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Bursting the Bubble
Via tnr.com
Nov 2012
The Hirshhorn’s Bubble, a $15.5 million temporary inflatable structure by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, “seems like little more than an inflated take on the event-as-art endeavor with a pronounced D.C. flavor,” writes Kriston Capps, an editor at Architect magazine.
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Rothko Repair
Via bbc.co.uk
Nov 2012
A Mark Rothko painting vandalized at Tate Modern in October could take 18 months to repair. “The ink from the pen [of Wlodzimierz Umaniec] has bled all the way through the canvas causing a deep wound, not a superficial graze,” says the BBC’s Will Gompertz.
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Landesman to Retire
Via nea.gov
Nov 2012
Rocco Landesman, the chair of the NEA since 2009, announced Tuesday he’s retiring. In a statement, he hailed successes in his term, including “sparking a national movement around creative placemaking” and “increasing both the scope and impact of our research office.”
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Art & Banking
Via believermag.com
Nov 2012
This “unexpected double history of banking and the art world” starts with Hirst: Made from $23.6M in stones, the full $100M value of his famed skull comes in the making. It “applies the technique of a leveraged buyout not only to a work of art but as a work of art.”
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Digital Damage
Via hyperallergic.com
Nov 2012
Artworks and paper archives weren’t all that was damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Eyebeam, a media non-profit, experienced damage to supposedly stable DVDS, hard-drives, and tapes. Now Eyebeam is contemplating what this means for the future of digital preservation.
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Last Pictures Launch
Via echostarxvi.com
Nov 2012
Trevor Paglen’s The Last Pictures heads into space Tuesday aboard the Echostar XVI satellite. His project—discussed in our series Lowercase P: Artists & Politics—includes 100 photos of our culture. Watch the launch live at 1:15 pm EST/12:15 CST.
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Ramallah View
Via artforum.com
Nov 2012
Bidouin editor Negar Azimi recounts her trip two weeks ago to Ramallah to jury part of the Qalandiya International. The renewed conflict between Israel and Palestine, she writes, “underscores the importance of these fragile but enduring cultural institutions.”
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Blacklist Anniversary
Via hollywoodreporter.com
Nov 2012
Nov. 25 marks 65 years since the first Hollywood blacklist was released, baselessly naming suspected communists or sympathizers. The Hollywood Reporter commemorates the day with a look at its role in fanning the flames and an apology from the son of its founder.
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Market Backlash
Via reuters.com
Nov 2012
Felix Salmon sees stirrings for a “more supportive and democratic art world, taken seriously by respected gatekeepers, which increasingly views the twice-yearly shenanigans at Sotheby’s and Christie’s as an obscene sideshow rather than as a true gauge of value.”