Hrag Vartanian

Goddess by Ben Godward at Pocket Utopia during Bushwick Open Studios 2009

• A New York City abortion provider driven to suicide by pro-lifers … in 1878. Amazing story. http://tr.im/nDIR (via @studentactivism) in reply to studentactivism #
• Off to Bushwick after a morning of being lazy. #
• BOS 2009 map isn’t very good. Somewhat hard to use. #
• So far quality of art is better than last year IMHO. Doing the rounds with @missmaro & @veken. #
• Wow. Just spotted an artist I’m definitely going to watch. This has been a very great opens tudio tour. #
• 117 Grattan is definitely a must-see during your Bushwick art crawl. #
• Free beer sculpture at Pocket Utopia: http://yfrog.com/ekuxjj #
• Heard from a reliable source Jerry Saltz & Roberta Smith did BOS today. There goes the neighborhood. #
• A blistering day in Bushwick & the art barometer reads hot & fabulous. Spotted tons of “off-the-map” treasures. #
• Been shooting short interview videos last 2 days. Look forward to posting them. Almost end of my tour & I’m exhausted. Last stop Broadway. #
• I was greeted at Grace Exhibition space with a Bloody Mary & a slice of brain. I think I’ll be here for a while. #
• Upon return to Chelsea I spot young female artist selling panels of female nudes. Needless to say tons of men are crowded around her table. #
• Dan Witz’ book “In Plain View: 30 Yrs of Artworks Illegal & Otherwise” 4 pre-order on Amazon http://twurl.nl/q8ys26 (via @sethcarmichael) in reply to sethcarmichael #
• Checking out the newly opened Highline. Pretty impressive: http://twitpic.com/6xwhv #
• Urban vista quite lovely & unusual: http://twitpic.com/6xwyk #
• This place will be a street artist paradise if it’s not overly policed {what are the chances :)} http://twitpic.com/6xxbk #
• RT @MarcSchil @fi5e “Welcome to Beijing Int’l Airport. Pls remain in ur seats for mandatory temperature scan.” http://bit.ly/FveZo #
• RT @uncubicled I see all these tweets re: people not getting a Kindle cuz they love the smell of books. Really? I’m not sure u “get” books. #
• This looks like a good photo show! RT @JenBekman: Praia Piquinia install shots for a rainy day: http://tinyurl.com/lqu54c #
• RT @haigarmen When you’re in bed tweeting instead of sleeping is that #tweeping? in reply to haigarmen #
• Taking a Central Park break in front of the Plaza with a latte & a great friend who is a proud luddite. #
• RT @buckyturco: Sucks when White Supremacists can’t get their propaganda straight: Obama secret agent of Jews or Obama secret Muslim? Pick 1 #
• At yet another fundraiser. Need more wine. #
• Speaker says we’re moving towards regionalism & not globalization & he should know…he invented the Global Political Risk Index on Wall St. #
• Finished my first round of reviews for art blog intern applications. It’s amazing to see so much great talent out there! #
• And the rush for Facebook vanity URLs begins…just snagged http://facebook.com/hragv #