The New Museum’s “Suicide” Thwarted by Urs Fischer

Flavorwire 4 weeks ago

The New Museum’s “Suicide” Thwarted by Urs Fischer

Artist and provocateur William Powhida — who once predicted the post-boom odds of fellow contemporaries like Dash Snow — has issued a challenge to the New Museum on Bowery in his latest piece, which graces the cover of this month’s Brooklyn Rail. Full Article at Flavorwire

New York's Last Remaining Glory Hole Featured Prominently on the NYTimes.com [Indecent Expsoure]
4 weeks ago

Thanks to an ad for the New Museum's Urs Fischer exhibit, the NY Times Arts section homepage currently features an animated ad of a tongue coming out of a hole in the wall. New York is edgy again! Full Article at Gawker
A Whole New Museum
1 month ago

Fischer’s fourth-floor installation at the New Museum. (Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich; Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York; and Sadie Coles HQ, London. Full Article at New York Magazine
The New Museum: Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty by staff
1 month ago

“There’s always a moment when things feel obsolete, and then it’s time for a shave.” - Urs Fischer For the next three-plus months, Urs Fischer has practically the entire New Museum to himself. Full Article at Artlog
Datebook for Oct. 23-29
1 month ago

The latest in a resurgence of original cable dramas makes its debut on USA Network. (See review on W11A.) Here, a bond forger escapes from a maximum-security prison. Full Article at Wall Street Journal