Untitled (Nymphenburg) by 2007 Hot Shot Gregory Krum Holy smokes! The deadline to apply to Jen Bekman Projects' photography competition, Hey, Hot Shot! is this Friday, October 23rd @ 8 p.m (EDT). Hey, Hot Shot! offers photographers at all...
Posted by kara on October 19, 2009 10:47 AM
Thread 2 by Don Hamerman Happy Friday, collectors! Following the success of Don Hamerman's thoughtful selections from last week, I am delighted to offer you his second installment of doubled images from our archives. You'll recall that Don found...
Posted by kara on October 9, 2009 8:18 AM
San Sebastian, 2008 by Michelle Arcila Ciao collectors! Tonight, Wednesday, September 9th, from 6–8 p.m., Jen Bekman Gallery will open the Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 First Edition Group Exhibition! Come see photographs from: Michelle Arcila Daniel Cheek Mike Sinclair...
Posted by kara on September 9, 2009 9:03 AM
The Heller interviews our one-and-only Jen Bekman in the October 2009 issue of Print magazine. The two dish about art, design and collecting in this economy. Also gracing the magazine's glossy pages are think-make-think by Clifton Burt and Verlag...
Posted by sara on September 4, 2009 2:11 PM
Brooklyn Morning by Youngna Park Picking up where we left off last week, Jen and Gina Trapani delve into Brooklyn nostalgia, circuitry and swimming as they wrap up their chat and Gina's stint as guest curator. Thanks again to...
Posted by sara on September 3, 2009 10:21 AM
Victor's Table, 2008 by Michelle Arcila Pull out your calendars and circle Wednesday, September 9th Thursday, September 10th, for on this day from 6–8 p.m. Jen Bekman Gallery will open the Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 First Edition Group Exhibition!...
Posted by kara on September 1, 2009 6:54 AM
As promised, here is the first installment of Ms. Jen Bekman + Ms. Gina Trapani's conversation about art, computers, geeks and collecting. We'll follow up next week with the rest of their chat—the two discuss swimming and other sports, Brooklyn...
Posted by sara on August 28, 2009 3:19 PM
A powerful JBP triumvirate, Jen, Sara and Youngna, are all vying for panel spots at SXSW '10. You can help them secure their places by casting a vote for their proposals on the SXSW 2010 Panel Picker. Jen's panel...
Posted by kara on August 18, 2009 1:35 PM
cover of Threefold Sun by Taj Forer Jen: Hi there. Love your editions so! I am excited! Taj: Oh, shucks. Thanks for doing this. I'm very psyched myself. Jen: Sure thing, I am sorry that we didn't connect sooner....
Posted by sara on August 5, 2009 3:39 PM
Giant Sculpture, 2009 by Megan Whitmarsh Megan Whitmarsh, the "totally badass, awesome, inspiring and intelligent" artist (as described by Jen) is currently in a group show, Strips, Scripts and Scapes: Contemporary Comix in Southern California, at the Riverside Art...
Posted by kara on June 24, 2009 4:47 PM
A selection of artworks from the Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection Jen Bekman of Jen Bekman Projects, Inc., will be crossing the river to join artist and collector Danny Simmons, Joe Amrhein from Williamsburg's Pierogi Gallery and Steve Weintraub of...
Posted by sara on May 20, 2009 12:19 PM
Praia Piquinia 14/08/06 16h04 Bonjour New York collectors! Photographer Christian Chaize will open a solo show, Praia Piquinia, at Jen Bekman Gallery this Wednesday, May 20th. There will be an opening reception from 6 - 8pm, so be sure...
Posted by kara on May 18, 2009 7:30 AM
JBG booth at NEXT featured paintings by Sarah McKenzie Earlier this month Jen Bekman Gallery participated in Chicago's NEXT invitational exhibition of emerging art. JBG's efforts were praised in a recent Art in America review (whose title echoes our...
