Tag Archives: Locations

Traveling with Peregrine Honig’s American-Argentinian Twin Boys

by Alicia Eler | Feb 4, 2013

Traveling with Peregrine Honig’s American-Argentinian Twin Boys

by Alicia Eler | Feb 4, 2013

Alicia Eler on the relationship between an artist’s residency in Buenos Aires and blond-haired, blue-eyed boys in the work of Peregrine Honig.

How Residencies Change an Artist’s Practice

by Alicia Eler | Feb 1, 2013

How Residencies Change an Artist’s Practice

by Alicia Eler | Feb 1, 2013

Alicia Eler kicks off her blogging residency with some words about the role of residencies in artist’s lives.

Transmission

Transmission | An Interview with Niels Geybels: Sequences, Monoliths, and Beneath the Earth

by Amelia Ishmael | Jan 3, 2013

Transmission

Transmission | An Interview with Niels Geybels: Sequences, Monoliths, and Beneath the Earth

by Amelia Ishmael | Jan 3, 2013

Columnist Amelia Ishmael speaks with Antwerp-based visual artist, graphic designer, and musician Niels Geybels, whose various practices often overlap.

Transmission

Transmission | An Interview with Nader Sadek: the Lexicon of “In the Flesh”: Petroleum, Death Metal, Masks, Hair, and Sulpher

by Amelia Ishmael | Jul 3, 2012

Transmission

Transmission | An Interview with Nader Sadek: the Lexicon of “In the Flesh”: Petroleum, Death Metal, Masks, Hair, and Sulpher

by Amelia Ishmael | Jul 3, 2012

Amelia Ishmael talks to Nader Sadek about the visual lexicon that informs his art and music.

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Preservation, Perfection, and Patina: Jeff Jamieson Discusses the Fabrication of Donald Judd’s Wood Furniture

by Richard McCoy | Jul 6, 2011

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Preservation, Perfection, and Patina: Jeff Jamieson Discusses the Fabrication of Donald Judd’s Wood Furniture

by Richard McCoy | Jul 6, 2011

Jeff Jamieson talks about his history of making Judd Furniture with IMA conservator Richard McCoy.

EVERYTHING TRANSFORMS

by Din Heagney | Jun 15, 2011

EVERYTHING TRANSFORMS

by Din Heagney | Jun 15, 2011

I first met Maya Kramer at a dinner party she was hosting at her home in one of the tree-lined compounds of the former French Concession in Shanghai. But it …

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EMPATHY VIRUS

by Din Heagney | Jun 6, 2011

Flash Points

EMPATHY VIRUS

by Din Heagney | Jun 6, 2011

“People kept telling me art can’t change the world; so I stopped calling what I do art,” says Carl Scrase, a young Australian artist who shot to local fame with his …

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PUBLIC AMNESIA

by Din Heagney | Jun 2, 2011

Flash Points

PUBLIC AMNESIA

by Din Heagney | Jun 2, 2011

History isn’t was. History is. No matter how much we wipe our feet at the front door, we track history through the house. Leaving its muddy footprints all over the …

Connecting – Part 6: Postscript and Postmortem

by Damien James | Dec 17, 2010

Connecting – Part 6: Postscript and Postmortem

by Damien James | Dec 17, 2010

After exhibiting at The Artist Project in 2008, Pamela Johnson’s American Still Life series began getting attention. Pepperdine University’s Weisman Museum of Art, Adler & Co. Gallery, and the San …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Contemporary Art: Who Cares? A Discussion with Karen te Brake-Baldock

by Richard McCoy | Jul 20, 2010

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Contemporary Art: Who Cares? A Discussion with Karen te Brake-Baldock

by Richard McCoy | Jul 20, 2010

IMA Art Conservator Richard McCoy talks to INCCA Central Coordinator Karen te Brake-Baldock about the recent international symposium Contemporary Art: Who Cares? Research and Practices in Contemporary Art Conservation.

Going for the Gold(en Age)

by Paige K. Johnston | Jul 8, 2010

Going for the Gold(en Age)

by Paige K. Johnston | Jul 8, 2010

Over the past few years, I have developed a persistent desire to live and work in the Netherlands. My fantasies of Dutch relocation have been largely indulged and inflated through …

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The Process Behind the Portrait

by Rachel Gagnon | Mar 5, 2010

Flash Points

The Process Behind the Portrait

by Rachel Gagnon | Mar 5, 2010

The practice of photographic portraiture is rife with ethical implications – from the subject’s awareness of the project, to the artistic choices made throughout the session, to the work’s resulting …

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Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation in American’s Oldest Continuous Artist Colony

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 4, 2009

Flash Points

Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation in American’s Oldest Continuous Artist Colony

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 4, 2009

I admit to being surprised at the role the visual arts plays in Provincetown, Massachusetts. In college, I remember learning about Hans Hofmann’s famous school, which taught artists (Helen Frankenthaler, …

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Some Thoughts on the Transformative Power of Walking + Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 2, 2009

Flash Points

Some Thoughts on the Transformative Power of Walking + Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 2, 2009

Austin Thomas is a New York-based artist, curator & sometimes salon host. When I asked her about art + transformation, she offered these thoughts about the transformative power of walking …

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Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation in Williamsburg

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 1, 2009

Flash Points

Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation in Williamsburg

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 1, 2009

Loren Munk–of the infamous DIY online video program James Kalm Report–is a walking encyclopedia of the history of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg art community. So when I asked him about his take …

Some Thoughts on China + Transformation

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 31, 2009

Some Thoughts on China + Transformation

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 31, 2009

In the final week of the Transformation series, I’ve asked a number of people with diverse points of view to offer their thoughts on the topic. To kick things off, …

MoMA Trumpets Amsterdam’s Role as Hub of Conceptual Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 20, 2009

MoMA Trumpets Amsterdam’s Role as Hub of Conceptual Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 20, 2009

While today Conceptual Art is utterly ubiquitous, MoMA’s current “In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960-1976” examines a period when only a few cities in the world …

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 …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Vandalabra!

by Ben Street | Aug 17, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Vandalabra!

by Ben Street | Aug 17, 2009

Last Sunday, a Russian woman walked through the galleries of the Louvre Museum in Paris carrying a small empty ceramic tea cup, which, upon arriving in one of the museum’s …

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Economic Sur-realities: A Conversation with Bjøernstjerne Christiansen of SUPERFLEX

by Hrag Vartanian | Jun 2, 2009

Flash Points

Economic Sur-realities: A Conversation with Bjøernstjerne Christiansen of SUPERFLEX

by Hrag Vartanian | Jun 2, 2009

Danish art group SUPERFLEX has been exacerbating the art world for over a decade with its irreverent style of questioning, which hits hard at the foundations of the West’s economic …

Whitney Biennial Model Tees

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 14, 2008

Whitney Biennial Model Tees

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 14, 2008

The Whitney Museum has collaborated with the Gap on a series of t-shirts designed by past Whitney Biennial artists, including Art21 artists Cai Guo-Qiang, Barbara Kruger (her design is pictured …

Gilbert & George in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr | Mar 7, 2008

Gilbert & George in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr | Mar 7, 2008

A huge retrospective of work by dynamic artist duo, Gilbert & George, has landed in San Francisco at the de Young Museum. Organized by the Tate Modern in London, the …