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Drinks at the Gansevoort

04Dec09

Last night we had drinks on the rooftop of the Gansevoort Hotel. A beautiful, chill spot to have open air drinks. Working in the arts has many benefits, but I was feeling especially grateful last night…

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Foam Magazine

03Dec09

One of the fun things about working at Art Basel Miami in the magazine section is being introduced to so many amazing art publications. I especially love my neighbors’ publication Foam International Photography magazine, a beautiful photography rag published in Amsterdam. Covering work from many varied areas including documentary, fine art and fashion, each issue features a specific theme that unites 6 diverse portfolios of 16 pages each. The magazine is beautifully designed, printed on uncoated paper, and bound like only European printers do.

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Santigold at the Raleigh Hotel

03Dec09

Santigold (formally Santogold, but was sued by an artist of the same name) put on a great performance at the Deitch Projects party at the Raleigh Hotel. Although it was an incredibly short set and I sadly missed the first couple of songs—even the tail end was pretty impressive. If you don’t know her music, listen to a track on the right sidebar.

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Off to Miami…

30Nov09

I’m off to Miami tomorrow morning to begin the whirlwind week of art, smoozing and a little bit of partying…Stay tuned for lots of photos of the scene…

This is the Miami I know best as I’m indoors most of the day.

This is the Miami I catch a glimpse of under dark sunglasses with a large Cuban coffee
on my way to the convention center…

Art Fair Listings:

Aqua Art Miami
December 3 – 6, 2009

Art Basel Miami Beach*
December 2 – 6, 2009
Main fair where I will be with New American Paintings

Design Miami
December 1 – 5, 2009

Fountain Art Fair
December 3 – 6, 2009

NADA Art Fair – Miami Beach 2009*
December 3 – 6, 2009
Location of Steven Zevitas Gallery

Photo Miami
December 1 – 6, 2009

PULSE Miami
December 2 – 6, 2009

Red Dot Miami
December 1 – 6, 2009

Scope Miami
December 2 – 6, 2009

Verge Art Fair
December 3 – 6, 2009

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MVM Design Group

29Nov09

Really impressive imagery from Norwegian design group MVM producing work in
the fields of graphic design, art direction, typography, illustration and art related projects.

Tip via GraphicHug.

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Lusting no more…

28Nov09

Gracias to my father-in-law for my early Christmas present: a new Canon Rebel Tli! (and thank you to my husband for knowing I’d want it early so I can shoot at Art Basel Miami). I am so grateful and excited for my new toy.

I’ll admit, just after the initial excitement wore off, I was filled with a nagging
insecurity…performance anxiety. For over 6 years of my younger years, being
a photographer was all I wanted to do.

But, after 2 years in New York at the School of Visual Arts in their direct entry
photo program (for reasons that are too numerous to explain here) I put down
my camera to focus on Art History and Graphic Design. Now I’ve got a fantastic
new tool to begin again—this time, trading my film cameras for this new digital
baby. Thank you, thank you.

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Post, (post) Turkey

27Nov09

Hope you had a good holiday.

Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, Boy with Turkey, ca. 1920 via Fans in a Flashbulb

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Vintage Miami

24Nov09

Check out these great vintage posters and postcards of old Miami. Looking at these
I think so much seems to have changed about the city, yet the Deco architecture still
looks the same today.

If you’re going to be in town for the fairs come visit me at Art Basel Miami Beach Thursday December 3rd – Sunday, December 6th. New American Paintings will be in the publications section, booth M21.

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Endless Bummer LP

23Nov09

Endless Bummer, the latest LP from the band Pink Skulls, inspired the impressive album cover project below by the design duo Kevin O’Neill and Karisa Senavitis, a.k.a. Will Work for Good. Consisting of 900 unique “bummers, ” such as Metro Delays, Fox News and Drum Circles, the project was run on a Vandercook letterpress and then hand folded and glued together. You can see the full project here.

Images and tip via FPO

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New Book for the Wish list…

21Nov09

Taschen recently released A Visual History of Typeface & Graphic Styles 1628-1900. The book was edited by the late Jan Tholenaar, a Dutch bibliophile who adored ornamental metal type. Many have criticized the book for numerous historical inaccuracies and overly fluffy descriptions, but the book is still undeniable a beautiful and great visual history of decorative metal type. I would love to add it to my collection and get more historical inspiration for my invitations…