Posted by kara on May 11, 2009 7:08 PM
David Renk 2009, from the series The Box (Texas) by Coke Wisdom O'Neal Rainy Monday greetings, collectors! Not so long ago I wrote about 20x200 photographer, Coke Wisdom O'Neal's visit to Texas to make new work for his ongoing...
Posted by kara on April 20, 2009 5:55 PM
Sara and Youngna! Image by Steve Rhodes Chronicle CEO, Nion McEvoy introduces Jen Image by Steve Rhodes The second Collectors Confab, held at at Chronicle Books, went off swimmingly! The soiree for 20x200 and our esteemed East Coast admirers...
Posted by kara on April 10, 2009 8:25 AM
Live With Art by Little Jacket Hello San Francisco collectors! Tonight is the night! Jen Bekman and the 20x200 team are looking forward to meeting Bay Area collectors tonight, Monday April 6th, from 6-8pm. We'll be serving up some...
Posted by kara on April 6, 2009 6:30 AM
Image of Jen Bekman by Zach Klein The one and only Jen Bekman is in California for a short interlude, and immediately she's been interviewed by 7x7, a San Franciscocentric culture magazine. Read the interview here, and if you...
Posted by kara on April 6, 2009 1:26 AM
Image from Winter 2007 Hot Shot Kirby Pilcher Happy Monday! Jen Bekman Projects, Inc. has been accepting entries for Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 for a few weeks now, and as the deadline looms I wanted to urge you apply...
Posted by kara on March 23, 2009 11:20 PM
Dear Collectors heading to SXSW, Please don't miss Curating the Crowd-Sourced World, Jen's panel discussion with Paddy Johnson, Nion McEvoy, Dustin Hostetler, and Gina Trapani. The distinguished panelists will wrangle with the topic of "good filters" and "who's best-suited...
Posted by kara on March 11, 2009 5:52 PM
Newfoundland 7 by Carrie Marill Ciao, collectors! Jen Bekman will be exhibiting work from 20x200, Hey, Hot Shot! and gallery represented artists at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair this Thursday, March 5 - Sunday, March 8, 2009. Featured artists: Carlo...
Posted by kara on March 5, 2009 8:04 PM
If you were in the crowd at Ignite NYC III last Monday night, you would have heard Jen Bekman's talk about why "crowdsourcing is ruining everything." Well, maybe not everything. Last Thursday Jen tried an experiment. What would happen if...
Posted by youngna on March 2, 2009 12:48 PM
Image of Ms. Jen Bekman by Zach Klein Hey, hey! The charmingly inexhaustible Jen Bekman will be speaking TONIGHT @ Ignite NYC. Watch Jen magically click through 20 slides (in 5 minutes!). Jen promises she'll be "the fast-talking, nervous...
Posted by kara on February 23, 2009 12:39 PM
Image by Joseph O. Holmes Hello beloved collectors! You know about our flickr account, right? I sure hope so! I recently uploaded images from our latest gallery reception, Sarah McKenzie's Building Code. Click on over to see photos of...
Posted by kara on February 23, 2009 12:18 PM
Insects and Myriapods at The American Museum of Natural History by Jason Polan was featured on HGTV's blog today Buy one now Did Valentine's Day arrive early this year? It sure seems like it with the love that 20x200...
Posted by kara on January 28, 2009 6:52 PM
The Mountain of Tomorrow's Sunrise by William Crump Buy one now Dear Collectors, The gallery will be closing X Marks the Art, Saturday, January 24th. X Marks the Art, is a unique opportunity for you to see original works...
Posted by kara on January 23, 2009 10:01 PM
Jen Bekman and 20x200 are the recipients of some very kind words in the current issue of Domino Magazine. Jen is lauded as one of the most innovative online shopping pioneers as a result of 20x200's success. Jen shares...
Posted by kara on January 22, 2009 4:52 PM
Close Call by Coke Wisdom O'Neal Buy one 20x200 photographer, Coke Wisdom O'Neal, is making new work for his ongoing project which involves a 18-foot by 25-foot wooden specimen box. Yes, you read that correctly. To make things more...
