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Chinese Metal
Via guardian.co.uk
Mar 11
“Metal, often derided and dismissed, is a rich resource for anyone who wants to transgress repressive norms,” writes Keith Kahn-Harris on news Ai Weiwei is releasing a metal-influenced album with musician Zuoxiao Zuzhou (featuring cover art by Ai).
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SXSW Cat Recap
Via latimes.com
Mar 11
Hundreds packed Friday’s SXSW panel on the Walker’s #catvidfest Friday. Katie Hill on the event’s success: “People want to connect and they’re really hungry for something real. This is not ironic, we’re not making fun of anyone and this is why it works.”
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Foulkes Unfiltered
Via npr.org
Mar 11
“I’ve never trusted art,” says Llyn Foulkes, whose “unfiltered and so unpretentious” art caught the attention of Hammer Museum curator Ali Subotnick. The Los Angeles museum is hosting a career retrospective of the artist and musician through May.
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Cat Break
Via nekofont.upat.jp
Mar 8
In honor of our own Scott Stulen’s SXSW presentation Friday on #catvidfest (“Is This the End of Art?”) and festival tickets going on sale March 9, we revive Cat Break. Behold: NekoFont’s site that allows users to try out custom cat-based typography.
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LACMA MOCA Bid
Via latimes.com
Mar 8
The LA County Museum of Art has made a formal proposal to take over financially troubled MOCA. In a Feb. 24 letter, MOCA officials said the proposed deal would keep the two downtown venues open under the MOCA name.
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Metamuseum
Via metamuseum.tumblr.com
Mar 7
Thirteen art/design institutions from the Walker and the MIA to MoMA and CooperHewitt are collaborating on a new Tumblr site that searches for an “American aesthetic.” Today’s entry: Wim Crouwel’s 1967 typeface New Alphabet.
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JODI AM/PM
Via whitney.org
Mar 5
The Whitney’s Sunrise/Sunset project switched to a new work by net-art pioneers JODI on March 5. For 30 seconds twice daily, goodmorning goodnight scrapes text from Livedash and imagery from Panoramio for a real-time exploration of Manhattan’s light cycles.
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Tom Hanks of China
Via artinfo.com
Mar 5
“Ai Weiwei is the Tom Hanks of Chinese cinema,” says cinematographer Christopher Doyle (Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love), who’s working with the artist on a new project. Ai is “so fucking beautiful on film because he’s so solid, he doesn’t give a shit.”
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Handy Decanter
Via juxtapoz.com
Mar 5
Geoff McFetridge—who designed the art now going up on construction fencing outside the Walker—unveils a new project, a decanter for Bushmill’s Irish Whiskey featuring his iconic hands imagery. The hand-blown bottles are part of an edition of 75.