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We Went To Chelsea, Vol. 1

by Will Brand and Paddy Johnson on February 9, 2012
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We see a lot more art than we ever get to tell people about, and we want to fix that. Towards that goal, we’ll be posting some quick hits – a paragraph or so of notes from each show we see in a day. Then we’ll argue. Then you can argue. It’ll be fun. These aren’t full reviews, but they’re a starting point. This week, Sergej Jensen, Thomas Scheibitz, Eric Wesley, Michael Snow, On Kawara, and Damien Hirst.

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Art Basel Miami Beach 2011: Slideshow Edition

by Will Brand and Paddy Johnson on December 1, 2011
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No awards this year (other than the inaugural Pervert Prize), but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some worthy contenders. What’s hot? Elmgreen and Dragset and Erwin Wurm were each in a half-dozen or more booths, and Anselm Reyle’s big foil-and-canvas pieces were a reliable eye-catcher for the European galleries.

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Work of Art Episode Six: It Didn’t Suck

by Will Brand and Paddy Johnson on November 18, 2011
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Work of Art didn't suck this week. The challenge, street art, was acceptable, the guest judge, Lee Quinones, was fitting, and the show's decision to pair up the artists in teams of two meant that there was ample time to actually show each work. What's more, we had an entire episode without a single teary recollection, which meant there was a bunch of space that Bravo was forced to fill with an interesting but well-explained change in the personality of a character. Like they were developing. It was weird.

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Work of Art: Still Not Newsworthy, But At Least News-Filled

by Will Brand and Paddy Johnson on November 11, 2011
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The elimination of Michael Tewz marks a pivotal moment for the second season of Bravo's art world reality show Work of Art. As Sucklord erases his friend from the chalkboard register of the living, one question looms before Bravo's producers: Who will say all the stupid shit? The future of art blog humor now rests in the capable hands of Dusty Mitchell.

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