NYC

Focus Tawain: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-16T16:30:00.000-04:00

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Chelsea Market
Wed., Sept. 14, 2012, NYC

Anna Sui S/12 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-16T15:45:00.002-04:00

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Wed., Sept. 14, 2012, NYC

Eva Minge S/12 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-16T13:29:00.000-04:00

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presented at Good Units in the Hudson Hotel
after-party at the Library Bar
Sunday, Sept. 10, 2012, NYC

Zang Toi S/12 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-13T23:55:00.000-04:00

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Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2012, Lincoln Center, NYC

Abbey Dawn by Avril Lavigne S/12 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-13T21:23:00.002-04:00

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Monday, Sept. 12, 2012
Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC

Academy of Art University S/12 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-13T00:07:00.000-04:00

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Boy Meets Girl® by Stacy Igel Sports & Style Party @ AVENUE nightclub

2011-09-12T08:58:00.000-04:00

hosted by Dwight Howard and Victoria Azarenka with fashion presentation Presented by Collective Bias. Party of STYLE360’s semi-annual New York Fashion Week Showcase. Sept 11, 2011

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Rebecca Taylor S/12 Collection: NY Fashion Week

2011-09-11T16:00:00.000-04:00

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Fall Fashion Week NYC - Sept. 6-15, 2011

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One Management Party at the Hiro Ballroom

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Paradise Bikini 2011 fashion show

2011-07-01T15:56:00.001-04:00

Paradise Bikini 2011 fashion show, a set on Flickr.

@ the Marquee Club NYC
6-3-11
designs by Valerie Blanchard

Summer 2011 art events

2011-06-25T16:28:00.002-04:00

Summer 2011 art events, a set on Flickr.

PLITZs swimwear Passion for Fashion show

2011-06-12T15:29:00.012-04:00

DANY Studios, NYC, NY June 11, 2011

8 Women Designers from Brazil, Puerto Rico, Israel, Barbados, New Jessey, and New York:
Sisa Designs, Mirame Swimwear, Paradise Bikini By Valerie Blanchard, Sheila Ferrer Swimwear, Ashakai Swimwear, Eves Crochet Swimwear, Chila For Fun Swimwear.

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Plitzs Fashion Marketing

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j-No Photography, Vol. II is out.

2011-06-02T17:30:00.000-04:00

j-No Photography, Vol. II is out. Available from AdoramaPix.com for $23.95
http://www.adoramapix.com/jno/book/jno-phototography-ii

NYC art season come to an end

2011-05-31T11:32:00.000-04:00

NYTCAP art tours is on vacation until September. Have a great summer!

Tribal Art New York 2011: Africa/Oceana/Americas

2011-05-13T15:02:00.000-04:00

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Moby "Destroyed" book signing @ Clic NYC

2011-05-13T14:41:00.000-04:00

Omnipresence

2011-05-13T14:39:00.000-04:00

j-No's photo collections on Flickr: art, fashion, street, pole dancers, and so much more!

2011 NY Asia Week vs. Arts of Pacific Asia New York vs. Asian Contemporary Arts Week (ACAW): May the best art fair win?

2011-03-20T23:45:00.194-04:00

Somehow the logic escapes me. The trend to pile up as many art "fairs" (mostly pop-up shopping malls) either overlapping or back-to-back seems to be extremely counter-productive, unless counting mainly on out-of-town shoppers who are here mainly for the Big Event, as during Armory Arts Week. At least that conglom is somewhat organized nowadays, with shuttle buses running between the high end fairs, and dual admissions (Armory/Volta, Red Dot/Korean) encouraging cross-pollenation (the pollen being money). But the organizers - and I use the word as loosely as those folks apply it - of the various Asian arts events (late March/early April) seem not only to be working at cross-purposes but in some cases, even against themselves.

Arts of Pacific Asia New York (at 7 West 34th, where Volta was held) was quite spotty in quality and there seemed to be a general lack of enthusiasm on the part of the exhibitors (who tend to have several decades on the staffers at the exclusively contemporary art fairs). Many questions went unanswered and there did not appear to be much interest in seeking more information and 'press' seemed to be almost a dirty word given the reaction (or lack of any) that I received from a number of folks. Shouts of "No photos!" accompanied by waving arms was a not uncommon initial greeting. Yes, it is highly likely that from a photograph I am going to make an exact duplicate of an intricate 10th century golden Guanyin statue - one that could fool even the best examiners at Sotheby's.

