Writer-in-Residence

Kultur Klub

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 21, 2009

Kultur Klub

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 21, 2009

For the past week, my mind has repeatedly strayed to an unsettling and provocative article that appeared in the New York Times on August 14. The article was one of …

Ghost That Note: Harpstrings, Heartstrings, and Street Scenes

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 18, 2009

Ghost That Note: Harpstrings, Heartstrings, and Street Scenes

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 18, 2009

This past Sunday evening in Basel could have been like any other but it wasn’t. Not quite. My partner and I finished the strangely purple dinner I had crafted—beet pasta, …

New Guest Blogger: Quinn Latimer

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 18, 2009

New Guest Blogger: Quinn Latimer

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 18, 2009

As we say goodbye (but never farewell) to Daniel Fuller for his extensive posts on museums living beyond their means, art hopping in Athens & Venice, a love letter to …

A Day at Art Disneyland

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 18, 2009

A Day at Art Disneyland

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 18, 2009

As an homage to the recurring 36 Hours feature that frequently appears in the New York Times travel section, I have broken down hour by hour a recent perfect weekend …

The Pop-Up Book Academy: An Interview with Sam Gould of Red76

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 17, 2009

The Pop-Up Book Academy: An Interview with Sam Gould of Red76

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 17, 2009

Several weeks ago I found in my email inbox a listing of upcoming events produced by the Portland collective Red76. I regretted that scheduling would prevent me from catching all …

Réquiem, ætérnam dona eis, Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat eis

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 16, 2009

Réquiem, ætérnam dona eis, Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat eis

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 16, 2009

Immediately upon entering  Triple Candie’s Harlem gallery you are greeted by a flamboyantly painted coffin lying on a bier, a memorial to an artist who, in many ways, defined the …

No Nukes

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 11, 2009

No Nukes

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 11, 2009

Four years ago, when using Google Earth satellites to zoom in on the roofs of our homes was all the rage, I was living in a Hudson River hamlet about …

Mütter on the Mind

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 10, 2009

Mütter on the Mind

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 10, 2009

It has been something of a guilty pleasure, but I have always loved off-beat museums. Here in Philadelphia, we have something of an embarrassment of riches: the Mummers Museum, which …

Flash Points

Summer Travelogue

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 6, 2009

Flash Points

Summer Travelogue

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 6, 2009

Upon arriving in Athens, several curious and helpful people gave me every warning to stay far away from the Kerameikos and Metaxourgeio neighborhoods, which was exactly where I was headed, …

New guest blogger: Daniel Fuller

by Kelly Shindler | Aug 3, 2009

New guest blogger: Daniel Fuller

by Kelly Shindler | Aug 3, 2009

Endless thanks to our hilarious, talented, and devoted guest blogger for the last fortnight, Adrian Duran. We have a hunch we’ll be able to lure him back to the site …

South of the Lou, North of NOLA

by Adrian Duran | Aug 3, 2009

South of the Lou, North of NOLA

by Adrian Duran | Aug 3, 2009

Since my stint here is winding down, I’m going to ask your indulgence as I write about Memphis. My suspicion is that many of you haven’t been yet, or weren’t …

Away Game

by Adrian Duran | Jul 31, 2009

Away Game

by Adrian Duran | Jul 31, 2009

I’m in St. Louis, visiting family and art museums that I can only get to once in a while. There were some hits, some misses, but this seems like an …

Flash Points

Yeah, but no, but yeah, but…

by Adrian Duran | Jul 28, 2009

Flash Points

Yeah, but no, but yeah, but…

by Adrian Duran | Jul 28, 2009

Select ONE answer for ALL of the below questions: Does art expand our ability to imagine? What’s Matt Cassel without Randy Moss, Wes Welker and Bill Belichick? What came first: …

Things That Made Me Go Hmmm…

by Adrian Duran | Jul 21, 2009

Things That Made Me Go Hmmm…

by Adrian Duran | Jul 21, 2009

Hello again and Happy Scopes Monkey Trial Day, though it wasn’t a good day for the monkey. That went fairly well, or so I’d like to think. People responded (your …

Step One: We Can Have Lots of Fun

by Adrian Duran | Jul 20, 2009

Step One: We Can Have Lots of Fun

by Adrian Duran | Jul 20, 2009

Greetings from Memphis and Happy Moon Landing Day. Here we go. I’ve never done this before. Well, not really. I’ve tried it twice. The first time, nobody cared. The second …

New guest blogger: Adrian Duran

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 20, 2009

New guest blogger: Adrian Duran

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 20, 2009

Many thanks to John d’Addario for his insightful and exciting posts on New Orleans contemporary art scene. Be sure to read his interview with Dan Cameron about Prospect.2, which launches …

Interview: Dan Cameron on Prospect.2 New Orleans

by John d'Addario | Jul 16, 2009

Interview: Dan Cameron on Prospect.2 New Orleans

by John d'Addario | Jul 16, 2009

Before I say that Prospect.1 New Orleans was the most exciting art event to take place in the U.S. in the last decade, I should probably provide the disclaimer that …

The Studio at Colton: A Look Back and Ahead

by John d'Addario | Jul 14, 2009

The Studio at Colton: A Look Back and Ahead

by John d'Addario | Jul 14, 2009

If you had to point to one institution that best illustrated the progress of the arts community in post-Katrina New Orleans—not to mention the progress of the city in general—you …

