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Massive Links: It’s a Relational Aesthetics and Andy Warhol Party! Curators Invited, Too.

by Corinna Kirsch on March 16, 2012

Artist Liam Gillick wrote a horrible essay that tries to connect R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet to topics as varied as military control and iPhones. It reads like a grad student’s first essay, which is too bad because I’m a fan of his writing on relational aesthetics. [Afterall]
Speaking of relational aesthetics, where is Rikrit Tiravanija from? The New York Times says he’s Argentinian, but I’m certain he’s a Thai citizen who was born in Argentina. [The New York Times]
Sotheby’s hopes to make more money than the amount of money they normally make. How? They’re putting one of Andy Warhol’s Double Elvis works on the auction block with an estimate of $30 – 50 million. [New York Daily News]
The MTA came out with an app that lets you track subway art on your smartphone. This sounds great until you realize that it’s useless because most subway stations lack cellphone reception. [ANIMAL]
The Andy Warhol Museum announced its new curator. USA Today thinks it’s a big deal that he’s Australian. [USA Today]
Time to throw a party for Kaspar König! The 68-year-old German curator is retiring after a long career-which began at the age of 23, when he put on one of Claes Oldenburg’s first museum solo shows. [frieze d/e]

Tip of The Day: Don’t Steal Gavin Brown’s Car

by Paddy Johnson on March 23, 2011

By now most of you have probably read the New York Magazine story about how artists Patricia Silva and Eric Clinton Anderson mistakenly mistook dealer Gavin Brown’s car for a relational aesthetics piece and took it for a joy ride. While out they posted pictures of Brown’s parking tickets on critic Jerry Saltz’s facebook page. They’ve fessed up to the mistake, but where’s the apology?

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[IMG MGMT] What Relational Aesthetics Can Learn From 4Chan

by Brad Troemel on September 9, 2010

Is it still necessary to define art by intent and context? The gallery world would have us believe this to be the case, but the internet tells a more mutable story. Contrary to the long held belief that art needs intent and context, I suggest that if we look outside of galleries, we'll find the actions, events and people that create contemporary art with or without the art world's label.

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relational aesthetics

Tip of The Day: Don’t Steal Gavin Brown’s Car

[IMG MGMT] What Relational Aesthetics Can Learn From 4Chan

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