Mel Gibson alongside Little Henry and the Lion by Keith Shore in The Beaver

Friday greetings! We’re inching closer to the New Year every day and the holiday season is here in full force! Whether that means you're hard at work, drinking copious quantities of eggnog, or just starting your holiday shopping—as always, we’re bringing you the week’s roundup of art-related stories and links:

20x200 News

• Along with making the cost of collecting more accessible to all, we’re equally committed to elucidating other important facets of collecting for everyone out there. This week, we unveiled a handy A-Z of printing terms to help you navigate some of the industry's jargon!


• It’s no secret that we’re big fans of picturing animals in artwork. If you feel the same way, stop by William Wegman’s current exhibition at Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, featuring 20"x24" Polaroid prints of his dog, Fay Ray, from the 80s and 90s. And be sure to read a bit about what’s behind the exhibition, in The Morning News’s recent interview with Wegman.


• Wegman also made an appearance on The Colbert Report this week, taking on Stephen Colbert's challenge to improve upon his portrait. Wegman gets one of his four-legged friends suited up for the task. Watch the full clip here.


• Gift guide recommendations of 20x200 prints kept rolling in this week! Travel & Leisure touted Lisa Congdon's Day 256: Vintage Airline Tags as a quaint gift for the modern traveler. MSNBC recommended 20x200 as a great affordable gift for just about anyone on your list, Re-Nest also suggests our $20 8x10 prints as a unique gift under $25, and DETAILS points to 20x200 in How To Collect Art Without Breaking The Bank, picking Jason Burch's Ringside and Jenny Odell's 195 Yachts, Barges, Cargo Lines, Tankers, and Other Ships.


• Sunset Magazine also chimed in, suggesting that instead of just one print for a loved one, you consider gifting a bundle of prints, curated to that person's own interests.


• To cap it off, we got a very touching mention from Gotham Gal’s Joanne Wilson, who heralded 20x200 as a sustainable future for art collecting in the midst of these extremely uncertain economic times.


• Aside from all the shopping to get done, there are a bunch of events in the pipeline this holiday season! Joseph O. Holmes’ solo exhibition The Urban Wilderness opens tonight with a reception from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Jen Bekman Gallery, and we’re all buzzing with excitement! The great people at WNYC Culture seem to feel similarly, including the show in their list of Must-See Arts in the City. We also picked out a few other great photography shows to make sure you catch this season while you're out and about!


• Joe also sent over a great snapshot earlier this week of his enchanting photograph Prospect Park #2 hanging at the Rockefeller Center's Real Simple pop-up shop. (p.s. We have four of these prints left at 24"x30" ($1000)—a steal, if you ask us!)


• Tomorrow afternoon, catch Trey Speegle and many other local artists selling their works for $50 and less at Art Jamboree #3 on 10 Greene Street from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m..


• On Wednesday December 15, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. Gary Petersen will be hosting an open studio as part of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation’s Holiday Party. Stop by 20 Jay Street, 7th Floor, Suite 720, Brooklyn, NY 11201, if you’d like to get a closer look at Gary’s work and studio space!


• Atrophic Existence—a great exhibition at Show & Tell Gallery that features work by Kevin Cyr—opens tomorrow. The show features an exciting line-up of emerging contemporary artists from across North America whose work harmoniously intertwines around the subject of urban decay.


• Tyson Anthony Roberts, who participated in Mixtape at Jen Bekman Gallery, is also involved in two exhibitions running through January! Miniature Art Exhibition will be on view at Ghost Gallery. And Pixelated Landscapes—his solo show—opens tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. at Cupcake Royale.


• What are YOU willing to trade for art? This is what Art Barter, a London-based outfit asks at their events, which invite participants to bid on works with anything but money. Their NYC barter launched yesterday, and continues through Sunday, the 12th, at 131 Chrystie Street. Find details here.


• Penelope Umbrico, whose suns and moons have graced us with their celestial presence and commentary on the web—is working on a new monograph with Aperture, due out next June.


• As the year comes to a close, we took a chance to look back at some of our favorite images from the 2010 competition—and boy, did we see some great work come in.

Day 114: Dice by Lisa Congdon	Day 256: Vintage Airline Tags by Lisa Congdon	Crystallized by Michelle Hinebrook	The World by Paula Scher

Lovebird #6 by Luke Stephenson	Lovebird #5 by Luke Stephenson	50 (+1 for good luck) Giraffes(painting) by Jason Polan	50 (+1 for good luck) Giraffes (silkscreen) by Jason Polan