Ruth Marshall

The highlight from Scope was undeniably Ruth Marshall and her acumen for craft-work combined with a nutty sense of humor. When the Australian born artist isn't at her day job sculpting exhibits at the Bronx Zoo, she's still committed to her love and fascination for animals. Presented by Dam, Stuhltrager, these knitted animal pelts are a delightful comment on both the trophy and the hunt. …

Laughing Bike

Another highlight from the Basel weekend (yes, updates are still coming) was Soundbike, an art project by Jessica Thompson. Basically, a fleet of bikes was outfitted to emit laughter when the rider pedals. The faster the pedaling, the louder and more hysterical the laughter. In addition to being a lot of fun, I though her piece was a perfect little statement on the art consumption …

CH Gift Guide Exclusives

Our Holiday 2005 Gift Guide now has over 100 items for you to buy or wish list. Most of them are things you could have found yourself on the web, but we did the searching for you and provided the links to make it easy. A few things, though, are our own exclusives. They're things we had made or items no one else is selling. …