Tag Archives: New York City

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What Goes Down Must Come Up: Talking with Arnold Lehman of the Brooklyn Museum

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What Goes Down Must Come Up: Talking with Arnold Lehman of the Brooklyn Museum

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 14, 2009

As the recession continues, reports of shrunken endowments, budget cuts, salary reductions, and layoffs pierce the headlines of museum news. The Brooklyn Museum is one of the most recent institutions …

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Free & Clear: Exhibition and the Free Store

by Kemi Ilesanmi | May 12, 2009

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Free & Clear: Exhibition and the Free Store

by Kemi Ilesanmi | May 12, 2009

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

by Tracy Candido | May 7, 2009

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What a Way to Make a Living: New Artist Economies and the Role of the Arts Administrator

by Tracy Candido | May 7, 2009

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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An Interview with EnjoyBanking, New York’s $treet Artist$

by Hrag Vartanian | May 6, 2009

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An Interview with EnjoyBanking, New York’s $treet Artist$

by Hrag Vartanian | May 6, 2009

For months, I’ve been spotting countless friendly and ironic stickers popping up across the city’s art-friendly zones. These cutesy bubble-lettered slogans scream “Enjoy Subprime Lending,” “Enjoy Credit Crunch,” “Enjoy Bailout …

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W.A.G.E. LIVE!

by Marc Mayer | Apr 30, 2009

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W.A.G.E. LIVE!

by Marc Mayer | Apr 30, 2009

After reading Trong Gia Nyugen’s great interview with activist group Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.), I become really interested in their work. I started to poke around the …

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Ellen Gallagher | Projections

by Jonathan Munar | Apr 30, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Ellen Gallagher | Projections

by Jonathan Munar | Apr 30, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: Artist Ellen Gallagher recounts her childhood obsession with projecting films, paired with documentation of her work Murmur (2003–04) installed at Gagosian Gallery …

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W.A.G.E. Against the Machine

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 27, 2009

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W.A.G.E. Against the Machine

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 27, 2009

Last September, as part of Creative Time’s Democracy in America: The National Campaign event at the Park Avenue Armory, activist group Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) stumped for …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 27, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 27, 2009

Vernissage TV takes a close look at Let the Priests Tremble…(1998/2008), a large hand-printed wall installation by Season 4 artist Nancy Spero. The piece was included in Spero’s retrospective at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Sevilla, …

BOMB in the Building

BOMB is (back) in the building

by BOMB Magazine | Apr 24, 2009

BOMB in the Building

BOMB is (back) in the building

by BOMB Magazine | Apr 24, 2009

After a hiatus, we (the folks from BOMB Magazine) are back to resume our fun and educational guest blogging. We’ll be chiming in once a month with some cool stuff …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Educators 2009-2010 – Apply Now!

by Marc Mayer | Apr 9, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Educators 2009-2010 – Apply Now!

by Marc Mayer | Apr 9, 2009

Art21 Educators: Contemporary Art in Contemporary Classrooms 2009-2010 Are you interested in contemporary art? Are you a K-12 art and/or media teacher? Do you teach in Los Angeles, Chicago, or …

On the Demuxing Post

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 27, 2009

On the Demuxing Post

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 27, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPfLZ1B1POU] [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPNspJIWeio] In one of my previous posts, I mentioned the life of certain obsolete terms taking on new meaning. As the clock runs out on my brief stint as …

Sikander Trifecta (incl. talk tonight at Cooper-Hewitt)

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 25, 2009

Sikander Trifecta (incl. talk tonight at Cooper-Hewitt)

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 25, 2009

In New York City? Don’t miss Season 1 artist Shahzia Sikander‘s related activities around town, including an artist’s talk tonight. Her curatorial exhibition, Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Remixing. Transformation.

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 25, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Remixing. Transformation.

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 25, 2009

This week two of my classes will visit the Museum of Art and Design’s first major exhibit in its new space at Columbus Circle, Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary. Among …

Strength in Limitations

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 24, 2009

Strength in Limitations

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 24, 2009

On the drive from Chicago to New York City in a Budget rental truck, I had a conversation with a friend of mine regarding an ongoing gallery project called MWNM …

Emulsion To Emulsion

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 20, 2009

Emulsion To Emulsion

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 20, 2009

The term “emulsion to emulsion” has somehow stuck in my head from my undergraduate days, taking courses in photography. It is the phrase meant to remind you of the placement …

Art, Work, Power

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 17, 2009

Art, Work, Power

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 17, 2009

Just last month I made the move that many young artists make. I left Chicago for New York City in what must seem like horribly bad timing given the many …

This Week’s Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 16, 2009

This Week’s Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 16, 2009

What’s happening now: The Sound of Silence, an exhibition of works by Alfredo Jaar (Season 4), is on view at Galerie Lelong in New York through May 2. Visitors are invited …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Making Artistic Noise Part 2: Contemporary Activist Art

by Lauren Adelman | Mar 13, 2009

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Making Artistic Noise Part 2: Contemporary Activist Art

by Lauren Adelman | Mar 13, 2009

To continue from my first post, at Artistic Noise, we teach a curriculum that focuses on issues relevant to the lives of incarcerated and system-involved youth and uses art to …

