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Thursday, March 26, 2009

A Mixed Bag (3.26.09)


Anjali Bhargava, Lip Series, 2008-2009. Color photograph. Courtesy of the artist.

Anjali Bhargava: Beginning tomorrow, you can see the above image and other photographs by Bhargava in the exhibition Beauty & Danger at Sunita Bar (106 Norfolk St., NYC). Stay tuned for my interview with the artist over chai.

A new program in photography and human rights launches at NYU; ICP has announced the 2009 Infinity Award Winners; Paul Graham is winner of the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize; the photo exhibit Into the Sunset opens at MoMA this week.

New Vocab: "Art-ghetto group-think." Courtesy of Tyler Green.

National Nougat Day: Make French Nougat dipped in cream fondant; Sicilian Nougat with dried cherries; Honey Nougat; or Nougat Ice Cream.

Candyland: The 2009 Candy Expo in Chicago anticipates 100 new exhibitors this May.

Economy Candy: While candy -- "the Prozac of the recession"-- is generating more business, Discover magazine reports that rehab centers have seen a sharp increase too.

Get Your A** in Gear: The NYC Five Boro Bike Tour is already sold out, but Miami offers a less rigorous Art Deco Bike Tour.

The Future Beneath Us: An exhibition that examines eight underground infrastructure projects that will change how we move around New York. (Like the fare hike wasn't enough.) On view at the NYC Transit Museum through July 5. [via Frieze]

More on Prospect.1: Over budget last year, but coming back in the black.

Sidonie Villere: Saks Fifth Ave (Manhattan) has commissioned this New Orleans artist to create a site-specific installation in their 3rd floor couture department. The entire floor will feature women artists.

NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival and Conference: A program of concerts, papers, demonstrations and other events. Various locations in NYC, April 2-4.

Measure Better: Gizmo Girl features a Scale Spoon and I want one!

Vanilla Bean-Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Frosting: An excuse to purchase the Scale Spoon.

Faux Food Art: A plastic food collector writes about her obsession.

Like Granny Used to Bake: A recipe for chocolate frosted layer cake.

Springtime in Harlem: The first museum survey of works by Kalup Linzy opens at the Studio Museum on April 2.

Space and Identity: A Bay Area project that looks at how cultures use space to reinforce their cultural identity. Visit mappingoakland.com.

Never Late Than Better: Curated by fellow Art21 blogger Trong Gia Nguyen, the exhibition features artists who tweak the vagaries of reality and consider the laws of time and physics as an aesthetic. On view at the Elizabeth Foundation, April 11-May 16.

Calling All Art Bloggers: Contribute to the blog New Curator with a post about museum change.

Pass or Fail: A quiz that takes me back to the (undergrad) days of slide identification.

DIY Cookie Cutters: Don't toss that Campbell's soup can in the recycling bin just yet. [via A.T.]

Recession-Friendly Baking Tips from Restaurant Girl.

Celebrity Spirits: I love me some JT, but nothin' beats Cuervo in my book.

Shrinks Who Need Shrinks.

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