Jeff Koons’ Porcelain Series at Gagosian Gallery
Aphrodite Sculpture Detail (Photo By Gail) In the two decades I’ve been writing this website, Jeff Koons is probably the living artist I’ve covered the most — and that’s because I genuinely love his...
View ArticleModern Art Monday Presents: Jeff Koons, Pink Panther
All Photos By Gail Pink Panther (1988) depicts a 1950s pin–up, modeled on the American B–movie actress Jayne Mansfield, with one hand covering a breast bared by a garment that has slipped down—a...
View ArticleRemembering Eli Broad 1933 – 2021
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gail Worley (@worleygigdotcom) There are not many philanthropists like Eli Broad, who died on April 30th, 2021 at the age 87. In his lifetime, Broad and...
View ArticleModern Art Monday Presents: Woman in Tub By Jeff Koons
All Photos By Gail Jeff Koons’ Woman in Tub (1988) combines a cartoon-like rendering of a nude woman startled by a submerged snorkeler with the exquisite, hard-paste porcelain finish of typical...
View ArticlePink Thing of The Day: Pink Perfume Bottle With Mickey Mouse Ears
Photo By Gail People will frequently ask me, “Gail Where Do You Find The Stuff That You Post for the Pink Thing Of The Day Column?” And I will tell them “I Find Them Everywhere!” Case in point: this...
View ArticleModern Art Monday Presents: Jeff Koons, Michael Jackson and Bubbles
Photos By Gail In imagining Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) as a contemporary god of pop culture, Jeff Koons draws on long histories of representing mythic figures in sculpture. In Michael Jackson and...
View ArticleModern Art Monday Presents: Jeff Koons, Bluebird Planter
All Photos By Gail As part of the gallery’s anniversary of 25 Years in business, David Zwirner on 20th Street is currently hosting an exhibit of works by a selection of the major artists it...
View ArticleFinal Week to See Jeff Koons’ Seated Ballerina in Rockefeller Center
All Photos By Gail Jeff Koons‘ 45-foot tall inflatable nylon sculpture, Seated Ballerina, went up in Rockefeller Center Plaza on May 12th, 2017 and was originally due to be up only through June 2nd....
View ArticleLyons Wier Gallery Presents: Jae Yong Kim’s Pop Goes The Donut!
Donut Ever Forget Me ByJae Yong Kim (All Photos By Gail) If you like Donuts and Art, then you will go crazy for Korean artist Jae Yong Kim’s latest exhibit, Pop Goes The Donut, which is up now at...
View ArticleA Visit to The Broad Museum!
All Photos by Gail When I was in California at Christmastime, a little bit of advanced planning allowed me to enjoy a visit to the new Broad Museum of contemporary art, located in beautiful downtown...
View ArticleJeff Koons Gazing Ball Paintings at Gagosian Gallery
Monet’s Water Lillies with Gazing Ball (All Photos by Gail) Hey remember back in the spring of 2013, when Jeff Koons launched his magnificent Gazing Ball series? I sure do. Gazing Ball was a...
View ArticleRachel Harrison, All In the Family
All Photos By Gail Rachel Harrison (b. 1966) deploys a wide range of influences in her work, combining art-historical and pop-cultural citations with explorations of material, color and form. Her...
View ArticleBeau’s Mechanical Shark Week at Amy LI Projects
Weeping Shark (All Photos By Gail) Do you like sharks? I sure do. Amy Li Projects is currently hosting a solo exhibition with a fun shark theme: Mechanical Shark Week, featuring all new paintings by...
View ArticleDavid Lyle’s Everyone’s a Critic at Lyons Wier Gallery
David Lyle Lampoons the Works of Pop Artist Jeff Koons in The Creative Process (All Photos By Gail) Lyons Wier Gallery is currently hosting Everyone’s A Critic, a new body of work by artist David...
View ArticleHorse Head Vacuum Cleaner
All Photos By Gail Here’s another cool design item I spotted while browsing in the Chamber boutique on West 23d Street a couple of weeks back. Horse Bust (Chess Piece) was designed by Antwerp,...
View ArticleMartin Schoeller, Portraits at Halsted Kraeutler
Russell Brand (All Gallery Photos By Gail) Hasted Kraeutler is currently hosting a major retrospective of Martin Schoeller’s unique portrait photography, which has been organized to coincide with the...
View ArticlePop Sculpture / Pop Culture at Leila Heller Gallery, Ends November 15th!
Art By Robert Indiana (All Photos By Gail) Leila Heller’s multi-floor midtown gallery is wrapping up its Pop Sculpture / Pop Culture exhibit on Saturday, but we had one last chance to check it out...
View ArticleRobert C. Jackson’s Tinkering With Reality at Gallery Henoch
Pairings Feast (All Photos By Gail, Click On Any Image to Enlarge for Detail) Robert Jackson’s Tinkering with Reality is a disarmingly fun exhibit of contemporary pop-realist paintings whose everyday...
View ArticlePink Thing of The Day: Jeff Koons’ Moon (Light Pink)
All Photos By Gail If you missed the Jeff Koons Retrospective that just closed at the Whitney Museum this past weekend after a 3-plus month run, then you missed your chance to see this lovely piece of...
View ArticleCasey Kaplan Gallery Presents: I Went to School With Someone Called Jonathon...
A Copy of Deflated Sculpture No 1 By Jonathan Monk (All Photos By Gail) When it comes to my taste in Contemporary art, two things that always draw me in are clever appropriation and subversive...
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