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The Frieze Talks Are Out and Some of Them are Good

by Leighann Morris on July 18, 2012
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The Frieze talks are finally out and available to download as podcasts. Organized thematically, the series centers on the “atlas” and the way that artists and thinkers map, organize, and describe the world. The selection includes some really boring scholars talking about vaguely interesting subjects for an hour and a half (good luck getting past 30 minutes), directors from the Whitney and MOMA reeling a load of PR bullshit about plans to renovate, and some engaging and half-relevant discussions about the Occupy movement, and artists “in conversation”.

AFC has picked out what to listen to and what to avoid, so that you don’t waste your time listening to 20 hours of recorded footage.

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Art and Media, Guernica and Tahrir Square: Observations from Art Dubai

by Alana Chloe Esposito on March 29, 2012
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In the first of her reports from Art Dubai’s panel discussions on art and the media, Alana Chloe Esposito finds no agreement on the merits of protest documentation as art. Has contemporary art lost its political power to news photography and cell phone snapshots?

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