Another week has flown by so here are another ten picks from what is happening in local art.      Franklin Artworks turns ten years old with a benefit celebration and auction on Saturday November 7th from 7pm to 11pm. The auction features an impressive lineup of 40 local, national and international artists including Uta Barth, David Rathman, Nicola López, Shinique Smith, Ghada Amer, Paul Chan, Santiago…

It has been the week of artists talks, openings and performances in town…. making for a very busy week in local art.  I have been running all week and think I only hit about 10% of them.  I think that is a good sign for the local art community.  Here is week number two of the Local Art 10…I just made it in time to get it in this week. 2. Midway Contemporary’s current exhibitions: 800 Numbers – Ned Vena, Bingo…

“I traced out that Morandi drawing … Traced that son of a bitch out on a blank piece of paper, and I said, ‘There’s the artwork.’ ” Who says curators aren’t badasses? Read, via Greg.org,a brief yet fascinating account of curatorial license by the legendary Walter Hopps—all with the noblest of goals in mind: to promote the work of Giorgio Morandi, who in the late ’50s/early ’60s was mostly unknown, at least on…

I’ve been all a-buzz about Gordon Voidwell (formerly Will Johnson) since he let me stay on his air mattress last year. Recently I got to do some hilarious Dada/Photoshop/Spacemonkey/Stupid-inspired artwork for his new mixtape. I suggest you download it immediately if you want to have a good time. If you don’t want to have a good time, then I don’t understand why you’re reading this blog in the first…