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Johnson Goes West
Via minnesota.publicradio.org
Nov 2012
Northrop Auditorium’s director of concerts and lectures is leaving for LA to oversee the USA Fellows program. At the United States Artists Foundation, Ben Johnson will administer annual grantmaking to 50 artists in all disciplines.
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Whitney Picks
Via nytimes.com
Nov 2012
Three outside curators have been tapped to curate the 2014 Whitney Biennial. Stuart Comer (Tate), Anthony Elms (ICA Philadelphia), and Michelle Grabner (Art Institute of Chicago) will be advised by WhiBi 2012 curators Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders.
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Margolles Honored
Via guardian.co.uk
Nov 2012
Teresa Margolles, whose work has viscerally addressed drug-related crime in her native Mexico, has been named winner of this year’s Artes Mundi prize. Judges of the £40,000 award cited “the sophistication of her work in confronting an ongoing human tragedy”.
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Pussy Riot Vid Ban
Via bbc.co.uk
Nov 2012
A Moscow court has ruled that any website hosting videos of Pussy Riot—including the anti-Putin performance in a cathedral that landed two of its members in jail—must be removed. Sites not complying, including YouTube, will be blocked.
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Game Collection
Via moma.org
Nov 2012
“Are video games art? They sure are, but they are also design, and a design approach is what we chose for this new foray into this universe,” writes architecture/design curator Paola Antonelli on MoMA’s acquisition of 14 games, including Pac-Man and Tetris.
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New Current
Via thecurrent.org
Nov 2012
The Current, MPR’s rock station and a frequent Walker media partner, launches a new website Thursday, designed by former Walker new media designer Justin Heideman. Now in beta, the site has a responsive design, new HTML5 audio player, and more.
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Doonan’s 8 Theories
Via slate.com
Nov 2012
Slate style columnist and longtime Barney’s window dresser Simon Doonan offers theories on “why the art world is so loathsome.” In his sights: Art Basel Miami, “the growing mania for melanging fashion with art,” and the art world’s coziness with one-percenters.
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Kahlo’s Closet
Via dailymail.co.uk
Nov 2012
The Blue House in Mexico City is offering a new way to see Frida Kahlo’s life and art—through an exhibition of her prosthetic legs, dresses, and corsets, including one similar to the back brace she wore in her self-portrait The Broken Column.
