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Walker on Django
Via chicagotribune.com
Feb 20
Kara Walker on Django Unchained: “As a child, I was subjected to a lot of spaghetti Westerns and hated them. I wanted the Indians to win—or just not be so sad! It’s nice to have a badass black hero, though I left telling a friend I wished Django had been a women.”
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Touch the Art
Via washingtonpost.com
Feb 19
When the wall holding Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing No. 681 C began collapsing Friday at the National Gallery of Art, a group of students was there to catch it. The 10 x 37 ft. mural saw only minimal damage.
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Death Metal
Via dailymail.co.uk
Feb 15
Pedro Reyes’ Disarm project—in which he turns guns into musical instruments—is getting renewed interest in the wake of US gun violence, but the project actually references Ciudad Juarez, where at its worst, firearm deaths hit 10 per day.
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Rural Liberation
Via huffingtonpost.com
Feb 15
After spending most of his career in NYC, sculptor Aaron Spangler’s relationship to rural images in his art has changed since moving to northern Minnesota. “Having the luxury of taking them for granted liberates me from my compulsions towards them.”
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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.”