I’ve been back in New York for the past few weeks—essentially from Fashion Week to Armory Week, with the Whitney Biennial sandwiched between—and I’ve seen so much art that I’m not sure where to begin. To make things more interesting, my camera started giving random error messages, and I haven’t had time to have it serviced, rendering void my usual tactic of posting tons of pics rather than taking the time to politely word actual opinions.

So basically I’ll hit the high points—if something stuck with me, obviously it’s significant enough…right?

Try this:

1. Click the play button on the Barry Sanders highlight video below, but click the volume button off so it plays without sound.

I could watch videos like these for hours: nice old school ball players set to beats.

This year's art films that interest me:

1) Pepperminta. Video artist Pipilotti Rist’s first feature. Her 2009 exhibit at MOMA was magic, but I’m curious as to how she’ll do with plot. The Sundance synop makes the whole thing sound corny, and the trailer makes it look like a cross between Science of Sleep, Teletubbies on speed and a Deee-Lite music video. Sign me up.

Parisian photographer & street artist JR continues his incredible world tour dedicated to women in poor countries. A solo exhibition is running at the Pavilion of Arsenal from 3 to 23 October 2009. In parallel, he was offered the Ile St. Louis for monumental photographic paste ups. Unheard of in Paris!

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