Once we had our group of the ten most nominated artists, Eugenie and I set out on our part of the collaboration. We visited the…
Read MoreYou have been following us from the 1708 studios to 9,457 nominations to 10 nominees to the 5 featured artists. Let’s take a look at…
Read MoreIn late October, acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei and friends performed a parody of the “Gangnam Style” video by the South Korean rapper PSY. The video,…
Read MoreSince our announcement of our top ten nominated artists in late September, Eugenie Tsai (John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art) and I have visited their…
Read MoreAfter approximately 147,000 studio visits to 1,708 artists, and then 9,457 nominations, we have our top ten nominated artists. In alphabetical order: Aleksander Betko, Cobble…
Read MoreAs you saw in Shelley’s previous post, we were thrilled about the level of participation over the open studio weekend. At the same time, we…
Read MoreOur borough-wide open studio weekend is finally just days away! On September 8th and 9th, more than 1800 artists across 46 neighborhoods in Brooklyn will…
Read MoreAs we’ve noted in our posts, the inspiration for GO came from two primary sources: ArtPrize and the long and burgeoning tradition of open studio…
Read MoreI have received a wide range of questions about GO from artists. Some of the more skeptical ones have included “So, it’s a contest?” and…
Read MoreWhen Shelley and I first started brainstorming the ideas that have now become GO, we were thinking about how to build upon some of the…
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