Archive of Corinna Kirsch

AFC Senior Editor Corinna Kirsch received her MA in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she published a thesis on 1960s and 1970s video art. From 2009 - 2010, she worked at the Weisman Art Museum where she curated exhibitions for the drawing and photography galleries. In 2010, she received the C Magazine New Critics Prize. She also contributes to the L Magazine’s blog The Measure.

Corinna has written 188 article(s) for AFC.

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LACMA Will Build A New Museum On Top of Its Old One

by Corinna Kirsch on May 1, 2013

Museums can’t buy a new Louis Vuitton bag every time they want to show off their wealth so instead, they display bling by hiring big-name architects to create new and shiny, glass-filled galleries. LACMA will be joining this popularity game with a planned $650 million expansion by the Pritzker prize-winning architect Peter Zumthor. $450 will be allotted for construction with the remaining $200 million set aside for administrative expenses and contingency.

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The Day That Shook Cooper Union

by Corinna Kirsch on April 24, 2013

For the first time in the school’s 100-year-plus history, undergraduate students will be required to pay tuition. Students are protesting, and this time, the Cooper Union administration is taking steps to prevent large-scale protests like the lock-ins that occurred last fall.

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The Art F City Campaign for a Magda Sawon Sculpture on the High Line

by Corinna Kirsch on April 23, 2013

As part of “Busted”, the High Line is letting you nominate a special someone who’ll be turned into a sculpture.

That’s great news because we know who we want to see made into a sculpture on the High Line: Postmasters’ Magda Sawon.

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Weekend #longreads: Making Connections

by Corinna Kirsch on April 20, 2013

This weekend we’re reading Malcolm Harris’ “So You Want to Be a #Longreads Superstar,” Caitlin Jones’ “Conceptual Blind Spots”, and B. Wurtz’s “History Works”.

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MOCA Board Delivers $75 Million in Commitments

by Corinna Kirsch on April 18, 2013

We don’t know what finally threw the board into action—public pressure hadn’t yielded results previously, so it’s unclear why or if that became a factor—but something has transformed these members into a functional fundraising team.

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