I am joining the growing boycott of Target based on their support of the hateful politician Tom Emmer, who supports a music group that calls for the execution of gays and lesbians.
Dear Mr. Steinhafel:

The website for Target proudly trumpets its support of “Diversity” and of
fostering an “inclusive culture.” I guess this doesn’t mean all customers
since [...]

Above is a picture of my great-uncle Fred Dugas, a Vaudevillean, photographed  in his tuxedo and roller skates by my great-grandfather Prime Dugas. Fred grew up in Taftville, Connecticut (my other great-uncle Rene, who passed away at 100 last year, wrote a history of the French Canadians in New England) and left to tour with [...]

Jeffrey was not a constant visitor to the Excellent Workshop salon series that Casey organized in the Fischerspooner rehearsal warehouse in Williamsburg, but he was there for the Citizens Band premiere and expressed interest in presenting the group in the gallery. In the meantime, I presented Chaos & Candy one more time with Jeffrey at [...]

Deitch Projects has closed its doors, ending of an era of art and performance in New York City.
Say what you will about Jeffrey Deitch, and plenty of people have a plethora of opinions, but he kept an orbit of fascinating and smart people circulating around him and was always game to experiment
I had the opportunity [...]

I donated some artwork for an auction benefiting the Riverkeeper organization sponsored by DBA pens. The request was to fill one of their Endless Notebooks with art of some kind using their pens. Some of the other contributing artists included Mick Jagger, David Schwimmer, Ruben & Isabel Toledo, Molly Ringwald, and MGMT. There was a [...]

Chinese rat poison sign on the building site next door. Why do I love this? It is so Chinese pirate.

Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn. May 25, 2010
It turns out this is an art project and the book is already for sale. I really like the posters and  imagining people coming up with ideas and scrawling on them, but my first reaction after realizing that there was a book for sale was to scrutinize the photos I [...]

Amber Martin and I at the close of our performance of “Leather & Lace” with Mia Theodoratus on harp as part of NIGHT OF 1,000 STEVIES 20: SISTERS OF THE MOON at the Highline Ballroom. May 14, 2010.

Due to the recent release of her book The Professor, Stanford English professor Terry Castle has been making the promotional rounds. Of particular interest to media outlets is her gossipy post-mortem on Susan Sontag, which features a dinner party I attended.
She is a good writer, and the title of the piece, “Desperately Seeking Susan,” vaguely [...]

Directors Jason Cacioppo and Adam Dugas release their kaleidoscopic new music video for Fischerspooner’s song “The Best Revenge.”
With dancers popping on the screen like a digital Busby Berkeley fun house, the video captures the energy and dynamism of the eclectic electronic performance group. The choreography by Vanessa Walters and wardrobe by Elise Fife were created [...]