I suppose Asia Week is to be considered the "Big Event" as it is the oldest and highest profile of the lot. And it cannot fail to deliver, relying on several millenia worth of time-tested, crowd-pleasing classic works of art, much of it religious iconography or commissioned by emperors. The societies, museums, and galleries who hold or host these works also tend to be among the highest end institutions. Many private dealers staged excellent presentations, such as the "Birds of Dawn" show at Joan B. Mirviss of avant-garde Japanese ceramics, and the disturbing but beautifully-presented (Bumper) Emaciated Buddha at Nancy Weiner gallery. The Fuller Building offerings were very good, though the number of galleries participating was again this year severely reduced from the huge catered affairs of the past. The slack was taken up by a number of sumptuously swanky hors d'œuvre-and-champagne events, like the JADA fair-within-a-fair gala at the beautiful Ukrainian Institute. Still, the events are scattered around town and the hours of viewing are not always convenient, though generally worth the all the zig-zagging. As in past years, many of the participants bar photography (except for cell phones, of course, which I should switch to, as I could cover more shows), oblivious to the benefits of free publicity and exposing their work to a virtually limitless internet audience.

But these are petty complaints compared to the catalog of cluelessness that plagues much of ACAW: Asian Contemporary Art Week. Apparently, the brains behind this rag-tag pastiche thought that having a good idea is all it takes to run a major art festival. They obviously have learned nothing from observing the evolution of the other art fairs (a true evolution, including a number of extinctions along the way): venues where the security were not informed of the event and were turning people away, panel discussions where the 'moderator' did 75% of the talking (droning over the course of 90 minutes about her personal opinion and then showing extremely primitive, juvenile, and pretentious silent videos, further torturing the by-then thinned and nearly comatose audience. 4/7/11 update: this same organizer lifted my photos from my Flickr site and posted in her Facebook page, uncredited!), artists with no printed take-home materials, people who can't operate either microphones or locate their Powerpoint presentations, performance artists verbally describing their performances instead of showing them, translators who would forget to translate, indecipherable mumblers, etc. I guess practicing or doing a run-through before going live is passe in some corners. And in a corner is where ACAW will remain if it doesn't get serious and actually get organized instead of just enlisting people. It is an insult to the artists to go off half-cocked and half-assed as they did this year. And they need to look up the definition of 'curate'. It does not mean including everything that will fit under your umbrella, regardless of quality. And perhaps the best idea of all would be to hold the fair as far away from Asia Week as possible - or at least before it, so as not to draw unfair comparisons. Ask any band who had the misfortune of having to play after the Jimi Hendrix Experience. All that said, there was a lot of good art amongst the melange and from what I saw most of it was in established Chelsea galleries (some stand-outs included Miru Kim at Doosan, Almagul Menlibayeva at Priska Juschka, and Jun Ahn at CWG), who were not immune from patience-testing discussions and lectures that added nothing that one could not glean from a 30-second scan of the blurbs posted at their reception desk.

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AIPAD 2011

2011-03-20T23:42:00.000-04:00

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2011 NYC Art Fairs

2011-03-14T12:14:00.000-04:00

The Armory Show, VOLTA, Independent, Red Dot, Korean Art Fair, Scope

More photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/j-no/collections/72157626264525482/

NYFW F/W 2011 - Thu 2/17

2011-02-18T09:38:00.001-05:00

NYFW F/W 2011 - Thu 2/17
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IvanaHelsinki

NYFW F/W 2011 - Thu 2/17

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Thu 2/17
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L.A.M.B.

NYFW F/W 2011 - Thu 2/17

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Thu 2/17
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L.A.M.B.

NYFW F/W 2011 - Thu 2/17

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Thu 2/17
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Gwen Stefani (L.A.M.B.)

NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16
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Michael Kors

NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16
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Herchcovitch; Alexandre

NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16
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Allegri

NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16
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Anna Sui

NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16
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Christina Mannino & Deivie fashions

NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16
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Odd Molly

NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Wed 2/16
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Adrienne Vittadini

NYFW F/W 2011 - Mon 2/14

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Mon 2/14
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Parkchoonmoo show

Betsey Johnson sampling

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Betsey Johnson sampling
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NYFW F/W 2011 Mon 2/14

NYFW F/W 2011 - Mon 2/14

2011-02-15T00:35:00.002-05:00

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Betsey Johnson runway show "Black Tag"

NYFW F/W 2011 - Sun 2/13

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Sun 2/13
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Derek Lam

