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Republican Romance
Via theatlanticwire.com
May 24
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has inspired an “old-fashioned bodice ripper romance,” Tréy Sager’s Fires of Siberia, due out as an e-book June 1. The hook: It’s published by Badlands Unlimited, contemporary artist Paul Chan’s publishing venture.
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Koshalek Resigns
Via washingtoncitypaper.com
May 23
Hirshhorn Museum Director Richard Koshalek has resigned after an inconclusive board vote over an inflatable architectural pavilion for the museum. He reportedly didn’t feel his vision, both for “the Bubble” and for the museum, had support.
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Schimmel Goes Gallery
Via latimes.com
May 23
Paul Schimmel, who resigned as chief curator at MOCA last year, is getting into the gallery biz: He’ll be heading up a new LA branch of Hauser Wirth (& Schimmel). Expect shows that “feel more museum-like in terms of scale, scholarship and complexity.”
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“International Disco Latin”
Via e-flux.com
May 23
In the new issue of e-flux journal, artists Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl respond to “International Art English,” Alix Rule and David Levine’s discussion-provoking essay on contemporary art’s penchant for artspeak.
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Dumbass
Via guardian.co.uk
May 23
Ai Weiwei has released the first single from the metal album The Divine Comedy (due 6/22), along with the Christopher Doyle-directed video “Dumbass.” With music by Zuoxiao Zuzhou, the song served as “a kind of self-therapy,” the dissident artist says.
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Archive as Method
Latitudes
May 20
Based in Hong Kong, Asia Art Archive has since 2000 sought to “facilitate understanding, research, and writing in the field, enrich existing global narratives, and re-imagine the role of the archive.” Concluding its #OpenCurating series on contemporary art and new technology, Barcelona’s Latitudes talks with Chantal Wong, Hammad Nasar, and Lydia Ngai about AAA’s work archiving art for Asia and the world.
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Museum Politics
Via theartnewspaper.com
May 19
The new Palestinian Museum scheduled to open in Birzeit next year, is only political, says curator Jack Persekian, “in the sense that it provides spaces and opportunities for Palestinians to shape their own historical narrative and to engage with it.”
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Milk Map
Via rawstory.com
May 17
For a new show in Hong Kong, Ai Weiwei has created a map of China using 1,815 cans of baby formula. After six children died from melamine-tainted milk in China in 2008, many on the mainland have turned to Hong Kong in search of new sources of milk powder.
