Vulture Presents the Best of Performa 09
Concluding yesterday was Performa 09, the third iteration of the biennial that sees 150 performance artists descend on New York. See our slideshow recap!
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"It's even more surreal than a movie premiere," the director says of his new Museum of Modern Art exhibition.
It's been two years since a judge ordered Larry Salander's possessions be liquidated, but so far, none of them have been.
I sorely want to defend the New Museum. Unfortunately, the institution may have outsmarted itself.
The work, a motion-activated replica of a human tongue called 'Noisette,' is intended to result in a "mischievous slapstick routine."
And the results are amazing.
"My kind of art has always been film, that's my primary interest, and everything else is just a hobby."
Oddly, the case hinges on the absence of actor George Clooney in a photo.
A chalk portrait bought for $19,000 two years ago might be worth $100 million if it's by Da Vinci.
"In my lifetime, I'd never have expected to see something like a Glenn Ligon 1992 text painting, based on a line in the 1961 book 'Black Like Me,' hanging in the living quarters of the White House."
Both right-wingers and art insiders were disappointed in the choices.
"I wish we'd all been able to have lunch together that day or something," says Elizabeth Berkeley.
"Money may have left the party, but the party is still going on."
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