NYFW F/W 2011 - Sun 2/13

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Sun 2/13
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Lela Rose

NYFW F/W 2011 - Sun 2/13

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Sun 2/13
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Annie Hall refuses to die! Somebody kill her!
Tommy Hilfiger show

New York Fashion Week - Sat. Feb 12

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New York Fashion Week - Sat. Feb 12
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Vivienne Tam

NYFW F/W 2011

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NYFW F/W 2011
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W Hotels Global Glam

NYFW F/W 2011 Thurs 2-10

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NYFW F/W 2011 Thurs 2-10
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Mara Hoffman

NYFW F/W 2011 - Fri 2/11

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Fri 2/11
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Natori - Japanese Tea Ceremony

NYFW F/W 2011 Thurs 2-10

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NYFW F/W 2011 Thurs 2-10
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Vena Cava

NYFW F/W 2011 - Fri 2/11

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Fri 2/11
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Nicole Miller

NYFW F/W 2011 - Fri 2/11

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Cynthia Rowley

NYFW F/W 2011 - Fri 2/11

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Venexiana

NYFW F/W 2011 - Fri 2/11

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Perry Ellis

NYFW F/W 2011 - Fri 2/11

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Fri 2/11
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Nicole Miller

NYFW F/W 2011 - Thurs Feb 10

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Thurs Feb 10
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BCMGMAXAZRIA

NYFW F/W 2011 - Thurs Feb 10

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Thurs Feb 10
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NYFW F/W 2011 - Thurs Feb 10

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Thurs Feb 10

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NYFW F/W 2011 - Thurs Feb 10
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BCMGMAXAZRIA

NYFW F/W 2011

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NYFW F/W 2011
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Christian Siriano show

NYFW F/W 2011

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NYFW F/W 2011
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Christian Siriano show

NYFW F/W 2011

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NYFW F/W 2011
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Christian Siriano

NYFW F/W 2011

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NYFW F/W 2011
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Christian Siriano

NYFW F/W 2011

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NYFW F/W 2011

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NYFW F/W 2011
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NYFW F/W 2011

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NYFW F/W 2011
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Miz Mooz 2011 footwear collection

2011-01-27T22:24:00.002-05:00

Bowlmor Lanes, Times Square, NYC
Jan. 27, 2011

Comic Con NY 2010 - NY Anime Festival

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(18,000 Flickr views so far:)

Cosplay Masquerade - Comic Con NY 2010 116 photos

Minori Chihara in concert (NY Anime Festival) 28 photos

New York Comic Con 2010 attendees 151 photos

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Venexiana - Mercedes Benz S/S 2011 Fashion Week

2010-09-22T21:07:00.007-04:00

Zang Toi Spring 2011 collection - Mercedes Benz Fashion Week

2010-09-16T09:47:00.010-04:00

Because you'll want to order it from iTunes immediately, the theme music for Zang Toi's homage/sendup of cowboy kitsch is from the movie "Giant". Not sure how the Russian up-dos fit in. Aside from the cowboy hats and rather oppressive music the clothes ranged from elegant to opulent.

Tracy Reese's Spring 2011 collection

2010-09-13T22:15:00.005-04:00

Self-described as "70’s vibe" "happy hippie" and "mellow and groovy", Tracy Reese's Spring 2011 collection not only left much to be desired, it left everything.

The only good thing about the 70s - otherwise known as the Death of the Sixties - was when hip-hop, techno, and punk rock came in at the end of the decade to save the day. But these fashions have none of that energy or originality - even an infusion of disco glam would have perked up this assemblage of dull duds.

The foreboding began with an appropriately insipid Best of Heart pre-show soundtrack, which tortured the audience and camera crews for thirty minutes waiting for the show to start - just like a 70s rock concert! It unbelievably got worse when the models finally hit the runway and what sounded like a collection of Lifetime TV feminine product ads filled the room. After a few unspectacular but semi-tasteful outfits, then began a descent into hell with what I can only describe as "Annie Hall goes gardening". As if the large, droopy hats (someone left the sombrero out in the rain) and goggle sunglasses weren't sad enough, it was obvious that no thought was given to the cut of the outfits from the rear - baggy at worst and merely unflattering sacks at best. Flaired pantsuits anyone? No, I kid you not.

For celeb sightings: Denise Richards (who was everywhere this year) was the topper, then knocked down to Kelly Osborne and even lesser television faces. Everyone is always in a hurry to leave at the end of a show, but this crowd literally ran like hell to get out. I stood aside to avoid being trampled to death - though that would have been true to a 70's rock vibe.

