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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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Emoji Art History
Via hyperallergic.com
Feb 12
Art historical emojis—emoticons or pictograms used originally in Japanese text messages—are taking off: the new hashtag #emojiarthistory is chronicling the best, from Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece to On Kawara’s date paintings to Trevor Paglen’s The Last Pictures.
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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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New Punctuation
Via designobserver.com
Feb 12
Rob Walker looks at the ElRay, a new punctuation mark for our enthusiastic social-media era. Proposed by photographer Ellen Susan, it would reside “in the emotional range between the just-the-facts period and the whoop-to-do excitability of the exclamation point.”
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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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Hennepin Makeover OK’d
Via startribune.com
Feb 8
“To get more people downtown, we don’t need to build a Millennium Park,” says the Walker’s Olga Viso. “We already have great assets, we just need to link them.” The Minneapolis City Council approved a plan to do so Friday and turn Hennepin Ave. into a cultural district.
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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.