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Everyone loves a blind item

This part time Mixed Greener and artist is mentioned in this VICE article ...hint: she makes "Morse code necklaces that spells out “Fuck You” in beads".

Which artworld-y caterer delivered bag lunches to us today?

What San Antonio-based visual artist is preparing to move to NYC very very soon? Hint: he shares a name with a singer ALSO based in Texas.

This gallery is closing (very sad--they'll be greatly missed)...but they're holding a one night only exhibition this coming saturday. More Than A Hint: click here for event info. Be sure to check it out! We wish the ladies well in their future endeavors.

The Box--A Video!

Coke Wisdom O'Neal (ooohhhh yeah, that's really his name) is interviewed in this great video of The Box project currently underway in Texas. 

We LOVE video links at The Pit. We wish we had more of them. If you have a video clip related to a current art event, please send it to us via comment to this post!

xoxo Gallery Girl

For those of you having trouble getting through your day because there was no Gossip Girl to quench your thirst for youthful NYC drama last night, may I suggest you start reading Gallery Girl?? Thank you, Art Review, for this delightfully ridiculous column. GG, keep up the good work.

Drumroll please...

BEST PHOTO OF 2008 AWARD is for the above shot (Heather, Courtney and Monica squeeze the massive roll of bubblewrap into The Pit by using Heather as a human spool.) I don't think Rob took this one (he had to have been out of the country...which is probably why we didn't know how to fit the bubblewrap through the door). So photo credit goes to the intern!!!

It's a Rob Carter Saturday

And basically that means I get to post a bunch of ridiculous photos that Rob has taken at various Mixed Green events. I'm inspired by Rob's rare Saturday appearance at the gallery. Enjoy.

Heather makes a face at Rob. Or her husband. It's hard to tell.

Tamara and Courtney half-smile for Rob. It's a shame their eyes are blacked out, because they were giving "looks of death".

Alessandra Exposito's busy opening. Rob lovvvves to capture Mixed Greeners in silly poses.

good stuff on a budget

The Times food section is all about budgeting this week....so I took the hint and decided to share my favorite budget-friendly things. Some are holiday related, some are for you shoppers out there...others are news items and/or things of general awesomeness.

Jean-Georges? Yes, you can afford it. Thank you JG, we appreciate the gift.

Not that anyone in NYC needs a truck, but...

The only Yayoi Kusama I know I'll ever be able to afford.

Really affordable original drawings.

Extremely affordable original drawings.

Even cheaper than that Marilyn Minter towel you bought in Miami.

Inexpensive NYC activity.

"Inexpensive" NYC property.

Great stocking stuffer (for a big stocking).

Warsaw, anyone?

Here's a picture of Mark Mulroney's nearly-completed mural for the group exhibition Up Against the Wall at the National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, Poland.

fun (not necessarily accurate) reading

i'll preface this by saying that the links below might present info, ideas, etc. that are not necessarily accurate reporting, but....they make for super fun reading.

Buck, the rainbow typeface is difficult to read...but the content makes it worth the extra effort.

This url means you don't have to search the web for these quirky stories. One stop shopping.

I love when Gawker breaks art world news.

This is more for shopping, and less for reading. Great "condolence cards" by Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida.

POP QUIZ for LOST fans (for the procrastinator out there)

Around the World

above: image courtesy of ArtInfo.com and Bruce Morris.

Peru sues Yale.

Winkleman provides a nice breakdown of the Miami fair traffic/sales.

ArtInfo reports on the South African art market.

ArtInfo also provides lovely photos of various fair parties in Miami (Miami is worth mentioning twice)

The Station is apparently it its own universe.

"Day Without a Gay" is worldwide.

Holiday gifts from Hong Kong at Kiosk.

Fair coverage

SHOUT OUT to Modern Art Obsession for mentioning us in their review of the Pulse fair.