Tag Archives: Ben Davis

The Walker Curates the News: 01.18.16

by Walker Art Center | Jan 18, 2016

The Walker Curates the News: 01.18.16

by Walker Art Center | Jan 18, 2016

A recent study has determined that most well-known British artists come from a middle-class background. Critic Ben Davis suggests the same might be the case in the rest of the art …

The Walker Curates the News: 08.03.15

by Walker Art Center | Aug 3, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 08.03.15

by Walker Art Center | Aug 3, 2015

“I believe in doubt,” says Barbara Kruger, who recently worked with Los Angeles–area high schoolers in the Getty Artists Program to create her Whose Values? project. In an interview with …

The Walker Curates the News: 05.18.15

by Walker Art Center | May 18, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 05.18.15

by Walker Art Center | May 18, 2015

Joan Jonas‘s “triumphal exhibition” at the Venice Biennale “doesn’t simply look back on a long and fruitful career: It extends that career,” writes Roberta Smith of the 70-year-old artist’s US …

The Walker Curates the News: 01.05.15

by Walker Art Center | Jan 5, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 01.05.15

by Walker Art Center | Jan 5, 2015

Artist Tania Bruguera was repeatedly detained by authorities in Havana last week. The Cuban national was planning a work, promoted as #YoTambienExijo (I Also Demand), in Revolution Square in which anyone could speak into an …

The Walker Curates the News: 12.22.14

by Walker Art Center | Dec 22, 2014

The Walker Curates the News: 12.22.14

by Walker Art Center | Dec 22, 2014

Like Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo, artist Renzo Martens wants to build an “extravagant and beautiful” arts center in the jungle, and next month he’ll begin to realize his five-year plan: …