My previous post on the subject seemed to be popular, so here is a new list of upcoming art benefits:

• The Kitchen has a benefit art auction on November 2. That link already has images of many of the works to be auctioned. Impressive. The lovely and talented Christopher Gaillard of Sotheby’s, who always helps out at Momenta’s benefit, will be the auctioneer.
• The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) has a benefit on November 8 aimed at a bit richer crowd than some — tickets start at $250. I don’t see any kind of art auction in the description, but the snacks are provided by Danny Meyer, which is a good thing.
• Winning points for having a MySpace Page, the “BetteJean” benefit to raise money for research on ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral sclerosis), often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s disease,” takes place on November 9th at Galapagos. There will be a silent auction that includes work by James Nares and others, plus musical performances. They’re still encouraging submissions of works for the silent auction. Artists, this might be your chance to get noticed by some new collectors. Tickets are only $10.

[photo found on flickr, taken by Youngna Park]

Jacques Louis Vidal installation view

Check out James’s post for a slideshow from our crowded opening night plus some installation shots. I am thrilled with how the show came together, and the big turnout.

If any art bloggers want a personal tour some Sunday afternoon while the show is up, let us know.

Sorry for the lack of posting. I will have some recommended upcoming events and art benefits soon, but I’m still catching up with my job-ish work after all of the installation last week.

Despite what is said in today’s DKS mailing, our show opens tomorrow night. If you accidentally find yourself in Williamsburg tonight, I recommend attending an art auction to benefit the Greenpoint YMCA’s youth programs at Supreme Trading (213 N. 8th Street) from 5-9PM. It was curated by curated by Elizabeth Grady from the Whitney and Christian Viveros-Fauné of Roebling Hall. The list of works looks awesome.

So I can’t carry more than 3 ounces of toothpaste onto a commercial flight, but I can arrange for a small private plane to fly up the east river next to the UN, high rise apartment buildings, and not too far from the Metropolitan Museum of Art? That’s a brilliant way to run security.

Wonder what that headline’s about? Check out Art Fag City and Jen Bekman on the idea of a “Creativity Now” conference that has a 95% male lineup of speakers.

The owner of my favorite art blog in Los Angeles — Fette’s Flog — is opening a gallery!

The inaugual show at Fette’s Gallery is titled “i know you, but you don’t know me” and includes work by marie blanchard, melanie bonajo, brian bress, roya falahi, mehdi hercberg, hyun-gyoung kim, susanne mewing, david ostrowski, körner union and stuart white. [the lack of capitalization is from the gallery’s site]

My thanks to fellow flickr Chelsea Pool member musiquegirl for the photos. Now we’re using traffic signs and huge amounts of the street to warn about fake IDs?

… go read today’s Manhattan User’s Guide.

We never had Welch’s Grape Juice in the house growing up because Robert Welch was one of the founders of the John Birch Society, and that organization, still with us, opposed the Civil Rights Movement in the 60s.

Which brings us to a piece of jewelry we mentioned recently in MUG, available, as we noted, at Anthropologie. A reader better informed than we are pointed out that both Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters are owned by Richard Hayne.

Jonathan Valania wrote an excellent piece on Hayne in the Philadelphia Weekly a few years ago in which he reported that Hayne had donated $13,150 to Rick Santorum and his PAC over the years. (Santorum, as you’ll recall, is anti-abortion, anti-gay rights, and in favor of teaching intelligent design.)

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