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Mike Kuchar is a “Show Off”

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François Ghebaly New York is delighted to present Show Off, iconoclastic filmmaker and visual artist Mike Kuchar’s newest exhibition at the gallery’s Lower East Side location. Since the 1960s, Mike Kuchar has been a majorly influential figure in the underground film and comics scenes. Together with his twin brother George, the Kuchars gained cult recognition first in the Bronx and then in San Francisco for their over-the-top, no-budget films that sent up Hollywood epics, weepy romances, and sci-fi B movies. In iconic films like Sins of the Fleshapoids (1965), The Craven Sluck (1967), and Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults (1976), Mike developed his distinctive style that jettisoned traditional narrative structure and acting professionalism in favor of extravagant, tender sagas that would have a significant impact on emerging theorizations…
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Jeremy Fish and “The Moral Compass”

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Harman Projects is bicoastal this week, first with a booth at the Outsider Art Fair and on the left coast, The Moral Compass, the third solo exhibition by 2x Juxtapoz cover artist and San Francisco-based artist Jeremy Fish. This body of work features new paintings and works on paper in collaboration with Fish’s mother Nicole, a life long librarian and teacher. Each piece is an illustration illuminating one of Ms. Fish’s fables that include a simple lesson and kernel of wisdom.
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Monaco Court Annuls Case Against Billionaire Art Collector Dmitry Rybolovlev

The case had its roots in a high-profile feud between Rybolovlev and Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier, whom the billionaire accused of overcharging him by nearly $1 billion.
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At the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, a New Vision of Mexico’s Contemporary Art Landscape Rises

The museum’s director Taiyana Pimentel has refocused its programming with shows like “Nuevo León: El futuro no está escrito.”
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Ruby Sky Stiler Reassesses Women’s Role in Art History in Geometric Portraits

Ruby Sky Stiler Reassesses Women’s Role in Art History in Geometric PortraitsRichly patterned, geometric paintings reenvision 20th-century abstraction and women as creators.

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