April 14th in Richmond:the Grand Re-Opening of Twelve by Twelve: A Record Bin Art Show, at Chop Suey Books, 1317 W. Cary Street from 6-8pm (full disclosure: I have some work in this)

April 20th in Baltimore: Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith will participate in a rare signing hosted by Atomic Books on 36th Street, from 6-7PM.

April 13th in DC (ok, Crystal City, VA): Artomatic opens. 2121 Crystal Drive, from 6-7PM. (full disclosure: I have some work in this also)

Labels: Baltimore, Galleries, Richmond, Washington DC

All of these are moderated by Michael Fried and Darsie Alexander. This is held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and it's free.

March 21 - Thomas Demand and James Welling
April 12 - Thomas Struth and Mitch Epstien
April 26 - Anthony McCall and Tacita Dean

Labels: Baltimore, Photography

Sotheby's raises commissions as auctions boom
Sotheby's has raised the commission charged to buyers on big-ticket auction purchases worldwide. Previously, the buyer's commission was 20 percent on the first $200,000 bid at auction and 12 percent on the balance of the total bid. Now, buyers will be charged 20 percent on the first $500,000, or an additional $24,000, and 12 percent on the balance. The last time Sotheby's increased its buyer's commission was in January 2005. Within weeks, Christie's raised its commission to match Sotheby's; as of now, Christie's has not announced any plans to raise its fees.

Million dollar gift to baltimore
The Baltimore Museum of Art, which has one of the world's largest collections of works by the painter Henri Matisse, will receive a ten million dollar endowment gift from one of its honorary trustees. The gift from Dorothy McIlvain Scott is the largest in the museum's history.

Bronze sculptures, including Rodin, stolen from dutch museum
Thieves have stolen seven bronze sculptures, including a cast of Auguste Rodin's The Thinker, from a Dutch museum's garden.

This is starting to get a little bit silly. I mean how difficult is it to have a security team for a museum? or even a gate for a sculpture garden? But don't worry, the police have got this all sorted because, The police asked smelters and foundries "to keep their ears and eyes open."

All stories above from Bloomberg and Artforum

Labels: Artforum, Baltimore, Fontana Mix, general notice, Museums

I apologize for the bad reference in the title, however I do have some good news to share with everyone.

Here's the story: In June I was approached to show a few photographs at "Hon Fest" in Baltimore. I said yes or else this would not be a story you are reading. A collector there saw my work in the space and spoke to the owner that he was interested in purchasing some of the photo's. Well long story short, he just bought every photo I was showing.

Yeah! (for me).

I want to come right out and thank John Starling at Smith Content for arranging the show as well as his devotion for pursuing the sale. John runs a great writing studio in baltimore with local as well as national clients - Follow this link to his site.

Labels: Baltimore, Collecting, Photography