Ten New York Shows Closing in the Next Ten Days

Statue of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus at the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York. Photo: 16 Miles

Lots of great shows are closing soon. Note the double Jessica Jackson Hutchins action.

• Betty Parsons, "Journeys," Spanierman Modern, closes March 20
• Elena Pankova & Anke Weyer, Canada, closes March 21
• Joe Bradley and Chris Martin, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, closes March 27
• Sue Gurnee, "The Fulgent Cadences," Feature Inc., closes March 27
• Jessica Jackson Hutchins, "Kitchen Table Allegory," Derek Eller Gallery, closes March 27
• Steve Mumford, "New Paintings," Postmasters Gallery, closes March 27
• Ken Price: Sculpture and Drawings, Work from the 1960s and 1970s, Nyehaus, closes March 27
• Robert Ryman, "Large-Small, Thick-Thin, Light Reflecting, Light Absorbing," PaceWildenstein, closes March 27
• Jessica Jackson Hutchins, "Over Come Over," Laurel Gitlen | Small A Projects, closes March 28
• "Leopards in the Temple," SculptureCenter, closes March 30

Art 21 Comes Online and Other Links [Collected]

Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Place (Season 1, Episode 1), 2002.

To the ridiculously well-stocked UbuWeb (which continues to add wonder new content), we can now add Art21 to the all-too-short list of sites offering video about contemporary art online.  The host of all sixteen episoes of Art21 is the biggest surprise, though: Hulu, better known for peddling episodes of Family Guy and The Daily Show.  The first episode (above) features Richard Serra, Sally Mann, Barry McGee & Margaret Kigallen, and Pepón Osorio. [via @TylerGreenDC of Modern Art Notes]

A compendium of other links and events:

• Unbuilt Roads, a show based on the book of the same name by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guy Tortosa that catalogues 107 unrealized art works is coming to e-flux.  Opens April 11, 6:00 - 8:00 pm.
• Peter Schjeldahl spends a charming ten minutes over on The New Yorker discussing the Norton Simon Museum works on loan to the Frick.
• John Waters lectured on Cy Twombly at the Smithsonian American Art Museum over the weekend.  He owns eighty-one books about the artist.  According to Waters, "Twombly makes such confident work it makes people mad."  To detractors, he says, "This kind of contemporary art hates you too, and you deserve it."  Eye Level, the official blog of the museum, has the full story.
• 100 Abandoned Houses.  [via c-monster via Coudal Partners]

Upcoming Talks [Calendar]

The Hispanic Society of America.  Photo: 16miles

The New York art fairs open up this week.  In the realm of academia, though, there are also big things happening this month.  Here are our picks for the best talks, listed chronologically and to be updated throughout the month.  They include former Guild & Greyshkul partner Sara VanDerBeek on her photography, two Dia events, another in the new Elizabeth Dee-initiated space, X, that used to belong to Dia, and a pair of talks featuring Hal Foster, who easily wins the award for best lecture titles.

Sara VanDerBeek on Her Photography

International Center for Photography, 1114 Avenue of the America, New York, NY

Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 7:00 pm

Liam Gillick on the Factory that Exists but Does Not Produce

Art in General, 79 Walker Street, New York, NY

Saturday, March 7, 2009, 3:00 pm

Mitchell Codding, Director of the Hispanic Society, and Bettina Funcke, Senior Editor U.S. for Parkett on the work of Zoe Leonard [rsvp @ diaart.org for reservations]

The Hispanic Society of America, 613 West 155th Street (entrance on Broadway), New York, NY

Saturday, March 14, 2009, 2:00 pm

Isaac Julien on Andy Warhol [$6 regular; $3 student]

Dia Art Foundation, 535 West 22nd Street, New York, NY

Sunday, March 22, 2009, 6:30 pm

Hal Foster and David Joselit on Recessional Aesthetics: New Publics or Business as Usual

X, 548 West 22nd Street, New York, NY

Thursday, March 26, 2009, 7:00 pm

How to Survive Civilization or: What We Can Still Learn from Dada

Cooper Union, Wollman Auditorium, Cooper Square New York, NY

Monday, April 6, 2009, 6:00 pm