NYT - Bill Bragin: A Downtown Impresario’s New Uptown Canvas

The philosophy of Joe's Pub is largely the work of Bill Bragin, a 40-year-old music obsessive from Long Island who has become one of the most influential figures in the New York live-music business. By BEN SISARIO

EMERGE: M/M (Paris) 2 New Shows

The first, Vision Tenace (Relentless Vision) is currently on view in the Centre Pompidou (through February 18) and the second, L'ile au Tresor (Treasure Island) is at the hot-shit gallery Air de Paris through March 8.

John Currin Slide Show

In the January 28 issue of The New Yorker, Calvin Tomkins profiles the painter John Currin. “More than any artist I know, John Currin exemplifies the productive struggle between self-confidence and self-doubt,” Tomkins writes. Currin’s work ranges from riffs on high-school-yearbook head shots to scenes inspired by Internet pornography, to portraits of family members, including his wife, Rachel, and his son Francis. Here is a portfolio of some of Currin’s recent work.

Wreck Center, a store/performance space/art installation in Soho, and Playboy Magazine

L'Enfer de la Bibliothèque - Eros au secret at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris

NY Times: Hell at the Library, Eros in Secret,” which opened at the National Library in Paris last month, offers a peek at its secret archive of erotic art.

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Wordless Music & Radiohead, a Meeting of Rock and Classical Composers

NY Times: On Wednesday and Thursday the innovative, genre-mixing Wordless Music series will present the first American performance of “Popcorn Superhet Receiver,” by Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead’s lead guitarist.

Michel Gondry Bringing ‘Be Kind Rewind’ to Life at Deitch Gallery

NYT launches its Style Magazine online

The new Web site of T, The New York Times Style Magazine, makes its debut with a Holiday issue all about art and the ways it shapes culture and style today.