Every Day's Journey

15-FOOT-TALL INFLATABLE TRUMP RAT KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN Trump Rat  (Castigat Ridendo Mores) Concept Design by Jeffrey Beebe Senate Republicans, backed by President Trump, blew up the filibuster to make way for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, who was sworn in today. What better revenge than blowing up Trump in turn, in the form of a giant, inflatable rat? An enduring symbol of resistance and ridicule familiar to anyone who’s walked the streets of New York City, the giant inflatable rat has a new face: the president’s. Join BravinLee Programs in thumbing your nose at the Rat-in-Chief by contributing, via Kickstarter, to a new public demonstration of contempt: Trumpy the Rat. Rendering of Jeffrey Beebe’s  Trumpy the Rat , 2017 Designed by Jeffrey Beebe, the 15-foot-tall inflatable rat will be placed as close as possible to Trump Tower in Manhattan, a symbol of disgust and ridicule for all to see. The longer-term go

REYES PROJECTS  ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL PROGRAMMING Dallas Art Fair Opening  Thursday, April 6, 2017 Booth B4 Undercover Boss Opening  Friday, April 21, 2017 100 South Old Woodward Ave, Birmingham, MI   Jonathan Rajewski,  Umbrella Painting , acrylic, latex, umbrellas, 2015 “Another day, another boss in disguise!” – US Weekly “Undercover presents a wonderful tribute to the working man and woman.” – Boston Herald “It’s a show, at its base, about how crazy hard ordinary people work for a dollar.” —Time “Simple and Brilliant” – The New York Daily News “If nothing else, Undercover Boss is a reminder that in bad times, people are less eager to confront or provoke authority; mostly they wish for small favors and the big, serendipitous strokes of luck." —The New York Times “Undercover Boss is recognizing unsung heroes who probably would have gone unnoticed otherwise." – LA Times “Undercover Boss has clearly touched a nerve with viewe

CREATIVE TIME TO HONOR OPENING CEREMONY FOUNDERS  HUMBERTO LEON AND CAROL LIM AT THEIR 2017 GALA —  WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017  AT CITY POINT, BROOKLYN  — (NEW YORK, NY – March 10, 2017) – On  Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 , the annual  Creative Time Gala will honor  Humberto Leon  and  Carol Lim , founders of  Opening Ceremony  at  City Point, Brooklyn . Tickets available for purchase here. The evening will serve as the debut of  Pledges of Allegiance , a new collaboration between Creative Time, Opening Ceremony, along with Alix Browne, Cian Browne, and Fabienne Stephan. Through the  Pledges of Allegiance  project, artists are invited to create a flag that speaks to an issue they are passionate about, or a cause worth fighting for. The flags will then be flown across NYC and potentially beyond. Participating artists for the launch of the project include  Trevor Paglen, Tania Bruguera, Jeremy Deller, Alex Da Corte,  and  Rirkri

R.B. Kitaj:  The Exile at Home R.B. Kitaj, Los Angeles No. 7 (Double), 2001, Oil on canvas March 4 - April 8, 2017 Opening reception Saturday, March 4, 2017 6-8pm Marlborough Contemporary is pleased to present R.B. Kitaj:  The Exile at Home  curated, by Barry Schwabsky. R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007) was one of the most prominent painters of his time, particularly in England where the American artist spent some four decades spanning the late 1950s through the late 1990s. Part of an extraordinary cohort who emerged from the Royal College of Art circa 1960, which included Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, and David Hockney, Kitaj was immediately pegged as one of its leading figures. The London Times greeted his first solo show in 1963 as a long-awaited and galvanizing event: “Mr. R.B. Kitaj’s first exhibition, now that it has at last taken place, puts the whole ‘new wave’ of figurative painting in this country during the last two

GARAGE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF TRAVEL GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL CURATORS   Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce  the winners of its Travel Grants for international curators . These grants will be used to enable the winning curators to attend the first  Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art  which runs from  March 10 to May 14, 2017 . The winners, selected from a diverse international pool of established curators, will spend four days in Moscow, where they will explore the largest survey of contemporary Russian art to date. The winners are:  Riksa  Afiatry  (Indonesia),  Celenk Bafra  (Turkey),  Lizaveta German  (Ukraine),  Jarret Gregory  (United States),  Albert Heta  (Kosovo),  Li Qi  (China),  Joanna Sokolowska  (Poland),  Polly Staple  (Great Britain),  Chen Tamir  (Israel), and  Diana Ukhina  (Kyrgyzstan). Garage received more than 130 applications from 44 countries , including Australia, Brazil,