Lawler again took aim at the currency of boldface names with her sound piece Birdcalls, recorded in 1981. (artinamericamagazine.com)
Given Carly Berwick's branding in New York magazine of the 2008 Whitney Biennial as the exhibition's Facebook installment (a characterization prompted in part by cocurator Shamim Momin's legendary predilection for what she terms «the embrace of locality»), it was perhaps unsurprising that Tuesday night's VIP opening was packed not only with boldface names but also, seemingly, with all their old classmates. (artforum.com)
One of the week's biggest events — the Alexander Wang runway show — drew a heaping portion of boldfaced names who willingly posed for street style photos, including fashion lover and new dad, Kanye West, Courtney Love (who was just featured in our 50 Most Stylish New Yorkers feature!) (stylecaster.com)