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Tweeting About Curating
Via lttds.org
Feb 12
In advance of its February 19 conversation with Dia’s Yasmil Raymond (formerly of the Walker) on the evolving role of the curator, Latitudes is seeking questions via Twitter. Use the hashtag #opencurating to be part of the Barcelona-based event.
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Contested Origin
Via artinfo.com
Feb 12
Contrary to reports last week, Courbet’s The Origin of the World “has not lost its head,” say Musée d’Orsay officials. The painting—featuring a closeup of a woman’s crotch—“was indeed that of ‘a nude woman, without feet and without a head.”
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Forgery Spinout
Via nytimes.com
Feb 11
A pastor in Florida is being held on $100,000 bail for allegedly trying to sell fake Damien Hirst paintings. Kevin Sutherland was busted in a sting while trying to sell the forgeries, which included “spin” and dot paintings.
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Passings: Richard Artschwager
Via galleristny.com
Feb 10
Richard Artschwager, whose Brush Blp (among other works) is in the Walker collection, has passed away at age 89. Known for art that defies easy categorization, his paintings and sculptures included elements from Pop and Minimalism.
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Bush, Painter
Via vulture.com
Feb 8
A hacker on Friday released photos purported to be paintings by George W. Bush—and critic Jerry Saltz loves them. “They are ‘simple’ and ‘awkward,’” he writes in response to a Gawker review, “but in wonderful, unself-conscious, intense ways.”
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Turrell Summer
Via nytimes.com
Feb 8
Three summer shows dedicated to James Turrell—whose art includes the Walker’s Sky Pesher—started out as an idea for a touring exhibition, but the scale of his built light environments suggested different venues (LACMA, MCA Houston, and the Guggenheim) instead.
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Art Foundations
Via brooklynrail.org
Feb 8
His ousting at MOCA and Mike Kelley’s death have opened up a new world for Paul Schimmel, chair of Kelley’s foundation: Artists’ foundations, he writes, will become “among the most important not-for-profit institutions to directly support the arts.”
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Underground Labyrinths
Via guardian.co.uk
Feb 7
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the London Underground, artist Mark Wallinger has completed the “largest art commission ever.” He’s created 270 unique 2-D mazes, one for each stop in the city’s labyrinthine subway system.
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Completing Courbet
Via telegraph.co.uk
Feb 7
There’s more to the woman in Gustav Courbet’s The Origin of the World, which depicts a closeup of a nude torso: A leading Courbet expert has authenticated a recently discovered companion painting to the erotic 1866 work—and it depicts the woman’s head.