Recently, while clicking through photos of all the plebs who have hunkered down to stare back Abramovic, one face was pretty familiar — last week Michael C. Hall’s wife and Dexter co-star, Jennifer Carpenter, was snapped in the chair.

Photo by Marco Anelli

That said, she’s not the only famous face to stop by: Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, Sharon Stone, James Franco, and Alan Rickman are among the glitterati to sit down.

Most people choose to sit free of emotion looking at her, others end up crumbling to bits — like all these weepies on Marina Abramovic Made Me Cry.

Here’s some video of the start of the staring on opening night:

Untitled from l on Vimeo.

I was walking by the JellyNYC space on Metropolitan Ave in Williamsburg and stumbled upon a very DIY art opening for a show called “I Remember” with a band playing.

Anyone else catch this?

The online auction will begin on March 15th, but for now you can check on Binki’s Tumblr blog for the event which features teaser shots of some of the goods that will be for sale. Contributers are a who’s who of popular indie rock and mainstream musicians (Daft Punk, The Strokes, Norah Jones, No Doubt, Conor Oberst, Jenny Lewis, Shirley Manson of Garbage, Mark Ronson, Adam Green, SIA, Grizzly Bear, Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes, just to name a few!!!) and film celebs (Spike Jonze, Natalie Portman).

Photo of Fab Moretti and Nick Valensi with the signed bag from The Strokes from the Crafts for a Cause site

You’ll find hand-drawn artwork, signed canvas bags, designed t-shirts, embellished guitars, and much more.

Sounds like an amazing collection of artists helping out for a great cause. Don’t forget — March 15th the auction starts online!

Here’s a video of SIA creating the wallet she donated:

SIA for Crafts For A Cause! from binki shapiro on Vimeo.

Plenty more info on the Crafts for a Cause website or on Binki Shapiro’s Twitter

This collaboration with Kate and Laura Mulleavy will feature a selection of pieces from the Rodarte collections, as well as a special installation in the Billiard Room of the Carnegie Mansion.

Rodarte, Fall/Winter 2008 collection. Photo: Dan Lecca

According to the press release:

Founded in 2005 by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Rodarte is widely acclaimed for its daring and conceptual collections. “Quicktake: Rodarte” offers a glimpse into the Mulleavys’ unique process and inspiration at an important point in their career; recently Rodarte was awarded the 2009 Womenswear Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and was named a 2009 fashion design finalist for Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Awards.

“Rodarte” is the second in a series of “Quicktake” installations aimed at showing the public vital up-and-coming design from around the world. In summer 2007, Cooper-Hewitt launched the “Quicktake” series with Doshi Levien’s Charpoy collection for Moroso, which debuted to critical acclaim at the 2007 Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the annual furniture fair in Milan, Italy.

Characters with tongue-in-cheek signs stating things like “The Bowery Is for Bums, Not Art,” “Joey Ramone Is Turning Over In His Grave,” and “Not Funny Mr. Adams.” Inside, the artwork was displayed on the walls and the room was decked out with the strings of the multicolor balloons cascading from the ceiling. Buddy Jessie Malin served as auctioneer of the paintings.

At the time I was there Ryan was stationed up front signing books, posters, and pink 7-inches for “Oblivion” put out by his new record label, Pax Am.

According to the press release, “three weeks prior to the opening, Adams will become Morrison Hotel Gallery’s first artist in residence, creating additional canvases in the front of the gallery to be auctioned off at the opening” — however the Morrison Hotel Gallery states he will become artist in residence two weeks prior to the opening.

At this time it’s unclear as to whether or not Adams will actually be painting in a space visible to passersby. Perhaps he’ll even simultaneously paint and blog for his alleged new side job as blogger for The Awl.

The Morrison Hotel Gallery is located at 313 Bowery, NYC.

Organized by Josh Kline, the group show features work by Alisa Baremboym, Antoine Catala, Devon Costello, Josh Kline, Tatiana Kronberg, Margaret Lee, Trevor Shimizu, Allyson Vieira, Amy Yao, Anicka Yi.

Head over to 179 Canal Street and check out what’s going on. Music and party nights TBA at a later date.

Press release below:

[The Month of May/179 Canal Street 2nd Floor/May 1 – May 31, 2009] a raw space in Chinatown – Margaret Lee works upstairs on the 4th floor and is hosting a series of weekends.

