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.
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."
"My kind of art has always been film, that's my primary interest, and everything else is just a hobby."
A chalk portrait bought for $19,000 two years ago might be worth $100 million if it's by Da Vinci.
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."
"I can't find anything in my life that says, 'Well, you can't work for the Pope.'"
Artworks have shrunk, but sex still sells — and much more.
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