The Blue Sky Gallery is a special balloon portion of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which invites contemporary artists to transform their original creations into novelty balloons. Read more
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Modern Art Highlights From The Los Angeles Art Show – Part I
The 16th annual Los Angeles Art Show took place in the city’s Convention Center this past Thursday, January 19th through Sunday, January 23rd. I attended with my friend and fellow art-lover/collector Betsy Wills, who flew out from Nashville for the event and who is the author of an enjoyable art blog named Artstormer. Read more
Murakami Over Manhattan. Pop Art Kaikai & Kiki Thanksgiving Day Parade Floats.
Japanese pop and anime artist Takashi Murakami added some modern art to the world’s most popular Thanksgiving Day Parade. Studio mascots, Kaikai and Kiki came to life as 30-40 foot tall “balloonicles” in this year’s 2010 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade joining Snoopy, Sponge Bob, Buzz, Kermit, Spidey and other perennial favorites. Read more
Most Overhyped Art Project – Simple Things by Pharrell Williams, Murakami and Jacob & Co.
I’d never have blogged about this collaborative ‘art’ project shown at this year’s Art Basel except that it’s receiving lots of blogger and news buzz. Read more