Banksy New Orleans: Then and Now

by John d'Addario | Jul 13, 2009

Banksy New Orleans: Then and Now

by John d'Addario | Jul 13, 2009

It’s been nearly a year since the U.K.-based street artist and provocateur known as Banksy completed over a dozen public art pieces in various locations around New Orleans, including the …

New guest blogger: John d’Addario

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 13, 2009

New guest blogger: John d’Addario

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 13, 2009

Thanks to Sharon Butler of Two Coats of Paint for three weeks of fabulous posts. Be sure to follow her daily musings back on her blog here. Up next is …

Another artist worth reading

by Sharon Butler | Jul 9, 2009

Another artist worth reading

by Sharon Butler | Jul 9, 2009

Owing to its timeless insights about artmaking and life, art teachers traditionally assign Ashcan School painter Robert Henri’s 1923 collection of writing,  The Art Spirit, to beginning painters. The newly-released …

In Celebration of Online Archives

by Sharon Butler | Jul 1, 2009

In Celebration of Online Archives

by Sharon Butler | Jul 1, 2009

In 2006, the Smithsonian Archives of American Art began digitizing all of the Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, photographs, and ephemera in their archives. Now that the 15,096-image collection …

Art Reality

by Sharon Butler | Jun 25, 2009

Art Reality

by Sharon Butler | Jun 25, 2009

No matter how hard I try, avoiding reality TV is a challenge. The shows are like invasive kudzu: Nanny 911, Extreme Makeover, The Housewives of New Jersey, Jon & Kate, …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Students about Christian Marclay’s “Video Quartet”

by Julie Thomson | Jun 24, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Students about Christian Marclay’s “Video Quartet”

by Julie Thomson | Jun 24, 2009

With the opening of Christian Marclay’s Video Quartet at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University (on view through July 26, 2009), I have been thinking about how to …

Back in the Day: Mel Bochner and Marcelo Bonevardi

by Sharon Butler | Jun 23, 2009

Back in the Day: Mel Bochner and Marcelo Bonevardi

by Sharon Butler | Jun 23, 2009

Mel Bochner’s new book, Solar System & Rest Rooms: Writings and Interviews, 1965–2007, is a compilation of his writing, both about art and as art. The book opens with thirty-five …

New guest blogger: Sharon Butler

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 22, 2009

New guest blogger: Sharon Butler

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 22, 2009

Thanks to Thomas Micchelli for his thoughtful posts about art and artists old and new. Please follow his pursuits on his own site here. Up next is Sharon Butler. A …

Dialing Back

by Thomas Micchelli | Jun 18, 2009

Dialing Back

by Thomas Micchelli | Jun 18, 2009

Turning again to the oracular nature of art (see Monday’s post), it is compelling to consider that, in the Western canon, drawing as an autonomous art form first came into …

Labyrinths

by Thomas Micchelli | Jun 15, 2009

Labyrinths

by Thomas Micchelli | Jun 15, 2009

The other night I was at a dinner where someone suggested that, all things being equal, what ultimately makes the difference in a body of work is the character of …

No Expectations

by Thomas Micchelli | Jun 12, 2009

No Expectations

by Thomas Micchelli | Jun 12, 2009

In his New York Times article on the opening of the Venice Biennale, Michael Kimmelman laments that the look of the exhibition “suggests a somewhat dull, deflated contemporary art world, professionalized …

Flash Points

Money Changes Everything

by Thomas Micchelli | Jun 10, 2009

Flash Points

Money Changes Everything

by Thomas Micchelli | Jun 10, 2009

I remember, back when I was in art school, walking into a lecture hall where someone had scrawled on the chalkboard, “The only true artists are amateurs.” That was the …

New guest blogger: Thomas Micchelli

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 9, 2009

New guest blogger: Thomas Micchelli

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 9, 2009

A million thanks to Victoria Lichtendorf for providing us with such a rich view of Atlanta’s contemporary art scene. Her stint sets a new record for the greatest number of …

Conversations with Stuart Horodner & Lila Kanner

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 8, 2009

Conversations with Stuart Horodner & Lila Kanner

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 8, 2009

Wrapping up my focus on Atlanta during my stint as guest blogger, I questioned Stuart Horodner, Artistic Director at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, and Lila Kanner, Executive Director of …

Interview: Fahamu Pecou

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 8, 2009

Interview: Fahamu Pecou

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 8, 2009

Next up, as part of my spotlight on Atlanta-based artists, is Fahamu Pecou, of “Fahamu Pecou is the Shit” fame. Known for his large-scale painted riffs on art magazines, Pecou …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Playing with Contemporary Art

by Nate Morgan | Jun 3, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Playing with Contemporary Art

by Nate Morgan | Jun 3, 2009

Season 3 artist Jessica Stockholder states, “What kids do with play is a kind of learning and thinking. It is a kind of learning and thinking that doesn’t have a …

Road to Freedom: Interview with Julian Cox

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 3, 2009

Road to Freedom: Interview with Julian Cox

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 3, 2009

Like many museums, traveling shows tend to dominate the exhibition schedule at the High Museum of Art. In contrast, Road to Freedom: Photographs from the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968, organized …

Celebrating Atlanta Photography: Michael David Murphy

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 2, 2009

Celebrating Atlanta Photography: Michael David Murphy

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 2, 2009

Michael David Murphy, 100%. A single frame of film from 01/18/2009 in Washington, DC. Audio from Bloom. © MDM. As part of my quest to learn more about the Atlanta …