Bravo really missed a golden opportunity when they didn’t cast their own Andy Cohen as one of the contestants on the second season of their popular reality competition Work of Art! This mild-mannered and jovial network producer and host of Watch What Happens: Live! has got some serious museum-quality doodling skillz, and for the first time ever, we’ve assembled a complete collection of his known works!
It’s official! Bravo will be bringing back Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, their fine art ode to Project Runway, for a second season! Find out which judge isn’t coming back and meet all 14 new contestants with brief bios and photos of each! Also, watch a preview trailer for the show’s sophomore season which is set to premiere on October 12.
It’s been a year since Bravo launched their fun and immensely popular star-studded “Summer By Bravo” commercial featuring dozens of Bravolebrities enjoying an elegant pool-side party. As any fan of the network knows, Bravo likes what the fans like so they have a brand new star-packed “Summer By Bravo” commercial for 2011!
Instead of the elegant poolside party they’ve gone with the summer camp theme and the commercial features a slew of the most entertaining folks in reality programming as they get off a bus for a fun-filled summer of ping pong, archery, practical jokes, campfires and fireworks!
Two of the strongest artists on Bravo’s Work of Art show might have a love connection! On a preview for tonight’s episode fellow contestant Ryan rightly notes that Nicole Nadeau and Miles Mendenhall have some sizzling chemistry. In interviews Miles confirms that he has feelings for Nicole, but Nicole seems to keep her confessions strictly…
In case you missed it, here is the full premiere episode of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist that includes brief introductions to the contestants and the judges. In the episode, titled “Self-Reflexive,” the artists were paired up and asked to create portraits of their partners in whatever medium they preferred. Watch the video and see photos of each of the contestants’ final portraits!
Bravo’s new fine art reality show competition Work of Art: The Next Great Artist is fully underway with two episodes already under its belt and the third installment set to air later tonight. As I mentioned in a previous post in which I profiled printmaker/installation artist Miles Mendenhall, a few of the contestants have already seemed to distance themselves from the pack right out of the gate.
In my opinion the top two contenders are Miles and 23-year-old Abdi Farah, who have both finished in the top three in each of the first two episodes. Keep reading for a little background info on Abdi, including images of his work from the show and prior as well as my arguments for why he should make it to the final three!
While doing research for our profile of Miles Mendenhall from Bravo’s Work of Art: The Next Great Artist I ran across a number of videos featuring this young printmaker and installation artist from Minnesota. Instead of trying to cram them into an already long post, I decided to gather them all up here! So keep reading to watch Miles talk about the meaning of art and wipe out while skateboarding with his pals!
23-year-old printmaker and installation artist Miles Mendenhall from just outside Minneapolis, Minnesota is emerging as one of the star’s of Bravo’s inaugural season of their fine art reality competition series, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Read all about Miles’ background, see examples of his work and watch a video interview with the bed-headed OCD-afflicted eccentric!
Recording artist Countess Luann isn’t the only one in her family being creative or heating up the Bravo screens this summer, her niece Nicole Nadaeu will compete on Bravo’s latest competition show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Keep reading to find out more about the Countess’ niece and the type of artwork she creates!
Bravo will debut its Project Runway inspired reality competition show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist tonight featuring 14 aspiring artists competing for $100,000 and a show at the Brooklyn Museum. In our Work of Art profiles we have met sexy show host China Chow, mentor Simon de Pury and judges Jerry Saltz and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn. Now we’re going to take a look at the final judge, Mr. Bill Powers: co-owner of Half Gallery, Editor-in-Large of Purple Fashion magazine and all around hip dude.
One of the contestants for the upcoming Bravo reality series ‘Work of Art: The Next Great Artist’ co-owns an intimate apparel shop called Birdies in Kansas City. Find out about the very interesting Peregrine Honig and her shop.
On June 9th Bravo will kick off it’s fine art inspired reality competition show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist that will feature 14 aspiring artists competing for $200,000 dollars and a show at the Brooklyn Museum. In previous articles we have focused on the show’s sexy host China Chow and gavel-wielding show mentor Simon de Pury. We want to turn our attention now to one of the judge’s who will decide the fate of the contestants, New York Magazine senior art critic – Jerry Saltz. Read on to find out more about the New York Magazine senior art critic.
Work of Art: The Next Great Artistis Bravo’s newest reality competition featuring 14 fine artists competing for $200,000 and a show at the Brooklyn Museum. Sitting on the judge’s panel will be host China Chow, Simon de Pury, Bill Powers, Jerry Saltz and Salon 94 co-founder Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn. Read a brief bio of Jeanne and find out what qualifies her to be Work of Art‘s Nina Garcia!
Bravo kicks off its Project Runway inspired fine art reality competition show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist June 9th, featuring 14 aspiring visual artists competing for $200,000 and a show at the Brooklyn Museum. The announcement has sparked a good deal of debate about whether or not a Project Runway type format can work when trying to measure the talents of visual artists trained in different media against one another, but that debate pales in comparison to the more important question:
Who did they get to be their Tim Gunn?!?
The answer: Simon de Pury. Keep reading to find out more about this charismatic gavel guru of the art world including photos, video and brief bio. Will he be able to “Make it Work?”
Find out all about the sexy China Chow who will be hosting the upcoming Project Runway-inspired reality show on Bravo titled Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. The show will bring in 14 aspiring artists in a competition for a high profile show and a large cash prize. See photos, and video of the lovely Chow and find out what qualifies her to be the Heidi Klum of the art world!
Bravo is rolling out a new reality series that I think has a great chance to be a wonderful show. Much in the style of ‘Project Runway’ the new show ‘Work of Art’ takes 14 aspiring artists and puts them in a competition for a generous cash prize and an all-important showing at a nationally recognized museum. Check out the VIDEO preview.
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