Everything That Is Wrong With You & How to Fix It

The book begins “You are a piece of shit and nobody likes you.” Ric Kasini Kadour’s Everything That Is Wrong With You and How to Fix It takes as a point of departure Austrian playwright Peter Handke’s 1966 anti-play Publikumsbeschimpfung during which actors cast...

Authentic Contemporary Art

Authentic Contemporary Art is a satirical installation and performance piece that is intended to cause reflection upon how contemporary art is marketed, reported, and discussed. The project is a response to art critics Sarah Thornton and Dave Hickey announcing that...

How To Price Your Art

How to Price Your Artwork: A History by Ric Kasini Kadour On April 28, 2005, I was asked to participate in a panel discussion in Burlington, Vermont about pricing artwork that was hosted by the South End Arts and Business Association. A few dozen people sat around the...

I Am Calling Today…

This book begins “I am calling today to ask, Are you happy with your credit card processing?” It asks, “Are you happy with your resilience, your capacity for evolution?” And then it offers you tulip bulbs. The story is set against Pantone’s Top...

Emergency Box Painting

For those times you are experiencing the death of painting. Emergency Box Painting  by Ric Kasini Kadour sculptural object each 5.75″ x 1.25″ x 1″ acrylic on paper in pine box 2013 unique SEE...