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Letter from London
Letter from London: Jeff – Dumb and Blind(ing)
Letter from London
Letter from London: Jeff – Dumb and Blind(ing)
In Herbert Ross’s magisterial 1987 film The Secret of My Success, Michael J. Fox plays Brantley Foster, a charming chancer who works his way up (spoiler alert!) from mailroom to …
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Arts Stimulus Funding & the Art Economy Part 2: Talking to the House Arts Caucus Co-Chairs
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Arts Stimulus Funding & the Art Economy Part 2: Talking to the House Arts Caucus Co-Chairs
A few months ago, I went to the Bronx for a studio visit with an accomplished artist, John Fekner, whose personal brand of street graphics helped define a tumultuous era …
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The value of didactic art and the gift economy—from object ownership to object affiliation
Flash Points
The value of didactic art and the gift economy—from object ownership to object affiliation
There is quite a tradition around visualizing information that reaches beyond the more familiar pie charts and quantifications used in science and commerce, dealing with the communication of complex thought …
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No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
No Preservatives: The Clocks’ Tic Tic Tic …
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No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
No Preservatives: The Clocks’ Tic Tic Tic …
Spearheaded by Richard McCoy, a conservator at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, this site’s newest column, “No Preservatives,” seeks to define the conservator’s role in the conservation of art in …
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Free & Clear: Exhibition and the Free Store
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Free & Clear: Exhibition and the Free Store
Is free sometimes the best value for art? Well, it certainly can be when artists and curators turn an inquisitive and critically-engaged eye towards the nature of exchange, regeneration, and …
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What a Way to Make a Living: New Artist Economies and the Role of the Arts Administrator
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What a Way to Make a Living: New Artist Economies and the Role of the Arts Administrator
I am an arts administrator, which is arguably the second invisible position in line behind the artist. The administrator’s cultural discount is not only applied when independently presenting an exhibition …
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