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→ Via mnoriginal.org: Two Sides of Gaard 22 Oct 2012 | 09:30 pm
"I like the combination of very innocent and not very innocent," Frank Gaard tells Minnesota Original of the dualism in his art. Subject of the 2012 Walker show Poison & Candy, he says he likes "humor...
→ Via latimes.com: Mapplethorpe X 22 Oct 2012 | 05:35 pm
His "is an art that challenges existing norms, but we are used to that in the history of art." This 1990 quote by then-Walker director Martin Friedman is on the wall at LACMA for a show of Mapplethorp...
→ Via artisticactivism.org: On Political Art 22 Oct 2012 | 05:26 pm
After speaking at the Creative Time Summit--and finding little media fanfare for the event--Stephen Duncombe and Steve Lambert, co-directors of the Center for Artistic Activism, write an open letter t...
→ Via bbc.co.uk: "Degenerate" Memorial 19 Oct 2012 | 11:16 pm
Fundraising has begun to erect a monument to "degenerate artists"--creators like Paul Klee, Max Ernst, and Kurt Schwitters who were oppressed by Hitler. The site is in northwest England, where Schwitt...
→ Via artinfo.com: Beasts' Gotham Nods 19 Oct 2012 | 11:00 pm
"Arguably the year’s most visionary film with true indie cred," as Graham Fuller puts it, Beasts of the Southern Wild was nominated for two Gotham Independent Film Award awards Friday, but inexplicabl...
→ Via huffingtonpost.com: Fizzy Prince 19 Oct 2012 | 08:59 pm
A contender for "most bizarre sellout debacle of all time," Richard Prince Lemon Fizz, a collaboration with AriZona beverages, features images of Prince's artwork--including his nurse paintings--on th...
→ Via mnartists.org: Tricks & Treats 19 Oct 2012 | 03:10 pm
This month's episode of the You Are Here podcast features a spooky story by Rob Callahan, of Rockstar Storytellers, Cracked.com, and others.
Crosscuts: Still Dots #90 19 Oct 2012 | 03:10 am
Calloway, Paine, and Holly have set the trap that’s meant to apprehend Harry Lime; now, they simply have to wait for their pest to step into it. In this case, the ambush has been prepared at the Vienn...
The Gradient: Julian Bleecker: The Future Never Gets Old 18 Oct 2012 | 11:10 pm
As part of the Walker's Interdisciplinary Work Group, design director Emmet Byrne invited Julian Bleecker of the Near Future Laboratory to lead a workshop based on his ideas of Design Fiction, a pract...
→ Via nytimes.com: Value in Experience 18 Oct 2012 | 11:09 pm
This year's FIAC art fair is showing several pieces of conceptual art including works by On Kawara and Dieter Meier. Director Jennifer Flay sees FIAC as a "stomping ground" for performance art, creati...