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week NYC - Editions George Chakra

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Spring/Summer 2011 Collection

Fashion Night Out - Fall 2010 NYC - Meatpacking District

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I think I did every one of the Meatpacking District venues - compensating for missing out on Chelsea art season openers Thursday. gallons of Moet champagne, various vodkas, Grand Marnier, cachaça, avocado summer rolls, and great chocolate ...cupcakes!
and, the women!!!!!!!!!

Denise Richards, queueing up to get a delish chocolate cupcake from the street van.

Stevie Boi / "Pink Secrets" fashion show & launch party

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KREL's Disc-Glo collection 2010

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subMercer, NYC, May 13, 2010

reception and dinner party for Rick Owens "Pavane for a Dead Princess" (art furniture) @ Salon 94

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NYTCAP Apr 15, 2010

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Shari Belafonte "Postcards from Cuba" @ Chair & The Maiden gallery

Jack Robinson: Scannograms @ Gallery Nine 5

Joseph Ryan @ Galerie Mourlot

Christopher Payne @ Clic Gallery (Centre Street)

NYTCAP art tours Apr 6-11, 2010

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Casey Kaplan announces the creation of New York Gallery Week

Alyssa Monks @ DFN Gallery

Beyond the War: Seven Expatriate Iraqi Artists @ Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller

Ends and Means @ Lennon, Weinberg

Tuesday, April 6

Jeff Burton & Gabriel Vormstein
+ announcement of the creation of New York Gallery Week
Casey Kaplan Gallery, 525 W 21st St.
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Openings Wednesday, April 7
Upper East Side

Beyond the War: Seven Expatriate Iraqi Artists
Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery
78 street: 39 E 78 street, floor 3

Paul Rusconi- American Boarders
Stellan Holm Gallery
79 street: 1018 Madison avenue

Keith Haring
Mitchell-Innes & Nash
79 street: 1018 Madison avenue

Alyssa Monks
DFN Gallery
74 East 79th Street
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Openings Thursday, April 8
Chelsea

The Masquerade Show (20 Brilliant Nudes)
Ken & Dana Design
29th St: 231 W 29th, # 503, @ 8th Ave.

Wilhelm Sasnal
Anton Kern
20 street: 532 W 20 street

Mona Kuhn - Native
Flowers Gallery
20 street: 529 W 20 street

24/7/360, Ken Solomon
Josée Bienvenu Gallery
20 street: 529 W 20 street

recent African painting, sculpture & film
SKOTO GALLERY
20 street: 529 W 20th Street
Sponsors: Bati Restaurant; Settepani

Daniel Rozin: X by Y
bitforms
20 street: 529 W 20th Street

The Simonnets
twenty first/twenty first
21 street: 551 W 21 street, floor 3

group show - Spring 2
Kravets|Wehby Gallery
21 street: 521 W 21 street

Alberto Tadiello
Newman Popiashvili
22 street: 504 W 22 street

Roy Lichtenstein - Homage to Mone
Benrimon Contemporary, LLC
24 street: 514 W 24 street, floor 2

Elisa Johns - Huntress
Mike Weiss Gallery
24 street: 520 W 24 street

Stricoff
564 West 25th S

“Mad Men” group show
Kent Gallery
25th St: 541 West 25th St

Closing reception: Pieter Hugo - Nollywood
Yossi Milo Gallery
25 street: 525 W 25 street

group show: Ends and Means
Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.
25 street: 514 W 25 street

Hannah Cole, Nicole Stone: 2-Way Street
Slag Gallery
25 street: 531 W 25 street, #10

Dirk Braeckman, Bill Henson, Josh Lehrer
Robert Miller Gallery
524 West 26th Str

Josef Bolf - The Wolf
Ana Cristea Gallery
26 street: 521 W 26 street

group show - Comedy & Tragedy
Marvelli Gallery
26 street: 526 W 26 street, floor 2

Sohan Qadri; Joan Vennum
Sundaram Tagore
547 West 27th St

Ceres
547 West 27th St

Almagul Menlibayeva - Daughters of Turan
Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
27 street: 547 W 27 street, floor 2, 6-9pm

Group show
Skylight Gallery
29 street: 538 W 29 street, 6-9pm

Asia Week NY 2010

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Fuller Building receptions,
Chinese Ceramincs @ Cynthia Volk,
Arts of Japan @ Carole Davenport,

Japanese Art Dealers Assn. @ Ukranian Institute

The 36 Views of Fuji @ Ronin gallery

The 2010 NYC Art Fairs

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photos from: The Armory Show, Pulse, Volta, Verge, Independent, Scope, Red Dot, + Chelsea Brunches, & private collections, & parties, after-parties...

