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Masterful Taborn’s Magical Homecoming
The Green Room
Apr 29
To spark discussion, the Walker invites local artists and critics to write overnight reviews of our performances. The ongoing Re:View series shares a diverse array of independent voices and opinions; it doesn’t reflect the views or opinions of the Walker or its curators. Today, musician and Making Music host James Everest shares his perspective on […]
To spark discussion, the Walker invites local…
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Post–The Exception and the Rule
Untitled (Blog)
Apr 26
***Written by Susy Bielak, Karen Mirza, Brad Butler, Yesomi Umolu*** We are about to tell you the story of a journey. An exploiter and two of the exploited are the travelers. Examine carefully the behavior of these people. Find it surprising though not unusual. Inexplicable though normal, incomprehensible though it is the rule – Bertolt […]
We are about to tell you the story of a journey. An exploiter and two of…
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Art News from Elsewhere
Prince Prevails
Via hollywoodreporter.com
Apr 25
Overturning a March ruling, an appeals court judge has found that Richard Prince largely did not infringe on the copyright of Patrick Cariou in his “Canal Zone” paintings: his use of Cariou’s photos of Rastafarians was deemed “fair use” in 25 of 30 cases.
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Turner 2013
Via guardian.co.uk
Apr 25
“A streak of subversive humour” runs through the work of artists named to the 2013 Turner Prize. Congrats to Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Tino Sehgal, Laure Prouvost and David Shrigley, who’ve been nominated for the £40,000 prize.
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Dancing with Tilda
Via vimeo.com
Apr 24
At Ebertfest 2013 over the weekend, Tilda Swinton celebrated festival namesake, the late Roger Ebert, by leading the crowd of 1,500 in a dance-along to Barry White’s “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything.” Two thumbs up.
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Brazil Meets Pee-Wee
Via fandor.com
Apr 24
Last here for a 2007 retrospective, Michel Gondry premiered his new film, Mood Indigo (starring Audrey Tatou), in Paris Wednesday. It’s been likened to an “episode of Pee-wee’s Playhouse that’s been co-directed by Terry Gilliam and Salvador Dali.”
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Rising Tides
Via blouinartinfo.com
Apr 24
Facing perilously rising sea levels, Tuvalu and the Maldives are using their pavilions at the 2013 Venice Biennale to highlight climate change. The island nations will feature projects that both poetically and concretely address the crisis.
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3D for the People
Via newcity.com
Apr 24
On Chicago’s 3D Printer Experience: Given the profit potential of 3D printing, “it may come as a surprise that the Midwest’s first public foray into the technology is based on promoting public access to, rather than privatizing, this revolutionizing technology.”