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Museums & Politics
Via nytimes.com
Nov 2012
“Should public museums be places where political argument happens?” asks Randy Kennedy. “Why is this so rarely the case, especially when compared with politically engaged programming in museums” elsewhere in the world?
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Armory Trove
Via artinamericamagazine.com
Oct 2012
New York art dealer Francis Naumann has donated documents from the seminal 1913 Armory Show—which introduced artists like Marcel Duchamp to American audiences—to the Smithsonian. Worth $200K, the papers include a ledger noting every art sale related to the show.
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Losing its Luster
Via standpoint.co.uk
Oct 2012
“Suddenly, the press dares to criticise contemporary art,” writes Jacob Willer, and while some of the ire is aimed at artists like Damien Hirst and Anish Kapoor, “the most pointed criticism has been directed less at the art than the art market.”
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Signing Minnesota
Via psfk.com
Oct 2012
Hand-painted signmaking is alive and well in Minnesota, according to the new book Sign Painters (Princeton Architectural Press), which features locals from Mazeppa’s Mike Meyer to Minneapolis’ Forrest Wozniak (May Day Cafe) and Phil Vandervaart (Hymie’s Records).
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Waiting for Sandy
Via galleristny.com
Oct 2012
NY-based artist Paul Chan says the most interesting thing he did while waiting out Sandy was “field calls and texts asking if I was okay and if I needed help … from New Orleans.” In 2007, he staged Waiting for Godot on the streets of post-Katrina NOLA.
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Art After Sandy
Via conservators-converse.org
Oct 2012
With Hurricane Sandy hammering the East Coast, the American Institute for Conservation is preparing to aid art and historical institutions affected by the superstorm. They’re offering free emergency response assistance to cultural organizations.
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River of Fundament
Via wsj.com
Oct 2012
River of Fundament, Matthew Barney’s forthcoming project, is loosely based on Norman Mailer’s 1983 novel Ancient Evenings. Starring Paul Giamatti and Maggie Gyllenhaal, it includes “a barge outfitted with a mysterious replica of Mailer’s New York home.”
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Favorite Floods
Via hyperallergic.com
Oct 2012
New York-based Hyperallergic’s readers poll of favorite flood-themed artwork has Superflex’s Flooded McDonalds (part of our 2011–2012 Absentee Landlord show) trailing Banksy’s I Don’t Believe in Global Warming.
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Art Market Backlash
Via artinfo.com
Oct 2012
In TAR magazine, Economist arts writer Sarah Thornton offers 10 reasons she’ll no longer report on the art market, from “It implies that money is the most important thing about art” to “It gives too much exposure to artists who attain high prices.”