Hrag Vartanian

Always unconventional, Armenian American artist Onnig Kardash, staged a protest/performance on April 24, 1969 in front of the St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood. The action seemed to underscore the need for love in the face of hate.
April 24 is the traditional day to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide, Kardash’s [...]

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Word is that street art legends Skewville will be opening up their new shop/gallery space named Factory Fresh early in June to coincide with the Bushwick Open Studios (June 6-8, 2008).
I spotted this plaque months ago and I should’ve known something was up…now I know what. Can’t fuckin’ wait!

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Sure Williamsburg is the ultimate artopolis but who knew that artist Jason Eisner would feel free to install his art show from the “Knucklehead Blues” show at English Kills last December throughout the hood. It’s the lastest blurring of the boundaries between gallery and street.
Eisner’s wooden wall sculpture is bolted/nailed to a construction site at [...]

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I’m a little late on this but some readers may be interested in checking out James Kalm’s videos of the art blogger panel last month in New York.
Sure I wish James would edit his videos more (cutting out the fat) but I do think they’re valuable nonetheless.
PART I

PART II

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I had an inkling that the Judith Supine solo show (”Dirt Mansion“) at Bushwick’s English Kills was going to be a spectacle but I guess I wasn’t ready for the anal thermometer sculpture awaiting me when I walked in. The funny thing is that it grew on me and obviously everyone else since people were [...]

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