Art at Bay

Off the Wagon – Your Weekend Art Binge 4/27 – 4/29

Sure, you had a good time at Art After Dark last week. Though, now you may be asking ”Danny, is there another art party worth going to soon?” I’m glad you asked. I’m also sorry I started off this week like an infomercial. Anyhow, here’s another art party for you with one serious improvement: it supports an important cause. CL Space … Continue reading »

Look! Art After Dark: Turntable Remix

I wasn’t quite expecting “Night at the Museum” sans Ben Stiller, but it was nearly as fun. Good art, Christian Marclay (!), beer, music, Sleeveface: Art After Dark lived up to the promise. Look out for a proper article on the event coming up at Sarasota Visual Art. For now, enjoy the photos.

Warm Up the Skinny Jeans, Kids – Art to Check Out this Weekend! 4/20 – 4/22

For this weekend’s outing we’ll be reveling in the hipster fetish of vinyl. That is, vinyl records. Hipsters are generally way too nerdy to actually be into a real vinyl fetish. That would be fun to see, though. Anyhow, onto the TMoA. Tampa Museum of Art – Art After Dark Fri 4/20 8pm-11pm Guests- $10 Members- free The quarterly … Continue reading »

On the Crazy-as-Kim-Jong-Il Economics of the Art World – part one

Morley Safer’s 60 Minutes report was out of touch, superficial, and made up of as much opinion as ignorance. However, he was correct about one thing: on good days the economics of the art world are utterly surreal. Hardly anyone needs to be told about the ultra-rich or art changing hands like futures commodities – sorry, … Continue reading »

Art@Bay at Sarasota Visual Art – Art Getting to Work

If art neighborhoods were personified perhaps St. Petersburg’s 600 Block would be a skinny-jeans-and-Chucks hipster. Tampa’s Seminole Heights might be tweed jacketed; scruffy but mature. However, there is a new neighborhood you’d probably find in blue jeans and blue-collar: the Warehouse Arts District. Read the rest of the article here

Warm Up the Skinny Jeans, Kids – Art to Check Out This Weekend! 4/13 – 4/15

This Saturday I’ll be taking my first ride on the Tampa Bay Monorail. How better to see everything in St. Pete and Tampa on the same night? I’m sorry to play such a cruel joke on you. There is no monorail system. The Bay area could sure use one, though. Case in point: Disney World. Did … Continue reading »

Why Bad Art is More than Just Boring

With the death of Thomas Kinkade still being recent news I’m reluctant to disparage his work…reluctant, but not entirely unwilling. The “Painter of Light”, a moniker he snatched and trademarked from J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), is admittedly very technically proficient in a style that would have been relevant about 200 years ago. Retreading conceptual ground … Continue reading »

Warm Up the Skinny Jeans, Kids – Art to Check out this Weekend! 4/06 – 4/08

I’ve been thinking about changing the title of this series before no one’s wearing skinny jeans anymore. How about “Slap on the Slap Bracelets, Kids” or “Lace Up the Renaissance Fair Shirts, dudes”. Let me know if you have any ideas. Anyhow, April is turning out to be a busy month and this weekend we’re hanging … Continue reading »

The Starving Artist’s Guide to Bay Area Museums

For all the vulgar excess and catering to the 1%, art love can be relatively friendly for the cash strapped (though being cash strapped in itself isn’t all that friendly). Gallery receptions and exhibit openings are generally classy yet free affairs – something that can’t exactly be said regarding film or music. The museum visits … Continue reading »