My quick take: Continuing strong themes: Bigger is better, SEX, guns, tired jokes, BRIGHT, NO politics (what wars?!) Must have been a winning formula, as all the reports say that sales were fantastic. Attendance was certainly high at nearly all the fairs. Getting around was not always easy - a lot of hoofing and self-propulsion as the shuttles and limos were hardly ever available and never when needed. Intermittent rain meant a few soggy trips.

I noticed a lot of interesting technologies employed at all the fairs this year. A big hit was the rotating mirror at The Independent (Chelsea). I'm not sure whether most of it is best classified as 'art' though. More like clever curiosities, but as far as posing any questions or elucidating new perspectives, most were rather lacking. Surface and presentation were prominent - which is still preferable to dingy pomo rubbish piles - but any cerebral sparks lasting longer than the retinal ghosts were few and far between.

I thought PULSE was the most consistently interesting and high quality fair of the lot. The Berlin focus of the Armory was quite disappointing and after attending their press review, seemingly point-less as well. Volta had some new things to offer but was difficult to navigate - like a maze. We were all feeling somewhat like rats in cages by then, so maybe it was appropriate.

There really is no excuse for something like Verge. I only saw one decent showing at the entire sad event, a newish gallery in Brooklyn - Mighty Tanaka Gallery. They are top-notch and I will be visiting them in the near future.

Didn't make it to Fountain - couldn't score a press pass - so can't say anything about it. Looked like good crowds, but I have a moral objection to being asked to pay people for giving them free publicity (18,000 hits a day on Flickr and numerous referrals). It's not only cheeky, but craven.

This year the recession scrimping was evident in the VIP treatment: no free rides this year - you pay the same for drinks/food in the lounges as at regular concessions. Guess the only VIP part was "keeping out the riff-raff". Even that was a failure, since they let me in! The VIP parties were pretty sad, too, for the most part, some even charging a cover (sorry, donation) on top of it. The worst was the Armory after-party at Norwood. Armory patrons were definitely not welcome there, as we were told continually that Norwood is a private club for it's members only and they don't give a damn about no Armory Show! OK. Kiss my ass, then. Shouldn't there have been some representative of the fair present to organize things? Again, cash bar. At least SCOPE was handing out weird sugary off-color vodka cocktails at their fete at the Standard. Wonder what the Verge after-party was like?

NYC Art Fairs: March 2010

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KOREAN ART SHOW NY
THE ARMORY SHOW
VOLTA SHOW NY
INDEPENDENT
PULSE NEW YORK
VERGE
SCOPE
RED DOT
FOUNTAIN

+

Private collections
Haunch of Venison
Chelsea Brunches
Affirmation Arts
VIP parties & after-parties & weeklong hangover ...

_ _ _ _ _ minds
t hink alike.

Stevie Boi party @ SoHo Grand 02/18/10

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"an insane end of fashion week party

with the designer of customized sunglasses, Stevie Boi as a special guest.

The place was so packed it ended up being shut down early

but not before everyone had a chance to chill out." - Katya Moorman - Style Defined

* there are MANY more photos from the party on my Flickr site!
While there, check out my photos from other Fashion Week events (and of course, the week's art highlights).

Fashion Week NYC Feb 2010 (continued)

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Block Magazine issue 20 party @ Envoy Gallery

Fashion Week NYC 2010

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Yehohlee collection

Flanders Fashion Institute

Sang A: artist collaboration @ Mixed Greens (below)

