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hyperallergic: What Should be the Lifespan of Art, and Who...

Fri, 31 May 2013 13:47:49 -0400

What Should be the Lifespan of Art, and Who Decides?

Conserving the skeleton of an Irish Elk (photograph via Christian Nitard/Muséum de Toulouse)

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A great and important question. Can an artwork be allowed a dignified death? I think so. Smart museums will let that happen.

ideal-cities: Some of the final installation photographs of...

Thu, 30 May 2013 11:08:00 -0400

ideal-cities:

Some of the final installation photographs of Notice: A Flock of Signs at the IMA! Curated by the awesome Sarah Green!

Check out Kim Beck’s new project in 100 Acres (IRL, too, if you can!). I’m very proud to have worked on this. What I first thought would be a relatively subtle installation has turned into a delightfully major intervention in the park. Since 100 Acres opened in 2010, we have aimed for a less-directed approach, moving away from the copious didactic information and wayfinding that one finds inside the museum proper. Beck’s installation cleverly plays upon those conventions, and does so in a way that I anticipate will help visitors let go a bit and embrace the indeterminacy of exploring the outdoor world.

And be sure to follow Kim Beck’s tumblr.

Huge congrats to Richard McCoy on the opening of his...

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:25:02 -0400

Huge congrats to Richard McCoy on the opening of his exhibition Indiana by the Numbers at the IMA. More conservators should curate shows. Especially if you’re as brilliant as my colleague Richard. It’s been an extreme pleasure collaborating with him over the past 5 years.

The best place to photograph.

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:20:20 -0400

The best place to photograph.

"Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences...."

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:28:37 -0400

““Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences. (Roy Ascott’s phrase.) That solves a lot of problems: we don’t have to argue whether photographs are art, or whether performances are art, or whether Carl Andre’s bricks or Andrew Serranos’s piss or Little Richard’s ‘Long Tall Sally’ are art, because we say, ‘Art is something that happens, a process, not a quality, and all sorts of things can make it happen.’ … [W]hat makes a work of art ‘good’ for you is not something that is already ‘inside’ it, but something that happens inside you — so the value of the work lies in the degree to which it can help you have the kind of experience that you call art.””

- Brian Eno (via jessiethatcher)

I could reblog/post this every day as a constant reminder.

(via notational)

Amen, Eno.

NOTICE: A Flock of Signs, by Kim Beck, proliferating in 100...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:27:01 -0400

NOTICE: A Flock of Signs, by Kim Beck, proliferating in 100 Acres…

waltersartmuseum: Our eagle-eyed conservators spotted an...

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:47:35 -0400

waltersartmuseum:

Our eagle-eyed conservators spotted an ancient Roman bust in the collection that looks very much like Zach Galifianakis.

Kim Beck’s new project for 100 Acres beginning to make an...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:16:12 -0400

Kim Beck’s new project for 100 Acres beginning to make an appearance in the park. Stay tuned for more…

What does it mean to you to be an artist?

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:04:54 -0400

What does it mean to you to be an artist?

What does the title According to What? mean to you?

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:52:25 -0400

What does the title According to What? mean to you?

In what way have social media and the Internet transformed your...

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:11:58 -0400

In what way have social media and the Internet transformed your life and your world?

What inspires you to be an activist?

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:35:39 -0400

What inspires you to be an activist?

Can you give an example of a work of art that changed the way...

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:01:17 -0400

Can you give an example of a work of art that changed the way you viewed the world?

Nice… ‘Red, Yellow and Blue,’ a work by artist Orly...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:40:37 -0400

Nice…

‘Red, Yellow and Blue,’ a work by artist Orly Genger, is installed in Madison Square Park on Tuesday. The work features 1.4 million feet of repurposed nautical rope collected from the Eastern seaboard, covered in paint and weighing over 100,000 pounds. (Andrew Hinderaker for The Wall Street Journal)

Really wish I could be in NYC this week for several reasons, one...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:13:45 -0400

Really wish I could be in NYC this week for several reasons, one of which is the opening of Orly Genger’s new installation in Madison Square Park. Rendering shown above, but I’m sure there will be fantastic IRL pics shortly.

Always nice to see Paul McCarthy spreading his subversive joy...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:45:00 -0400

Always nice to see Paul McCarthy spreading his subversive joy around the world. Would love to see this or Deller's Stonehenge in 100 Acres.

Always nice to see Paul McCarthy spreading his subversive joy around the world. Would love to see this or Jeremy Deller’s Stonehenge Sacrilege in 100 Acres. Eh?

hyperallergic: How Are You Supposed to Respond to “My Kid Could...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:05:35 -0400

hyperallergic:

How Are You Supposed to Respond to “My Kid Could Do That”?

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There’s a great response to the close cousin of this remark—“I could do that”—in Babar’s Museum of Art: “I wish you would.”

See the Graphite digital catalogue in action above, and learn...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:19:49 -0400

See the Graphite digital catalogue in action above, and learn more about how it came to be here and here.

The Graphite digital catalogue is out! Still in disbelief that I...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:30:49 -0400

The Graphite digital catalogue is out! Still in disbelief that I could include the full Richard Serra film Hand Catching Lead as a figure reference in my essay. I love paper books, but paper books can’t do that. Available for iPads for the insanely low price of $4.99 in the iTunes Store.

Many thanks to TOKY and the multi-talented team at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (past and present) who made this happen, especially Rachel Craft, Amanda York, Emily Zoss, Anne Young, Julie Long, Tascha Horowitz, Daniel Beyer, Tad Fruits, Eric Lubrick, Emily Lytle-Painter, and Kyle Jaebker.

Congrats to the IMA Audience Engagement team for developing this...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:18:14 -0400

Congrats to the IMA Audience Engagement team for developing this great site, which allows you to hear from Ai Weiwei and engage in a virtual dialogue:

http://www.imamuseum.org/accordingtoaiweiwei/