Posted by kara on December 23, 2008 11:11 PM
A magnificent wall arrangement of 20x200 Carrie Marill edition prints Wishes do come true! Last week 20x200 debuted an AAA Edition by Carrie Marill. In Jen's newsletter about the release, she wrote about the possibility of a Marill dream...
Posted by kara on December 16, 2008 7:11 AM
Images of folks drawing at Jen Bekman Gallery Saturday night Happy Monday! All of you lucky enough to be in New York City should surely plan on swinging by the gallery tonight to see the results of the Thrilla...
Posted by kara on December 8, 2008 8:10 PM
Image by Nina Berman from her series, Homeland Hello dear collectors! Good news! Photojournalist Nina Berman is getting more attention for her images of homeland security efforts. AlterNet has an interview with Nina Berman in support of her new...
Posted by kara on December 5, 2008 6:48 AM
Image by Carlo van de Roer from his project, The Aura Portrait Machine 20x200 photographer Carlo van de Roer is curious about the most unusual things. You might recall my post about Carlo's Orb project. For those of you...
Posted by kara on December 2, 2008 9:32 PM
Ladies and Gentleman, the dream we've all dreamed of is about to happen at Jen Bekman Gallery: Artist vs. Artist in the World Series of Drawing! Get out your drawing materials and mark your calendars because Thrilla in Manilla...
Posted by kara on November 28, 2008 4:03 PM
november 27, 2008, columbus circle by Joe Holmes Happy day after Thanksgiving to you, dear collectors! Today is a fine day to relax and learn more about photographer (and Esquivel fan) Joseph O. Holmes, don't you agree? Joseph has...
Posted by kara on November 28, 2008 10:12 AM
Detail of Collocation No.4 (Today) by Mickey Smith Happy Friday! I know I let you all know about Mickey Smith's opening this evening at Invisible Exports, but did you see that she also received some accolades over on the...
Posted by kara on November 14, 2008 6:30 AM
Collocation No. 7 (BLOOD), 2008 Hey, Hot Shot! winner and 20x200 superstar, Mickey Smith will be opening her first New York solo exhibition, You People, this Friday, November 14th at Invisible-Exports in the Lower East Side. The opening reception...
Posted by kara on November 10, 2008 8:33 PM
Image from Nina Berman's Homeland series Hello Collectors! Those of you lucky enough to live in NYC should swing on by the gallery this evening to hear documentary photographer extraordinaire Nina Berman talk about her current exhibition and sign...
Posted by kara on November 7, 2008 6:14 AM
Image from Birthe Piontek's Sub Rosa series Congratulations to Birthe Piontek! Birthe will be opening a solo show at Gallery Kominek in Berlin today. The romantic series, Sub Rosa will remain on view through December 13th. From the press...
Posted by kara on November 6, 2008 6:38 AM
GQ throws the spotlight on 20x200 and Dustin Amery Hostetler in their October issue. 1 Hund(red) sneaker for CONVERSE (PRODUCT) RED by Dustin Amery Hostetler Dustin also recently designed a sneaker for CONVERSE (PRODUCT) RED. You can check out...
Posted by kara on September 23, 2008 8:31 PM
Gazebo, Wakehurst Place Platinum Palladium 18.5x16" Congratulations are in order for 20x200 photographer Beth Dow who was awarded the Grand Prize from Photography.Book.Now's competition for her book In the Garden. From the press release: "I'm both humbled and thrilled...
Posted by kara on September 14, 2008 6:32 PM
Madonna, 1982 by Laura Levine I was assigned to photograph Madonna for Interview Magazine. Her first single (Everybody) was about to be released and no one really knew what she looked like. She (like most of my subjects back...
Posted by kara on September 13, 2008 7:57 PM
Carrie Marill's 16 Cubes Jen Bekman is pleased to present Doing a Lot With Very Little, an exhibition of new paintings by Carrie Marill. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and featured in publications such as...