More photos on Flickr

The Residents @ Webster Hall (NYC) 2/9/2010

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From the far fringes of American Pop/Rock - some would say the lunatic fringe - electronic and compositional pioneers The Residents brought their “Talking Light” tour to New York on one of their most extensive tours in years. Included in their set list were many death-themed selections from their over 30-year back catalog (including their wonderful interpretation of Hank Williams' "Six More Miles to the Graveyard" - first performed in the mid-80s for dear departed cohort Snakefinger - whom I had the great pleasure of meeting back in the day), along with new tunes, ghost stories, and tales of extreme familial dysfunction. Down to an eyeball-less three-some now, sole vocalist "Randy" - assumed to be Homer Flynn, one half of their "management" team -- said not to worry about the retirement of drummer "Carlos" - they didn't need his backbeat anyway. Flanking clownishly attired Randy (in old man mask) was "Bob" on guitar and Chuck on keyboard & computer, hidden in shadows, head to toe in black and wearing insect-like headgear with springy dreads and goggles. A minimalist living room set, with only three large disk projection screens behind them was a strong contrast to some of their renowned over the top and high tech stage extravaganzas. [see video]. Other selections included "Semolina", "The Unseen Sister" and of course, "Talking Light". There were a few moments of droll humor in the otherwise gloom-drenched swirling gothic trance, but nothing overt as in some of their sendups of Elvis and John Philip Souza. Opening and closing the show was the ancient hippie-dippie Coke jingle "I'd like to teach the world to sing ...". Yes, but about what exactly?

NYTCAP art tours: Jan 21-22, 2010

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Thursday, January 21

Bernardo Siciliano
Forum Gallery
745 Fifth ave @ W57 street, 5th floor

KK Kozik - Imitation of Life
Black and White Gallery
636 W 28 street

Trying Them On
Hendershot Gallery
547 W 27 street, #504

Geometry & Gesture
Elga Wimmer PCC
526 W 26 street, floor 3

Realm
Slag Gallery
531 W 25 street, ground #10

Monifa Perry, Sandrine Lee
Tria Gallery
531 W 25 street

Carrie Olson
CUE art foundation
511 W 25th St.

Peter Waite
Winston Wachter Fine Arts
530 W. 25th St.

David Maisel - Library of Dust
Von Lintel Gallery
520 W 23 street

Joe Pflieger - Photographs
Monya Rowe Gallery
504 W 22 street, 2nd floor,

Mariette van der Ven - not fur real
Kravets|Wehby Gallery
521 W 21 street,

Art? + Anne Collier
Anton Kern
532 W 20 street

Robert Zungu: Poor Theater
Nicholas Robinson Gallery
535 W. 20th Street

Drawing Nudes is Like Saying a Prayer, Amen
Andrew Edlin Gallery
134 Tenth Ave.

Nobody Gets to See the Wizard. Not Nobody. Not Nohow
Anna Kustera Gallery
520 W 21 street

Friday, Jan. 22

Yes! to a Non-Nuclear World
hpgrp Gallery
32-36 Little West 12th street

Taj Lounge
New York Art Page presents
48 W 21st, b/w 5th & 6th Aves.

Superflex: Flooded McDonald's
Peter Blum
526 W 29 street

George Rahme: It's There Already
Fred Torres Collaborations
527 W 29th St., closing party

NYTCAP art tour Jan. 7, 2010

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Pascal Grandmaison: The Inverted Ghost
Jack Shainman Gallery *MEETUP, 6PM*
513 West 20th Street [DRY]

Chautauqua: A Continuum of Creativity
Denise Bibro Fine Art
529 West 20th Street, 4th Floor [Frontera wine]

Marlo Pascual
Casey Kaplan
525 W 21 street [variety of bottle beers]

Kirsten Nelson: assembly required;
Poisoned Apples: (in viewing room)
dNASAb, dataclysmic (in project gallery)
Frederieke Taylor Gallery
535 West 22nd Street [water]

Cynthia-Reeves
Anne Lindberg & Johnny Swing
535 West 24th Street 2nd Floor

Randall W. L. Moores
George Billis Gallery
555 W 25th St.

Diane Arbus, William Eggleston
Cheim & Read
547 W 25 street

Photography: Scott Daniel Ellison "The Birthday Party"
Clampart
531 W 25 Street [Heineken, Coke, wasabi peas, cranberries, Perrier]

Closing reception: Denyse Thomasos "The Divide: New Paintings"
Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.
514 W 25 street, floor 1

Timothy Briner: Boonville
Daniel Cooney
511 West 25th Street, 5th Floor

Martin McMurray: Reenactments
Jeff Bailey Gallery
511 W. 25th Street, 2nd Floor [vodka & tonic, Rolling Rock]

Mostly Monochrome: group exhibition
McKenzie Fine Art
511 West 25th Street, 2nd Fl [Famous Grouse scotch, Carta Viaja wine]

Alessio Delfino: Metamorphosis
Kips Gallery
511 West 25th Street, 2nd Floor [nuts, chips, wine]

Annette Lemieux: The Last Suppa
Paul Kasmin
293 Tenth Avenue, b/w 26th & 27th [wine]

Andy Warhol: Still Lifes and Feet
Paul Kasmin
511 West 27th Street

j-No & NYTCAP: the best advertising NYC art galleries get - FOR FREE!

