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Friday Links: Major Shows Get Major Reviews

by Paddy Johnson on June 9, 2017

Jeff Rosenheim, curator of the Met, is interviewed by Charlie Rose on his major retrospective of the work of photographer Irving Penn. [Charlie Rose]

David Simon, of The Wire, notes that Trump never bothers to find out what Comey knows. He only asks that he stop the investigation. Simon says the guilty never remember to ask questions because they already know the answers. [@aodespair]

Why isn’t Christian Viveros-Faune writing full time at The Times or elsewhere? Is there anyone who can writes prose as well as he does? The latest example of that is his glowing review of the Robert Rauschenberg show at MoMA. He describes the artist as “the twentieth century’s art-gospel-spreading, medium-challenging, style-switching creative Johnny Appleseed.” [The Village Voice]

George Condo has been inspired by the Michael Flynn controversy and is making paintings about it. [artnet News]

Here’s a piece about how collector’s taste change over time. (Collector’s are shying away from former art market darlings like Basquiat.) [The New York Times]

Speaking of the New York Times, what, no art reviews today?

I didn’t think anyone would be able to write an entire feature on Geoffrey Farmer’s installation in the Canadian Pavilion—there’s just not that much to say about a dismantled pavilion, but Craig Burnett proved me wrong. Here’s 2000 words on the subject. [ArtReview]

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Winter is Coming

by Michael Anthony Farley on March 13, 2017

The week is of course dominated by two news items: The Whitney Biennial and The Wintery Downfall.

After the blizzard, Wednesday is a great opportunity to get yourself in the snowy mood, art-wise. Enjoy doses of culture from freezing, windswept regions, including Marsden Hartley’s Maine at The Met Breuer (if you’re missing the Whitney’s old digs) and Berlin-based Danish/Norwegian duo Elmgreen & Dragset in conversation with Dan Cameron at The Flag Art Foundation. Later, catch the Icelandic thriller Hevn at Scandinavia House’s New Nordic Cinema screening series.

Other highlights include Fort Gansevoort’s female-perspective sports show March Madness Thursday night and TRANSFER’s four year birthday party, which will feature affordable editions from some of our favorite digital artists.

Oh yeah, and make time to check out the Biennial. I’m told it’s good, but “traumatic”. An appropriately bleak show to match our physical and political climate?

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Monday Links: Digital Media is Killing the Media

by Paddy Johnson on December 30, 2013

I took this picture on my iphone while visiting the Waiwera Thermal Springs in New Zealand last week. Could this photo be a sign photography is dying or does someone have some copy to file?

Are camera phones destroying photography? Some people say yes and that’s enough to make a headline. Some people say no and they are given the last word. Says photographer Magda Rakita, “Just because you’ve got a microprocessor in your computer doesn’t make you a writer. And just because you’ve got an Instagram app on your phone you aren’t a great photographer.” [The Guardian]
Luke O’Neil writes about 25 pieces a week. The viral schlock does the best. His rant about why that’s not a great recipe for truth in news reporting. [Esquire via: Carolina Miranda]
Open Engagement takes place at the Queens Museum this year and their call for submissions closes January 3rd. Get on this. [Open Engagement]
ArtInfo Canada interviewed a bunch of Canadian critics over the year and collected the best quotes. I’m included! [BLOUIN ARTINFO]
Instagram commenters don’t like Kim Kardashian’s hand painted George Condo bag. And they have a point; that bag, a Hermes Birkin, was better before Condo got his hands on it. It was a gift from Kanye West, whose 2010 album pictures a commissioned Condo painting. [Animal New York]
Sotheby’s is being sued by an unnamed plaintiff who claims the auction house lost several key stamps in her collection. [In the Air]
James Panero sat down with Sheikha Mayassa, the woman who runs the museum operations of Qatar. Qatar has spent over 1 billion on art. Panero seems to think this kind of spending on art could lead to a more liberalized state, though he also offers up the idea that it might just provide a foil for repressive practices. [The New Criterion]

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Armory Show Bingo: The More Things Change…

by Will Brand on March 9, 2012

Good news: your Armory Bingo cards from last year are apparently still valid. Without changing a single square, we had Bingo within half an hour of walking in the door. The basic trend for Armory Show art—stuff cats like, like mirrors and motion and bright lights—is alive and well, and a few of last year’s micro-trends managed some unexpected longevity. We break down how well each trend square did this year, with pictures.

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IMG MGMT: ARTSCENTER TALKSOURCE

by Dushko Petrovich and Roger White on May 10, 2011

Here at AFC we’ve often asked ourselves the question, What Does Art Criticism need? According to Roger White and Dushko Petrovich true transformation of the form will involve paywalls, platinum memberships and critiscope experience. Put your art visors on because you’re about to experience ARTSCENTER TALKSOURCE (the proposal).

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IMG MGMT: ARTSCENTER TALKSOURCE

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