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Jenny Holzer talks about her Whitney show

by Hrag Vartanian | Mar 13, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Jenny Holzer talks about her Whitney show

by Hrag Vartanian | Mar 13, 2009

Paddy Johnson interviewed Jenny Holzer for New York Press about her new show at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (it opened yesterday, March 12). Titled …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Making Artistic Noise Part 1: Art and Social Activism with Incarcerated Youth

by Lauren Adelman | Mar 12, 2009

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Making Artistic Noise Part 1: Art and Social Activism with Incarcerated Youth

by Lauren Adelman | Mar 12, 2009

noise [noiz] noun – a loud, surprising, irritating, or unwanted sound In 2001, I was approached by Fran Sherman of the Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project to help develop an arts …

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Election 2008: Seizing the moment in the classroom

by Dillon Paul | Mar 12, 2009

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Election 2008: Seizing the moment in the classroom

by Dillon Paul | Mar 12, 2009

One of the things I love most about teaching 12th grade is the sense that I am meeting students on the border between their child and adult selves. They are …

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Share and Share Alike

by Sharon Butler | Feb 25, 2009

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Share and Share Alike

by Sharon Butler | Feb 25, 2009

Artists who garner the most attention in any given time period are those whose work, explicitly or implicitly, reflects the deeper political sensibilities of the era. Right now, contemporary artists …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What Light?

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 25, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What Light?

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 25, 2009

On Monday I had the pleasure of attending the last edition of this season’s Art21’s Salon Series with Robert Ryman and Urs Raussmüller. Going into the evening, I kept thinking …

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Oliver Herring | Legacy

by Wesley Miller | Feb 20, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Oliver Herring | Legacy

by Wesley Miller | Feb 20, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: Artist Oliver Herring discusses what he perceives as generational shifts in our relationship to the camera, mortality, and legacy, accompanied by scenes …

BOMB in the Building

BOMB in the building week 3

by BOMB Magazine | Feb 20, 2009

BOMB in the Building

BOMB in the building week 3

by BOMB Magazine | Feb 20, 2009

This week we find BOMB artists all over the Internets: If you haven’t yet it’s about time you checked out Paul Chan’s National Philistine. Bruce Mau will curate the first …

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Obama Special, Part 2

by Daniel Quiles | Feb 19, 2009

Flash Points

Obama Special, Part 2

by Daniel Quiles | Feb 19, 2009

This continues my previous post about the laptop DJ/performance artist Girl Talk, in which I situate him in a lineage of intersections between art and music and suggest a link …

BOMB in the Building

BOMB in the building (What we did last weekend edition)

by BOMB Magazine | Feb 13, 2009

BOMB in the Building

BOMB in the building (What we did last weekend edition)

by BOMB Magazine | Feb 13, 2009

Last weekend the BOMB folks cut a swath through the NYC cultural scene, so we thought we would share a sampling of what we found. We started off at Terminal …

Momenting: Our City Dreams

by Mary Cook | Feb 12, 2009

Momenting: Our City Dreams

by Mary Cook | Feb 12, 2009

Chiara Clemente’s documentary Our City Dreams, currently on view at NYC’s Film Forum, gives us a glimpse into the lives of five women artists living in New York City: Swoon, …

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Il a chaud au Cul

by Naomi Beckwith | Feb 12, 2009

Flash Points

Il a chaud au Cul

by Naomi Beckwith | Feb 12, 2009

Not at all surprisingly for a corporate entity, the Associated Press recently established ownership of a photograph of Barack Obama taken at a 2006 National Press Club event by photographer …

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Jessica Stockholder | Beauty & Politics

by Wesley Miller | Feb 12, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Jessica Stockholder | Beauty & Politics

by Wesley Miller | Feb 12, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: In her New Haven, Connecticut studio, artist Jessica Stockholder discusses the relationship between beauty, pleasure and taste, and how all three have …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

It Takes Two…. or Two Hundred

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 11, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

It Takes Two…. or Two Hundred

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 11, 2009

Recently I saw the Mark Dion segment from Season 4 for the sixth or seventh time. I love the Dion segment. I was sharing the video with teachers in a …

Calling all photographers: Museums (and Wikipedia) want to recruit you!

by Jonathan Munar | Feb 6, 2009

Calling all photographers: Museums (and Wikipedia) want to recruit you!

by Jonathan Munar | Feb 6, 2009

“Henry VIII,” Hiroshi Sugimoto (Season 3) February may very well be the unofficial month of the photography contest. Earlier this week, Joe Fusaro wrote about art contests in the classroom, …

BOMB in the Building

BOMB in the building

by BOMB Magazine | Feb 6, 2009

BOMB in the Building

BOMB in the building

by BOMB Magazine | Feb 6, 2009

Not as incendiary as you thought, just the friendly folks from BOMB magazine here for the first round of our Friday column. In case you didn’t know, BOMB—like Art21—is a …

single strand, forward motion: Andrea Zittel

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 5, 2009

single strand, forward motion: Andrea Zittel

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 5, 2009

single strand, forward motion, an exhibition of new works by Season 1 artist Andrea Zittel, will open at Andrea Rosen Gallery tomorrow, Friday, February 6. This is the artist’s ninth solo exhibition at …