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j-No's NYTCAP art tours ... documented on Flickr, Blogspot, Facebook.

Flickr stats: 2000 views per day (average).

followed by these Galleries, Museums, directors:
Robert Goldwater Library (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
Black Mountain School
Olympia Lambert (Platform Gallery/Denise Bibro)
Daneyal Mahmood (gallerist)

followed by these arts media:
ARTslant
Steven Kaplan (art blogger)

followed by these artists & photographers:
Brian Dettmer
Gail Siptak
Susan Sermoneta
Peri Lyons
Samurai Photographer
Hope Sanford
Barbara Ng
Christina Ramirez
Jenna Fryer
Heather Wilcoxon
Alan Reid
Dean Morris
Clark Patterson
Madeleine Hatz
Thatcher Keats

fan comments:

Many thanks for both visiting and taking/ posting snazzy photographs of my show at Lisa Cooley on your Flickr page.

Very interesting. I'll look up that gallery now :)

very nice shot. Very dramatic, well captured :)

where is this?

can you e-mail me the list of galleries please?

wow great job.

I was taken by this piece. I would like to know more about the artist. Are they represented by the gallery? thanks.

Nice work! Nice composition and lights!

what cool shit are you and your gang up to next week?

Wow, the art is so interesting.

this gives a feeling of movement

j-No, who did this? It's quite nice. very organic.

Great shot. Love the lighting. Took me a minute to orient.

i want this sooooooo badddddddddd

Amazing... Do you know whose art is this?..

wow! i'd love to have it!!!

awesome pic! thanks for sharing!!

Can't wait for the return of J-No!!!!"

Please find attached the press release for our next opening. We're going to try and outdo ourselves with this one. Hope you can make it.

Thank you, you're such an Angel, I saw some of the pictures; they're gorgeous.

ya'll are soo cute!

what a good-looking group!

A great Opening

Impressive! Would you tell me whose work this is?

Nice texture!..........Well done!

I absolutely loved this piece. Great work.

thanks for the adding the great pic and story. i added it to my blog today.

grrrreat shot!!!

wow, you had quite the evening....

I'm a big fan of this artist. I wish I could have seen this exhibition. Thanks for the photos!

those r my silk boxers with the kisses on them!

ARTslant Photoblog: Your photos are great, please add as many as you like to the group.

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art : we'd love to have this added to the group!

wow! u might be a pro

We recently wrote an article concerning the art exhibition "Chase art collection" in Milan at Palazzo Reale, and we took a shot from your stream. Please, let us know what do you think about it.

Les Batteries (of the band Information): thanks for posting these pics of our brief reunion for the No Wave book release.

great pic of painting, hope you dont mind if i copy and print it to show my students (I teach pre-school art and i am trying to show them artists they probably aren't going to get taught about from their parents, etc.)

fabulous, striking, luscious, provocative, with an afterglow of tristesse, taste and class...love the light on the faces, couldn't have been better.

Damn, his stuff is brilliant - so beautifully conceived and fabricated. I love the dynamic play of simple forms structured in space. Just a master at his craft. Also a nice photo of the piece, j-No.

Thanks for shooting this. I've just recently discovered Robert's paintings and am quite into them. Looking forward to seeing them in person.

Great piece! If you see (gallerist) Jack Shaiman, tell him I said hello. He has been on my boat.
I love what he shows! I have work at Brenda Taylor Gallery in Chelsea. Check it out if you can.

W-O-W ! Sexy and exciting !

mcbnyc said: Ha --! You were there last night also --!
j-No said: by the way, I clobbered that video guy who blocked your shot of same.
mcbnyc said: Thanks j-No -- he was REALLY irritating....

damnnn! that looks sick!

