Category Archives: BOMB Alert

A links round-up of events featuring BOMB artists, writers, actors directors, and musicians.

in the days ahead

October 18, 2010 – 12:05 pm

By Katy Gray

This week brings a reading by Michael Cunnigham, mega-exhibitions opening at the New Museum (Free) and the Met (just a little survey of John Baldessari), IFOA Toronto, homesickess, poetry, and more.

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LISTEN UP

October 12, 2010 – 12:45 pm

By Cary Potter

It’s BOMB Alert time again! This week’s calender is full of readings, with poets and novelists like Dennis Cooper, John Giorno and Lynne Tillman taking to the stage. Click through for more!

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COLOR ME IMPRESSED

October 4, 2010 – 11:11 am

By Cary Potter


BOMB Alert time! This weeks going to be a great one, with a Fred Tomaselli survey opening at Brooklyn Museum, a new Tony Oursler show and a chance to meet John Waters at Gagosian.

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The Changing Light

September 27, 2010 – 3:46 pm

By Katy Gray


BOMB ALERT time. Pictures from the DUMBO Arts Festival! Marilyn Minter and Amy Sillman talk day jobs, Novelist Darin Strauss reads at McNally Jackson, Joan Jonas’ at the Fabric Workshop, Amie Siegal‘s Black Moon and, James Merril and Joan Mitchell and well, that’s a lot, really. Click through!

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big high pressure system

September 20, 2010 – 4:30 pm

By Kaye Blegvad and Katy Gray

Here with your weekly forecast. And we’re talking more than just weather. Although that looks good too. This week: Laurie Anderson performs Delusion at BAM, Elliott Sharp does Marclay, group show NEO-VITRUVIAN: The Body Now opens, Tom Zé: Liberted Astronaut screens at 92yTribeca, Gregory Crewdson at Gagosian, Gysin’s Ghost: Poetry Marathon and more!

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Unseen Forces

September 13, 2010 – 5:23 pm

By Katy Gray

This week brings you the near-scientific spectacles of Swiss artist Roman Singer, an evening of theatrical previews with Mr. Albee, Fredric Tuten at the Strand, Barbara Hammer-time, art by Cordy Ryman, Alejandro Cesarco, a performance by Jana Leo, and a journey to the border regions betwixt apocalypse and epiphany (we’re talking LA, people). Follow us!

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Category Five

September 7, 2010 – 2:52 pm

By Richard J. Goldstein

Last week’s hurricane may have passed us over, but this week promises a serious cultural deluge. This week’s BOMB Alert is a real category five, with a Tao Lin reading; Pipilotti Rist, Jackie Saccoccio, and Santiago Sierra openings; and the chance to schmooze with BOMB editors and other literati at LitCrawl and the Brooklyn Book Festival!

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GAS BOARD

August 30, 2010 – 1:55 pm

By Clinton Krute


As my fortune cookie says, while things get slower, they get bigger as well. As the leaves turn and the playoff race heats up, heavy-hitters Jim Jarmusch, Michael Rother, Mike Figgis, Jonathan Franzen and Lydia Davis step up to the plate. But these Boys of Summer better watch out below: BOMB All Stars Sarah Ruhl, Kalup Linzy and Jafar Pahani are creeping up the standings. Unmix these metaphors (and more!) in this week’s BOMB Alert…

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Decisions, Decisions

August 23, 2010 – 11:00 am

By Lena Valencia

The end of summer means a sleepy art world, but a very much awake and thrashing music world. Heck, even with the free outdoor shows winding down there’s still plenty of musical summer fun to be had: the new Sufjan Stevens EP dropped, DJ / Rupture is playing at the Whitney, and Antony just released a new video. Read on for more end-of-summer fun with BOMB alums.

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Packed with Punch

August 16, 2010 – 3:04 pm

By Katy Gray

This week brings music by Marc Ribot and Meshell Ndegeocello, readings by Justin Taylor and Mona Simpson, and Heavy Traffic courtesy of Ralph Bakshi . Also, would-be INTERNS come Market, Develop and Fundraise with us! MORE

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