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Passings: Bettye Lane
Via nytimes.com
Sep 2012
Photographer Bettye Lane—best known for documenting the feminist, civil rights, and gay liberation movements—has passed away at 82. Her work documented an era of powerful protest that continues to be featured in films, books, and museum exhibitions.
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Branding PST
Via latimes.com
Sep 2012
Based on the success of its citywide arts initiative, LA’s Getty is moving to trademark Pacific Standard Time and further the brand with a second edition of the eponymous project in five years, plus a series of architecture shows starting next year.
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An Economic Emblem
Via good.is
Sep 2012
German artist Hendrik Beikrich (aka ECB) just created Asia’s tallest mural in Busan, South Korea. The immense 230 ft. portrait—of an aging fisherman—sits against the city’s modern financial district as a comment on South Korea’s persistent income gap.
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Funding Treatment
Via telegraph.co.uk
Sep 2012
Nan Goldin and Tracey Emin are among artists donating their work in support of British publisher Gigi Giannuzzi, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Proceeds from the auction later this month will go toward Giannuzzi’s treatment.
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30 Years of Weems
Via time.com
Sep 2012
TIME takes a look at Carrie Mae Weems’ career and her upcoming book, Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, in which she dares “her viewer to rethink their understanding and the positioning of contemporary art practices.”
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The Source
Via tate.org.uk
Sep 2012
For his new project at Tate Liverpool, Chris Aitken ponders the source of creativity: where ideas come from and how they’re realized. In video interviews, he tackles the topic with Tilda Swinton, David Adjaye, Lucky Dragons, Philippe Parreno, and others.
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Columbus Close Up
Via pbs.org
Sep 2012
Tatzu Nishi’s new work reimagines the statue of Christopher Columbus in NY’s Columbus Circle in a more intimate setting: a 13-foot Columbus is now on view at the top of six flights of stairs in a fully furnished (yet fictional) living room.
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Shock Value
Via nytimes.com
Sep 2012
For the next week, four New York Times art critics will be discussing shock value in art. “Can art still shock?,” asks Roberta Smith. “Of course. It can, it must and it inevitably will in ways both large and small, interesting and not, lasting and fleeting.”
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Restorer’s Royalties?
Via techdirt.com
Sep 2012
Spain’s DIY restorer—an octogenarian whose effort to fix a 19th-century fresco of Christ sparked attention worldwide—now reportedly wants to profit from it. She’s claiming copyright—and a cut of proceeds from the donation box beside the piece.