Art reporter Lindsay Pollock (one of our Twitter Followables) posted some tasty gossip this morning concerning an upcoming show at Los Angeles MOCA, the first under the forthcoming directorial leadership of New York gallerist Jeffrey Deitch. Pollock has a Los Angeles source that puts Dennis Hopper — not Edward, mind you — on the shortlist for LA MOCA’s inaugural show under Deitch, in an effort to incorporate “broad appeal” into the museum’s exhibition schedule. Dennis Hopper, in case you were wondering, is not just an actor but an avid photographer. We’ve got work samples and a Hopper primer after the jump. UPDATE: The exhibition is confirmed, with Julian Schnabel as curator.
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1. While you were sleeping, MGMT dropped their trippy new video for “Flash Delirium,” complete with an Austin Powers puppet. [via TwentyFourBit]
2. When he returns to New York for his upcoming show at Deitch Projects, a reformed Shepard Fairey plans to ask before he pastes. [via ArtsBeat]
3. Meanwhile, a Dennis Hopper survey is on the short list of inaugural shows to be presented under new director Jeffrey Deitch at LA’s MOCA. [via Lindsay Pollock]
4. FOX is launching a new reality dating show, My Parents Are Gonna Love You, that sounds something like The Bachelor meets Punk’d — but the joke is on the poor parents. [via THR]
5. June Havoc, Gypsy Rose Lee‘s sister and the real life inspiration for Gypsy the musical’s “Baby June” character, has died at 97. [via WaPo]
Bonus link: Atwood in the Twittersphere
1. Finally: A Lost promo with some footage from season six — granted, it’s just one frame. [via E! Online]
2. What’s on David Bowie‘s iPod? Everything from African sounds to Arthur Russell to Chinese folk music. [via Guardian]
3. During a recent visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a woman fell into The Actor, a 6 feet by 4 feet work of art by Pablo Picasso, causing a six-inch tear. Experts expect a full recovery in time for an upcoming exhibition of some 250 works by the artist which opens April 27. [via ArtsBeat]
4. The Hurt Locker — not Avatar — took home the top award at last night’s Producer’s Guild of America awards. In the past five years, this winner has gone on to nab the Oscar for Best Picture three times. [via Vulture]
5. We’ve been waiting three years for this: Indie rock supergroup The New Pornographers will put out their fifth studio album, Together, on May 4. [via Matablog]
Bonus link: Sex Explained By Pens
It seems just yesterday that the New Museum unveiled its first triennial, a survey exhibition titled “Younger Than Jesus” that was accused of being by turns “awfully sedate” and “low-budget bubbly fun,” and the museum itself described as “nothing more than a giant Xbox.” Helmed by a triumvirate of NewMu curators (as critic Jerry Saltz pointed out, “a Millennial, Gen-Xer, and Boomer, respectively”) the group show highlighted work from the wunderkind set, age 33 and younger. Now we’re hearing that the next triennial, not until 2012, will be curated by the museum’s own Eungie Joo, curator of public programs and education since 2007. That name rings a bell…
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And the verdict is in. After much tongue wagging via the art press this weekend (including some Twitter chatter by the likes of artist/instigator William Powhida and Saltz-archrival Tyler Green), MOCA Los Angeles has confirmed the selection of New York gallerist Jeffrey Deitch as the museum’s new director. Way to start 2010 with a boom, LA — never before has a major US museum hired a leader from the commercial side of the market. One has to wonder: Can Deitch man up for such a significant role at a nonprofit? And what will become of his baby, Deitch Projects? (UPDATE: definitely closing shop.) After the jump we take a walk down memory lane.
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The talented Mr. Terence Koh, whose poetic and provocative artworks have been labeled both brilliant and the emperor’s new clothes, was at his best last week when he delivered the performance piece Art History 1642-2009 at New York’s venerable National Arts Club. Speaking to a packed house of art-world sophisticates in a completely unintelligible language, he railed, whispered, gestured, and danced his way through a visually entertaining lecture about art since the time of Goya.
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Things you may already know about New York art wunderkind Ryan McGinness: he runs with the Deitch crew, his saturated paintings habitually contain signs and logos, he once posed for J. Crew, and he’s not Ryan McGinley. Thing you may not know: McGinness is going renegade and taking back the “middleman” from auction houses by hosting an artist-direct auction tonight, comprising 16 lots by the likes of Eric Parker, Eve Sussman, and Spencer Tunick. Maybe he was spurred to action after news of the recent Warhol sale? He did intern at the Warhol Museum throughout college…
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What works did international art dealers, curators and collectors consider the most impressive at the 53rd Venice Biennale? It was surprising how consistently the same names came up. The US Pavilion (images here) ranked high, even before it was voted best pavilion of this year. And Elmgreen & Dragset’s “The Collectors” (images here) was another favorite. And everyone was impressed with Francois Pinault’s Punta della Dogana (images here). Read More »
Because we can’t all escape from our desks to enjoy 72 degree weather and international contemporary art, Flavorpill’s resident guru Paul Laster will be bringing you daily bold-name littered updates and photos from Art Basel Miami all week. Enjoy!
VIEW THE IMAGE GALLERY OF HIS EXPLOITS HERE
Miami Basel’s six days of art and design events officially kicked off with Design Miami, housed in a stunning new pavilion, designed by Aranda/Lasch. First on the agenda was lunch with Design Miami’s 2008 Designer of the Year, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Miami Design District guru Craig Robins, and HSBC Private Bank execs in the VIP lounge, which the Campana Brothers sensuously constructed from raffia, freshly transported from their native Brazil.
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