Glen E. Friedman: Idealist Propaganda Major Retrospective
Subliminal Projects - Echo Park, CA
12/13/08
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SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition with legendary photographer Glen E. Friedman. The most highly anticipated event of Subliminal Projects’ season, Friedman’s Idealist Propaganda encompasses the artist’s first major retrospective to date, featuring a rare →

Leave it to the Belgians to conceive a highly conceptual hotel with wall to wall designer furniture, free breakfast, wifi, a prime location on the Avenue Louise, and to do it all on a budget. The White Hotel in Brussels →

Artist: Alex Pardee

CLOWNS! Group Show: Opening Reception
Corey Helford Gallery - Culver City, CA
11/15/08
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Corey Helford Gallery is proud to present CLOWNS! at their opening reception this Saturday, November 15th from 7 to 10pm.  And the gallery will be on view to public, November 15th through November 29th.  The classic American clown painting is re-interpreted by the new, contemporary fine art movement in this spectacular group show →

House Industries: “Letters and Ligatures”
Subliminal Projects - Los Angeles, CA
11/8/08
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Delaware based type foundry House Industries comes to Los Angeles at Subliminal Projects Gallery space this saturday. Check it out. →

JONAS BENDIKSEN & PHILIP GOUREVITCH:
Conversation and Book Signing
Aperture Gallery - New York
11/24/08
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On Monday, November 24th, Aperture is pleased to present Magnum Photographer, Jonas Bendiksen, who will be in conversation with prominent author and editor of the Paris Review Philip Gourevitch. In the lecture, they will talk about Bendiksen’s latest book, The Places We Live (Aperture, 2008), a unique and powerful portrait of slum life today →

NY Times always covers the cribs of the rich and famous in the ‘lifestyles’ section. This last one was interesting only because they covered none other than Wayne Coyne (frontman of the Flaming Lips) and his Oklahoma City home. Its a great look into Wayne’s World: CLICK HERE . →

Ewan Branda collegue of mine from MIT grad school days - checked his post recently and found this excellent interpretation of the Harvard Business Review by his daughter Eve.  Check it out at: http://www.modernarchitecture.net/news/thinking-inside-the-box .

Conversation: Hank Willis Thomas and Deborah Willis
Aperture Gallery - New York
11/11/08
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On Tuesday, November 11, join Aperture for an intimate conversation between mother and son about their work, influences, and collaborations. Hank Willis Thomas is one of today’s most compelling emerging artists. His first monograph, Pitch Blackness (Aperture, 2008), raises complex questions about identity, race, violence, and commodification →

Restauranteur, hotelier, graffiti artist, perennial party staple and one time Purple Mag cover boy Andre will debut a capsule collection of basics that will be carried at progressive boutiques such as Parisian uber-retailer Colette and US counterpart Opening Ceremony, as well as Andre’s own boutique →

PAUL FUSCO: TALK AND BOOK SIGNING OF HIS BOOK, RFK
National Arts Club - New York
Friday, November 21
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On Friday, November 21st, join Magnum photographer Paul Fusco for a discussion on his illustrious career coinciding with the release of Paul Fusco: RFK (Aperture, September 2008), published on the fortieth anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination in Los Angeles →