Opening with Nobodies New York, a group show organized by Josh Kline. This short show emerged from recent studio visit swaps and looks at the painting skill-set and the sculpture skill-set and the dark comedy skill-set of friends (Alisa Baremboym, Antoine Catala, Devon Costello, Josh Kline, Tatiana Kronberg, Margaret Lee, Trevor Shimizu, Allyson Vieira, Amy Yao, Anicka Yi). Informal attire for informal situations during informal times. 5/1 – opening 7-10pm thru 5/3 – 12-6pm Sat/Sun

Barbara Corti was invited to curate a weekend and she appropriately decided on Every Intimate Apparel Store (in My Old Neighborhood). An installation by Annamarie Ho, which consists of a series of objects that consider sixteen intimate apparel stores located in a twelve-square block area in the Lower East Side. These objects, which are conceived as both readymade and non-site objects, examine these stores’ histories as well as their current existences. 5/8 – opening 7-9pm thru 5/10 – 12-6pm Sat/Sun

The host only knew of Liam Everett as a painter but then discovered his longish history in theater and performance and excitedly coaxed him into curating a weekend. Allowing the 2nd floor space to act as chief curator, the program consists of three evenings of events that carefully address the relationship between the body and the space it inhabits. Overlap, a piece by artists Ling-Wen Tsai and Deborah Wing-Sproul, is a situation-inspired performance created in response to an emptiness of space (no one has rented the 2nd floor for at least 2 years) by redefining the vacant room in personal terms. 5/15 – 8-9:30pm (durational performance) Peeper Palace, an installation created by Dani Leventhal, is a site-specific project which will include both elements of sound and video. 5/16 – 8-9:30pm Closing the weekend is On the Wall, (The Leaking) a performance in two acts. This is the seventh chapter in a series of performances written by Liam Everett. Each performance is site-specific and addresses the ambiguous nature between the Self and the Other. The first act, Humphl’s Drag will begin on the corner of Mott and Hester approximately one hour before the audience is invited to the actual performance space. The second act, A Dialogue Between T and M, will begin at 8pm in the 2nd floor space. On the Wall includes 4 performers as well as a symphonic quintet with original score composed by the musician Elizabeth Woodbury. 5/17 – 8-8:45pm

Peter LaBier will present Disjecta Membra, a group of paintings made from the observation of objects in which a flow of signs and subjects emerge from painting to painting. This is a presentation of work by the artist himself sans curator. Peter will be present in the gallery for the duration of the show making conversation and zines available. 5/22 – opening 6-9 thru 5/24 – 12-6pm Sat/Sun

The Kate Bush Dance Troupe is an ongoing collaborative ensemble (Samara Davis, Erica Magrey, Cassie Thornton, Kate Scherer and Jennifer Sullivan) of non-dancers who create performances inspired by the music and emotive movement stylings of Kate Bush. This is the troupe’s second performance. Join the troupe for dancing after the performance in the space, Kate Bush inspired and non-inspired music to follow. 5/30 – 10pm onwards

That about wraps it up — there will be some impromptu music things so keep your ears up.

What could they possibly be doing to keep themselves from perpetual boredom as they’re positioned behind those podiums, or standing around with those official-looking clipboards?

One door girl has decided to reveal the fruits of all that seemingly less-than-interesting labor with her new blog “Door Girl Art,” which showcases all the music-inspired doodles she draws while guarding the door.

Recently entries reveal that a Lissy Truly show inspired sharp, concentrated asterisks (above), while a Rakes concert produced frenetic zigzags and stripes.

But why doodle at all? According to a recent NPR report, doodling actually helps the brain on task and prevents you from daydreaming.

The show is a collection of work from artists from around the world, all born around 1980. It’s definitely full of exuberant, youthful work. Sometimes it’s a little too hip for itself (especially when you see so much “hip” conceptional work gathered together like this), but overall I thought the curators did a good job of including a wealth of interesting pieces.

Some of my favorite works were two pieces on the 3rd floor, one which was an enormous rainbow gradient print that was created by built-in settings in Photoshop, and adjacent to it was another winner, this time by artist Tauba Auerbach whose photographs are beautiful abstract compositions.

A buzz-making piece was definitely one that featured a bed occupied by a paid volunteer who takes sleeping drugs so that she (all the volunteers are female) can slumber during museum hours.

The bars on the bottom floor and the top floor (which features an awesome Sky Room with a glass balcony) were jam packed with tons of hipsters (the outfit of choice was comprised of neon, sparkles, and/or bold graphics). Of course, as soon as the booze ran out, the kids ran out the doors, but the shindig was sure fun while it lasted!

Graffiti artist Shepherd Fairey is at legal war with the Associated Press over his re-interpretation of an AP photo of Obama that he used in his now famous “HOPE” and “PROGRESS” poster series. Fairey has sued the news organization in a preemptive strike against them suing him:

Interesting little videos about how the Chicago-based design company MODE came to settling on the now famous Obama “O” logo: