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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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Transparency Scarf
Via hyperallergic.com
Feb 15
Before Wikileaks blew up to become a household name, Metahaven created an identity for the group. Quickly events prompted a new focus—on fundraising for legal battles. Enter a Metahaven-designed Wikileaks scarf that “talks about opacity and transparency.”
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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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Valentine’s Alternatives
Via sva.edu
Feb 14
Handsome devils, a bleeding-heart message in felt, fake wood type: School of the Visual Arts design staffers Steven Heller, Debbie Millman, Marshall Arisman, and others offer their alternatives to the cutesy pink Valentine.
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Unorginality Examined
Via theatlantic.com
Feb 13
Copying is both timeless and, given the nature of the Internet, particularly contemporary, writes Steven Heller. Which is why New York gallery P!, run by Project Projects’ Prem Krishnamurthy, is tackling the topic during a six-month series.
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Art and Data
Via smu.edu
Feb 13
SMU launched the National Center for Arts Research Wednesday. A collaboration with the Cultural Data Project, the center will analyze arts data to help arts organizations “more deeply engage existing audiences and reach new ones,” according to SMU’s José Bowen.
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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.”