• The slow task of moving a 340-pound boulder—the centerpiece of Michael Heizer’s Levitated Mass to be installed at LACMA—106 miles is slowed further by bureaucracy: Each of 100 jursidictions the stone rolls through require permits to allow passage. • Artist Wim Delvoye on the difference between how he and Ai Weiwei view China: “He is a very, very angry man, very angry in China. They have done…

For Angus, who came into my life from Border Collie Rescue of Minnesota this summer, this is a pretty big deal — appearing on a Walker blog. But it’s nothing compared to what it could be: he could star in a photo by Alec Soth. The acclaimed Twin Cities–based photographer (and subject of a Walker solo show last winter) writes that he’d “happily photograph your dog if you are the winning bidder of a…

It’s Thanksgiving week. Before I (and probably most of you) take a few days off for family, football and perhaps some shopping I wanted to take a moment to list some of the things for which I am personally thankful. As an artist, musician and art administrator I get the privilege of working with a broad creative community in Minnesota. As artists it’s easy to dwell on the negative, the lost grant…

• In an early commemoration of its 50th birthday in 2015, Modern Art Oxford (formerly the Museum of Modern Art Oxford) is exhibiting 50 promotional posters from its exhibitions, curated by artists Simon and Tom Bloor. Included are posters for shows by Donald Judd, Joseph Beuys, Yoko Ono, and Alexander Rodchenko. Creative Review notes that the names of designers has been omitted, a problem it’strying…

• In an early commemoration of its 50th birthday in 2015, Modern Art Oxford (formerly the Museum of Modern Art Oxford) is exhibiting 50 promotional posters from its exhibitions, curated by artists Simon and Tom Bloor. Included are posters for shows by Donald Judd, Joseph Beueys, Enzo Ragazzini, Yoko Ono, and Alexander Rodchenko. Creative Review notes that the names of designers has been omitted, a problem…

•  Videos of police pepper-spraying nonviolent student protesters at UC-Daviswent viral over the weekend, and one result is the new Tumblr site peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com, which has plenty of art references: The cop who casually sprayed students at point blank range finds himself superimposed into Picasso’s Guernica, da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s anti-war Bed-In, and…