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The Art of War
Via artinfo.com
Dec 2011
With US troops officially out of Iraq, the nearly 9-year conflict spawned responses by artists including Thomas Hirschhorn, Richard Serra, Nina Berman, Michael Rakowitz, and others.
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Man Ray’s Planners
Via latimes.com
Dec 2011
The Getty Research Institute has acquired dayplanners owned by Surrealist artist Man Ray. The datebooks, covering the 1920s through ‘50s, include notes from Parisian meetups with the likes of Picasso and Breton, as well as jotted thoughts on art and fashion.
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Resale Redress
Via nytimes.com
Dec 2011
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced a bill today to help artists get a cut when their work is resold: 7% of selling prices on works worth $10K or more would be shared by the artist and nonprofit art museums.
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De Kooning’s Mother
Via manpodcast.com
Dec 2011
“A lot of painters have had lousy mothers, but not many of them became De Kooning,” says Mark Stevens, who won a Pulitzer for the De Kooning biography he co-wrote, on details of the artist’s life. “You can really overplay the personal detail.”
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The Finch List
Via artnet.com
Dec 2011
Critic Charlie Finch puts Ai Weiwei, Occupy Wall Street (a new incarnation of Arte Povera), and the Debordian spectacle of Pacific Standard Time at the top of his year-end list.
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Dictator’s Dinnerware
Via nytimes.com
Dec 2011
Federal authorities visited Creative Time’s New York office Tuesday to fetch plates believed to be looted from Saddam Hussein’s palace. Purchased on eBay, the dishes were part of a “culinary-political performance piece” by artist Michael Rakowitz.
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MAN’s Ten
Via artinfo.com
Dec 2011
De Kooning and Diebenkorn retrospectives top Tyler Green’s list of top exhibitions of the year, a slate that hits institutions cross-country, but is light on contemporary art.
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Tate/BP Split?
Via guardian.co.uk
Dec 2011
The Tate galleries may reconsider ending its 20-year sponsorship relationship with BP following prolonged protests by environmental groups like Platform and Liberate Tate. The museum enterprise’s contract with the energy giant expires next year.
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Bennett’s Gaga
Via rollingstone.com
Dec 2011
Tony Bennett’s charcoal drawing of a nude Lady Gaga, made during a photoshoot by Annie Liebovitz, is up for auction on ebay. The $5,000 reserve hasn’t been met yet, but when it is, proceeds will benefit Bennett’s Exploring the Arts and Gaga’s Born This Way.