David LaChapelle Still Life at Paul Kasmin Gallery

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Paul Kasmin Gallery presents Still Life, an exhibition of new works by David LaChapelle, addressing the fleeting nature of humanity, fame, celebrity and power. On view at both Paul Kasmin Gallery locations in New York, this body of work began in 2009, when LaChapelle learned of the break-in and vandalism of the National Wax Museum in Dublin, Ireland, and was granted permission to photograph the destroyed figures. LaChapelle continued photographing figures at two additional wax museums – one in California and one in Nevada – to complete his vision of the collection. With subjects ranging from politicians such as Ronald Reagan, to celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Michael Jackson, to the artist’s depiction of The Last Supper including Judas and Mary Magdalene, Still Life presents eerie compositions of dismembered icons. Still Life expands on the idea of his earlier exhibition, Earth Laughs in Flowers, an exhibition of still life works exploring contemporary vanity, vice, the transience of earthly possessions, and the fragility of humanity. Still Life will be on view until January 13, 2013, at Paul Kasmin Gallery, 293 Tenth Ave & 515 West 27th Street, New York

Gilbert & George at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Salzburg will show a group of pictures from the latest series by the English artists Gilbert & George. Gilbert & George have spent many years preparing these London Pictures, which mark a new period in their work. They took thousands of photographs documenting a widespread peculiarity of the press landscape in England: posters with sensational headlines advertising the newspapers on sale in kiosks. They are like heralds blaring out fanfares, titillating public curiosity about the most outrageous and brutal stories of the day. London Pictures will be on view January 19, 2013 at Galerie Thaddaeus, Mirabellplatz 2, 5020, Salzburg Austria

Stanley Kubrick Retrospective at the LACMA

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On view now at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, an exhibition featuring legendary film auteur Stanley Kubrick and his oeuvre as the focus of his first retrospective in the context of an art museum, which reevaluates how we define the artist in the 21st century, and simultaneously expands upon LACMA’s commitment to exploring the intersection of art and film. On view until June 30, 2013 at LACMA. photograph by Oliver Maxwell Kupper

FUCK: Betty Tomkins Works on Paper 1969-2010

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Venus Over Manhattan gallery will present an opening of Betty Tomkins' large scale photorealistic paintings of heterosexual intercourse as part of Art Basel Miami. Fuck: Betty Tomkins Works on Paper 1969-2010 will be on view from December 5 to 9, 2012 at the M Building, 194 NW 30th Street, Miami

Ghost Town by Stephan Würth at Hauser & Hauser

"An abandoned western gold rush town sets the stage for a photographic fantasy of three beautiful young women." An online exhibition of German (New York based)  photographer Stephan Würth's photographic series entitled Ghost Town, which follows three beautiful women through an abandoned "Old West" city in Nevada, is currently on view at the online gallery Hauser & Hauser until November 30th. The book "Ghost Town" published by Damiani also features an epilogue by fashion and culture critic Lesley M. M. Blume.