The Parlor Gallery of Asbury, New Jersey opens two new shows tomorrow night, one a solo show from Netherland titled Stay Tuned, and second a group show titled Cutlass featuring Greg Gossel, Jill Ricci, Rodriguez Calero, Ray Sell, Lizzy Janssen, Cody DeFranco, David Wallace, Bruce New, Patrick Winfield, Larry Porter, Derek Gores, and Nicolas Lampert. More information after the jump . . .
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One of our favorite art studios/collectives on the East Coast, Space 1026, is having their annual art auction tonight at 7PM, featuring donations from Zoe Strauss, Jim Houser, Bill McRight, Steve Powers, Tim Gough, Luke Ramsey, Matt Furie, Steven Dufala, Chrissy Piper, Sandy Kim, Adam Wallacavage, Alex Lukas, Hilary Pecis, Caleb Neelon, Mark Price, Kris Chau, and many, many more. More images and information after the jump . . .
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Just going to throw this out there: that is a scary-ass cover. Not in the “I can’t sleep” scary way, but in the, “My dreams are now of little weird animal creatures drinking sake out of coffee mugs at a basement bar in Budapest, and how did I get here with them?” sort of scary way. More after the jump . . .

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Our New York City correspondent, Brock Fetch, stopped by Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn to check out Maya Hayuk's newest solo show, Heavy Light, recently. As we always appreciate, Maya goes for the hyper-color, shapes and full-installation exhibition show. Plenty of pictures after the jump . . .
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Paper produced a short video from Art Basel last week, and it follows musical acts around Miami as they talk about being involved in one of the biggest art fairs in the world. And our interview subject from last week, Perry Farrell, gives us a really nice thank you and nod. We appreciate that. See the video after the jump . . .
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Fresh off a solo show at Liner in NYC, Sylvia Ji returns to the West Coast with a solo show at Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City tomorrow night (December 11). And because it is that time of year, Corey Helford Gallery is giving away a 10" x 10" giclee print of Ji's painting "Black Elk" (see after the jump) to the first 500 guests who arrive. More after the jump . . .
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Art Basel just ended this past Sunday, but it feels like its been 5 months. Regardless, our blogger Jillian Mackintosh just posted a nice SCOPE Fair recap, so nice in fact that we wanted you to focus your attention on it right now. More after the jump . . .
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Pakayla Rae Biehn will be included in Thinkspace Gallery's The New Realism: New Paintings from Aaron Nagel, Nathan DeYoung, Jeff Ramirez, Jennifer Nehrbass, Linnea Strid, and Pakayla Rae Biehn opening this Saturday, December 11. This week, we highlighted each artist's work with a Back Talk, and today we end with speaking with Pakayla. Back Talk after the jump . . .
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After the success of the Maurice Sendak retrospective at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in 2009, the San Francisco museum just opened another intriguing exhibition, Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margaret and H.A. Rey. For anyone of this generation and generations prior, everyone has a place for Curious George in their lives. More after the jump . . .
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We want to preface this post with the fact that we don't know the whole story, but it looks like Italian artist Blu, one of the rising talents in the international art world especially in terms of mural work, was invited by the MOCA to paint a large wall in conjunction with next Spring's major "Art In the Streets" exhibition. And right after Blu painted the piece in LA, it got buffed. More after the jump . . .
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