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Nude Dude
Via artinfo.com
Dec 2012
A man visiting the Leopold Museum’s Nude Men show disrobed and walked through the galleries Saturday before being asked to garb up by a guard. Officials at the Vienna museum assure the “spontaneous act” wasn’t a marketing gimmick.
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Sherman #9
Via guardian.co.uk
Dec 2012
Alex Needham ranks SFMoMA’s showing of Cindy Sherman (now on view at the Walker) among 2012’s top shows. Visiting the career survey, he writes, “it became apparent that Sherman’s unsettling ability to expose the workings of stereotypes has intensified with time.”
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2012 Props & Flops
Via designobserver.com
Dec 2012
Alexandra Lange and Mark Lamster compile the “biggest, bestest, and most, well, brutal list” in the third annual Lunch with the Critics Awards, which gives props to Oscar Niemeyer, Lebbeus Woods, and Save-Peavey- Plaza stalwarts The Cultural Landscape Foundation.
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Kickstarter Co-op?
Via thebaffler.com
Dec 2012
Crowdfunding efforts like Kickstarter are “more efficient, and more necessary than ever.” But, writes Josh MacPhee, “why shouldn’t, or couldn’t, Kickstarter be owned and run by those that invest in it?”
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Imagine
Via artistsagainstfracking.com
Dec 2012
Yoko Ono and her son, Sean Lennon, took out a full-page ad in Monday’s New York Times urging Gov. Cuomo to “Imagine There’s No Fracking.” The ad calls for an alternative to hydraulic fracturing, a method of harvesting natural gas.
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Passings: Frederick Neumann
Via nytimes.com
Dec 2012
Frederick Neumann, an actor and mainstay of the experimental theater company Mabou Mines, passed away in late November at 86. The company has visited the Walker many times, including in 2005, for its presentation of DollHouse.
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Pompidou Looks to U.S.
Via e-flux.com
Dec 2012
Sylvia Chivaratanond, former Walker curatorial fellow in Visual Arts, has been appointed the first Suzanne Deal Booth Adjunct Curator of American Art for the Pompidou, where she’ll work on increasing the center’s holdings of works by US-based artists.
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Cinematic Concert
Via artforum.com
Dec 2012
When it makes its Canadian debut in Toronto, Jem Cohen’s newest film, We Have an Anchor, will include a live score performed by musicians including frequent collaborator Guy Picciotto (Fugazi) and members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Dirty Three.
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It’s Emerald
Via pantone.com
Dec 2012
PANTONE 17-5641—aka Emerald—is 2013’s color of the year, according to the company billed as “the global authority on color.” The jewel-like hue symbolizes healing, growth, and rejuvenation—and it “translates easily to both fashion and home interiors.”