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Opinion

I Got A Massage

by Paddy Johnson on March 22, 2012
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Three days after the Art Fag City Rob Pruitt Art Awards and Auction* I headed out to Carroll Gardens. Artist Anastasios Logothetis had been inviting writers, curators and other arts professionals to Residency Unlimited for massages, and I managed to nab the last of these appointments. In return, I was expected to write something about the project. “Participants complete the work,” Logothetis told me, noting that the writing produced would be the only documentation of the piece.

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Two Possibilities for the Sold-Out Cover Art from Bill Powers’ Book.

by Will Brand on March 6, 2012
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The Richard Prince-designed cover to Bill Powers’ new book went on sale at noon today as an edition of 100. Thirty minutes later, it had sold out. We’re suspicious.

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Art Is Not Gold.

by Will Brand on January 10, 2012
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There seems to be an idea floating around that art, as a generally countercyclical store of value, is an investment vehicle with similar characteristics to gold. I’m not so sure.

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Village Voice Lays Off J. Hoberman: No One Likes It.

by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on January 9, 2012
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Veteran Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman was laid off last Wednesday, a significant loss for the paper, which was the first mainstream paper to publish avant garde film criticism in the United States. This began with writer, organizer and artist Jonas Mekas’ “Movie Journal” in 1958, though even at the time of Hoberman’s dismissal, [...]

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Javier Peres to Show at Grimmuseum

by Paddy Johnson on January 5, 2012
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Famed art dealer Javier Peres – of Peres Projects – will cast his net a little wider in 2012, now venturing into the world of exhibiting art makers. Slated to open January 12th at Grimmuseum in Berlin, Peres’s work focus on the theme of collective and personal memory; in this case, realist paintings of River Phoenix. Let me be the first to offer some advanced skepticism.

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The Year in Brief: Good Riddance To Mainstream Media

by Whitney Kimball on December 30, 2011
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John Hockenberry, Jim VandeHei, Michael Wolff debate “Good Riddance to Mainstream Media” against Katrina vanden Heuvel, David Carr, and Phil Bronstein. This may not have been the groundbreaking internet video of 2011, but I thought about it often while reading this year’s (albeit art) internet highlights.

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Debate Over ArtPrize (Sort-of) Rages Over Twitter

by Paddy Johnson on December 29, 2011
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Over at WNYC, Carolina Miranda takes issue with my naming of ArtPrize as one of the year’s best exhibitions. Frankly, I’m surprised it took this long for someone to say something.

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The Trouble With Trees: Art Critic Devon Britt-Darby Resumes a Career in The Escort Business

by Paddy Johnson on December 8, 2011
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It all started when two dudes married a tree. I think. That happened in 2009, but today’s story may actually date back to 2001, when Devon Britt-Darby, also known as the Houston Chronicle’s former art critic Douglas Britt, embarked on a career as an escort.

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Is The Popularity of Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain a Critical Failure?

by Paddy Johnson on November 25, 2011
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In an interview at the St. Petersburg Times, film director and screenwriter Andrei Konchalovsky tells audiences that the state of criticism is less than shining. Too many critics share the same opinions, bright names are vanishing, and independent voices are rare. I feel his pain. Web publishing in particular often rewards reactionary criticism and fluffy reporting. And yet these aren’t the problems that Konchalovsky discusses.

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Walton Ford at Paul Kasmin: The Best Show in Chelsea [NSFW]

by Paddy Johnson on November 18, 2011
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Yes, I meant it when I said the Walton Ford show at Paul Kasmin Gallery is the “best show in Chelsea”. This comment originally appeared in Wednesday’s link list, and has subsequently prompted a few private emails to the effect of, “You’re not serious?”. Well, yes I am, but for all the reasons those asking the question might think: It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a show look this hilariously wrong in a gallery.

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