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From the SFMOMA collection is this spooky photo taken by Richard Misrach in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Happy Halloween, boys and girls. And just remember: There are two kinds of people in this world. People that don't like candy corn because it's disgusting. And the insane.
A hilarious segment on paintings, some by masters such as Vermeer, depicting frisky lads getting to second base.
Wim Wenders, Lake Galilee before Sunrise, 2000
I want, nay, NEED this photograph. Currently at auction at Phillips de Pury with an estimate of £10,000-15,000.
Luxuriously surreal ataraxic juxtapositions by Luis Gispert. Currently showing at Mary Boone Gallery.
Spotted during a weekend Chelsea art crawl.
http://vimeo.com/16558492 "One Hundred and Eight" is a soothing art installation created using inflating and deflating plastic bags by Nils Volker. These bags are like, dancing with me. Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in.
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Italian painter Antonello da Messina created this masterpiece painting that I should probably gaze at in reverence and awe, but instead it makes me go "awwwwwwwww" for such a sad face Jesus. :-(
Daniel Eatock, Unicycle & Stabilisers, 2011
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On Saturday, I hopped on my bike to speed down a few blocks to Chelsea to take a look at David Byrne's "Global Inflation" installation, which I had previously blogged about, as well as the Social Media exhibit at The Pace Gallery. I also hopped around to the other galleries.
These images don't do this justice. It's quite a wonder in person that is immediately accessible, especially to kids, who are allowed to touch and poke at the globe.
The good inanimate samaritan who agreed to watch my bike while I gallery hopped.
Is this a gallery?
I love this piece which was part of the Social Media show. This is a wall of photographs of people in front of sunsets discovered by the artist Penelope Umbrico who searched for the tag “sunset” on Flickr.
CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) art by Aram Bartholl. These things are the bane of my existence when I try to sign up for a new web service. Maybe...I'm...a...computer.
Another fantastic piece by Aram Bartholl. The artist designed these working hand drawn QR codes which links to the Google search results for a specific individual. I liked the hand drawn aspect of it.
One in a series of four "apps." I can't wait to download Yums: an app that will create all my favorite noms instantly.
Illuminated globes.
And of course I had to get my Serra on again at the Gagosian.
This enormous giant disco ball made from 1000 mirrors created by artist Michel de Broin dazzled over Paris in 2009.
At the opening of Richard Serra's two new installations on display at the Gagosian, I had my second sighting of 2011 of my art crush, Chuck Close who was so warm and kind enough to pose for a photo. After I snapped this picture, an old couple ran up to me. The wife asked, "Excuse me. Who is that?" I replied "Chuck Close!" "See!" she snapped at her husband. "I told you it was him!"
Why am I so obsessed with him? My answer is here.
Yutaka Sone, Little Manhattan, 2007-2009.
Loving this flashlight drawing image by Jeff Hamada.
Teun Hocks applies an interesting technique in his series of works where he plays the role of a "middle-aged man caught in variously absurd circumstances."
First, he constructs scenes in his studio and takes a black and white photograph. He then hand colors the photographs with transparent oil paint, taking precise care in the coloring in order to create specific emotions and atmosphere. The accumulation of these elements makes the environments seem like surreal portals. His films and drawings additionally reveal and delve into these worlds and also give greater insight to his storytelling and creative process.
Starting September 15, stop by West 25th Street underneath the High Line to view this 48-by-20 foot inflatable globe installation by David Byrne (Yes, the Talking Head head) courtesy of the Pace Gallery. He explains:
I wanted to go for the graceful vision, the world I knew from childhood—I used to have globes in my house that looked just like this. It’s a little lighter and a little more fun. But there is a bit of an ominous message as well.
My landlord would be PISSED if I did this. But ohhh it's alright for you to do it because you're an 'artist.'
Perfect for any artist who wants to stretch their legs doing a metaphorical triple McTwist on this half pipe by Dutch artist 
Literally street 
This picture is most likely a form of visual torture to the aquaphobic, but I like