Posted by kara on September 11, 2008 8:29 PM
Last Friday we brought you a super special double edition from Superdeluxe to commemorate our one year anniversary here at 20x200. We also had a very lively party here in New York filled with lovely faces and lots of...
Posted by kara on September 11, 2008 6:43 PM
Image from Christina Muraczewski's Woodgrain series VenusZine's Jamie Elizabeth Hall has a nice article on 20x200 artist Christina Muraczewski this month. Christina was also in our last group show, Ornithology, where she showed work from her Woodgrain series. Christina...
Posted by kara on September 10, 2008 10:53 PM
Jen Bekman is vying for a panel spot at SXSW '09. You can help her secure this place by casting a vote for her proposal: Curating the Crowd-Sourced World Type: Panel Presenter: Jen Bekman, 20×200 | Jen Bekman Projects,...
Posted by kara on August 19, 2008 9:41 AM
Artist Carrie Marill alongside a detail of Violet Green Swallow 2007, gouache on paper with collage, 5" X 7" Friday is here again, and so that must mean another glimpse into the life of a 20x200 artist. Today we...
Posted by kara on August 14, 2008 7:29 AM
Image by Andrew Hetherington Rachel Hulin, the blog stewardess of the effervescent Shoot! The Blog has some perfect timing. Yesterday Jen introduced us to Andrew Hetherington, and seemingly simultaneously Rachel posted this interview with him. Huzzah! Andrew's edition print:...
Posted by kara on August 14, 2008 6:56 AM
Sleeping Lion by Hey, Hot Shot! winner Colleen Plumb It's opening time again at Jen Bekman Gallery! The Hey, Hot Shot! winners are ready to have their time in the spotlight! The opening is this very night, August 8th...
Posted by kara on August 8, 2008 2:07 AM
Jennifer Sánchez'sny.08.#7, 2008 Mixed mediums on canvas 30" x 40" x 1 1/2" Ciao amici! For this week's artist interview I bring you some insight into 20x200 shining star Jennifer Sánchez. It's clear from you participation in 20x200 that...
Posted by kara on July 18, 2008 5:00 AM
Le Hermitage Painting by HHS! winner Roc Herms Pont Holy Cannoli! The winners of the first edition of Hey, Hot Shot! 2008 have been announced: Juliane Eirich Derek Henderson Roc Herms Pont Kate Orne Colleen Plumb The opening reception...
Posted by kara on July 9, 2008 1:57 PM
Jen Bekman Gallery Presents: Ornithology from Derrick Tan on Vimeo. Hello! Today I'm happy to share a special little video with you. It is a guided tour of Ornithology, the show that is hanging now in the gallery, by...
Posted by kara on July 9, 2008 9:29 AM
Ginger Tulley has some kind words about the 20x200 website on the Movable Type blog: Less than a year after 20x200 launched, the site has been an unqualified success: over 14,000 prints have been sold to date, to a...
Posted by kara on June 27, 2008 8:02 AM
Lisa Gray of the Houston Chronicle was one of the lucky people who got to Carlo Van de Roer's Astoria Park swimming pool 20x200 edition before it sold out in December; she caught up with Jen while she was in...
Posted by youngna on March 26, 2008 1:21 PM
New York Magazine, in their prestigious annual Best of NY issue, named us Best Starter Art Collection, which is wonderfully flattering. Thanks NY Mag!...
Posted by youngna on March 3, 2008 1:41 PM
Julie Scelfo's Easing the Pain of Collecting in The New York Times is a great long feature about our Jen Bekman and how she came to start both her gallery and 20x200: "The whole thing was crazy," she said. Opening...
Posted by youngna on February 28, 2008 1:11 PM
Lest you think only newspapers love us, there are some rather lovely shout outs in magazines, too! Wired shows us some love in this month's issue, calling 20x200 the best choice for "art patrons who want gallery quality without gallery...
Posted by 20x200 on February 25, 2008 11:45 AM
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