I am not fascinated by french art, although it did have some interest until the 80′s. Additionally, my nein-sager mentality usually conditions me to develop a negative preconception on whoever seems to be unanimously appreciated. However, I am irrationally intrigued by Yves Klein’s work. Especially, his work with fire.

New sculpture show featuring emerging young artists Tim Ellis, Katie Cuddon, Sam Plagerson and my old mate Douglas White (featured above) on at the Simon Oldfield Gallery until 04 July.

Art Collective YEMENWED presents “Woman Merges With Car” at Jack Henley Gallery

Thanks to Christelle de Castro for videos.

Tonight Gloria Maximo, who performs in the first video with coffee and laptop presents two of her beautiful paintings at WallSpace Gallery from 6-8pm at 619 West 27th Street NYC, NY.

Maison Martin Margiela The Exhibition opened last night in London and will remain at Somerset House until September 5.

A must must London must see if you didn’t make the pilgrimage to Antwerpen etc already.

On May 20th we visited PS1 and danced the day away with Holli Smith and David Benjamin Sherry thanks to Michael Magnan, New York’s favorite house dj. We witnessed big brother, Humberto Petit giving some very deep throated advice to Kalup Lindsay. Best of all… an illegible, yet perfectly clear, art history lecture by one Mr. Terence Koh featuring some of my all time favorite influences: the irreplaceable Collin de Land, John Waters and Divine, Rem Koolhaas, Jack Pierson, Rei Kawakuba’s unmatched spring 1997 collection, and my personal favorite, Mended Veil hitting the slopes at Rob Pruitt’s legendary 1998 Cocaine Buffet (seen here in the third video).

Terence Koh from Rija Munfar on Vimeo.

Terence Koh from Rija Munfar on Vimeo.

Terence Koh from Rija Munfar on Vimeo.

The New York 70′s and 80′s artworld’s celebrated form of artistic expression is enjoying a recent excelerated boom. Some of our favorite artists and art collectives have been segueing into the practice and some of these young artists are, in turn, rediscovering great living legends. The old and the new, some favorites of Sang Bleu.

Desi Santiago aka Desi Monster, as he is known to his club kid OGs, mixes sculpture and live performance. He has recently shown a series of inflatables and aspirational accessories at ENVOY gallery. Desi, already a legend and shaman amongst New York’s edge, now eases a broader art audience into his signature weirdness using precision geometry to successfully combine awkward and black humor leaving the audience feeling dark inside yet simultaneously warm and fuzzy.

An exert from Desi Santiago’s charming PS1 performence…

Desi Santiago from Rija Munfar on Vimeo.

On Dia de las Madres day we blew into Tara De Long’s nest at Morricone Gallery. Never mind the cheesecake, the real desert following the Gavin Brown lunch was served up by the infamous TJ Free. The greatest living female MC hatched in a room full of white and grey roses to treat her audience to “Rupture and Repair” followed by an acoustic rendition of “Living Among”. Breathing freshness into the over incorporated apathy that is today’s hip hop, Ms. DeLong Dzubilo proves once again that there is life in the afterbirth. Visit Tara’s video installation of the classic “Business” at the Queens Museum of Art until July. The video streams across the museum gift shop (which happens to be pawning limited edition Mended Veil gigantic and miniature penny medallions), on the big “MONY” screen, as a part of Larissa Harris’s premier curation as director of the QMA, “The Curse of Bigness”.

Egg On Yo Face…

Tara De Long from Rija Munfar on Vimeo.

The last time I had a face to face with Kembra Pfahler she decided to cut the breasts out of the clothes because there was no Rick Owens for her to wear on our set. Kembra’s severely tanned hand clutched a gigantic scissor as she enthusiastically exclaimed, “Alright Ladies, Let’s See Some Tits!”. A tough love lesson in styling this editor will not soon forget. Monday, Kembra exhibited some serious wild style on opening night of Vaginal Cream Davis’ “Speaking From the Diaphram” where, coincidentally, Rick was also a guest.

Some girls will do anything to get on TV…

Kembra Pfahler from Rija Munfar on Vimeo.

Be sure to come show the family some love when Scarlett Rouge appears on Vag’s “Speaking From the Diaphram” on May 27th at PS122 in NYC’s East Village.

Tara Joe DeLong’s egg on display for all the world to see. New York Gallery week.