Administrator requests to add my photos to Flickr (themed) groups and photo pools:

All About Contemporary Art
Places of Contemporary Art
Russian Contemporary Art
Political Art Now
Damien Hirst and the YBAs
I Love Chelsea/Meat Packing District
SoHo Grand
New York City People
Vanishing New York
Metropolitan Museum: Arts of Africa, Oceania, & The Americas
Antony Gormley group
Latest Craze
Security Theater
A Diverse Society
Western Wear
Dutch Bikes Around The World
Striptease & Burlesque Female Only
Naked Exuberance
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
The Neon Woman (a group devoted to Divine)
SICK QUEENS!
Ridiculous Religious
issimo moment
Grow a Beautiful Bush & Save our Planet (adult)
Bikini design
Strumpfhose
Guardami negli occhi
Stranger Danger
Beer Hawkers
pabst
Trashbit
Pierced Belly Buttons
EROS de LUXE
Perfect Escapes
Blondie
Hand Dryer Invasion
Dragamel
Money Graffiti / Funny Money / Money Art
Toypiano

KREL’S DiscGlo Spring 2010 Collection

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NYTCAP art tours: Nov. 15-21, 2009

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NYTCAP art tour: Saturday, November 7, 2009

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wine [Mondavi r/w] and cheese reception for National Bookstore Day + Michael Wolf: The Transparent City & Barbara Crane: Private Views
Aperture Gallery, 4 –6 pm
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor

Jane Hamill
Stricoff Fine Art
564 West 25th Street

Hendrik Smit - Eyewall
532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel
532 West 25th Street [dry]

TL Solien: To the West [dry]
Luise Ross Gallery, 3 - 6 PM
511 West 25th Street, No. 307

Edward Burtynsky @ Hasted Hunt
537 West 24th St

Mike Kelly - Horizontal Tracking Shots @ Gagosian
555 W 24th St

Josephine Halvorson [Blue Ice vodka] Monya Rowe Gallery, 6 - 8 PM
504 West 22nd Street, 2nd Floor

Chris Fennell, In Little Place a Million
Newman Popiashvili Gallery, 6 - 8 PM
504 West 22nd Street [wine - F.O.G. only]

Sun Xun "Animals"
Max Protech Gallery [wine]
511 West 22nd Street

Tony Feher: Blossom; Front Room: Yoshihiro Suda
D'Amelio Terras, 6 - 8 PM
525 West 22nd Street [Yellow & Blue w; Eschverel r]

Tomory Dodge - Works On Paper
CRG Gallery
535 W 22 street, 6-8pm

Michel Delacroix
Axelle Gallery [Rasu red]
535 West 25th St.

Alighiero e Boetti - Mappa
Gladstone Gallery
530 W 21 street, 6-8pm

LeBasse Projects Presents Go East (group show)
Kumukumu Gallery, 7 - 11 PM [wine & Magic Hat beers]
42 Rivington Street (b/w Forsythe &
Eldridge)

Crotalus Atrox (or Fat Over Lean)
Mike Rollins Fine Art, 7 - 10 PM [Bud]
105 Bowery, 3rd floor (b/w Grand & Hester)

Yemenwed: Bedroom w/TV & Woman Lays w/Aide
Performa 09 ( The Lust Weekend), 9PM
179 Canal, Floor 2 [vodka]

NYTCAP art tours: Nov. 2009 (week one)

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[Bruce Davidson (on right) with two of his 1960's subjects, Howard Greenberg gallery]

Monday, Nov. 2,
Book Signing With Photographer Douglas Gayeton, Clic bookstore, 255 Centre @ Broome, 6-8PM

Architizer.com Launch Party, 97 Kenmare, 7-9PM, 6 to Spring; F/V to Broadway Lafayette

Wednesday, Nov. 4
Robin Wesner "The Lilies" @ Ezair Gallery, 905 Madison

Bruce Davidson @ Howard Greenberg, 41 E 57th #14, 6-8PM

Tamarind Art, 41 E 57th #4, 6-8PM

Thursday, Nov. 5
Jess - Paste-ups + Ashbery/Brainard/Evans - Collages; Tibor de Nagy, 724 5th Ave. #12 @ , 5-7PM

Tim Prentice 'NEW KINETIC SCULPTURE' @ Maxwell Davidson, 724 5th Ave. #4, 5:30-7:30PM

Ray Parker - Washburn, 20 W 57th, #8, 5-7PM

Just what is it that makes today's painting so different, so ppealing?-
Gering & Lopez Gallery
730 Fifth avenue, at 57 street, 6-8pm

Dickinson Roundell
19 E 66th, b/w 5th/Madison, 6-8PM

Friedman & Vallois
27 E 67th b/w 5th/Madison, 6-8PM

ROGER BALLEN
Gagosian, 980 Madison @ 77 street, floor 4 or 5?, 6-8pm

Stillness (group show) -Jan Krugier
980 Madison @ 77 street, floor 3, 6-8pm

Aya Takano - Reintegrating Worlds @ Skarstedt Gallery, Ltd
20 E 79 street, 6-8pm
[Aya Takano (center) with NYTCApers]