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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.
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Guerrilla Art Labels
Via latimes.com
Sep 2012
Guerrilla art labels are popping up around LA, claiming city features are really works by the likes of Yoko Ono and Andy Warhol. One, next to a plot of 16 “thirsty” palm trees, is attributed to Chris Burden for its similarity to his lamp post installation at LACMA.
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Calligraffiti
Via cnn.com
Sep 2012
The Jara Mosque in Gabes, Tunisia is home to a new mural. Its minaret—the tallest in the country—now features a “calligraffitied” verse from the Quran about tolerance. Artist el Seed, who created the piece, says his “goal was to bring people together.”
