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MoMA’s Glenn Lowry Hypes Tech

  • by Hrag Vartanian on June 29, 2010

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by Hrag Vartanian on June 29, 2010

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If earlier this year, we were all distraught that the chief curator of an institution calling itself the New Museum didn’t know much about the online art world, today we can all breathe a little sigh of relief as the director of the world’s foremost modern art museum, MoMA, has given what amounts to a tech-friendly endorsement of the virtual world.

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New Museum’s Richard Flood Equates Bloggers with Prairie Dogs

  • by Lisa Radon on March 29, 2010

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by Lisa Radon on March 29, 2010

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Referencing prairie dogs and Mussolini, yesterday New Museum chief curator Richard Flood wound up his talk at the Portland Art Museum on “Creating Networks: The New Internationalism” with some bracing criticism of his own directed at online critique of his institution. Unlike the rest of his talk which very sharply traced American art world’s relationship with work by international artists 1980s to present from his vantage points at the Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Artforum, the Walker Art Center, the New Museum, his final comments were wildly out of touch with the ways we have conversations about art now.

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New Museum Ethics Quagmire Gets Its Own Unofficial Ad Campaign

  • by Hrag Vartanian on March 9, 2010

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by Hrag Vartanian on March 9, 2010

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The unfortunately titled Skin Fruit has already opened on the platinum coast of downtown Manhattan, formerly known as the Bowery. And guess what, not everyone is happy.

Last weekend while avoiding the art fairs, I spotted a fantastic poster in Chelsea that lampooned the New Museum and its new found taste for caviar. I did some sleuthing and tracked down the creative geniuses behind the campaign and found out what they had to say.

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Get Your William Powhida-Designed Howdy Koonsy T-Shirt Today!

  • by Hrag Vartanian on February 11, 2010

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by Hrag Vartanian on February 11, 2010

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Trickster and art star William Powhida is at it again and he has partnered with the Brooklyn Rail to produce a limited edition t-shirt, titled “Howdy Koonsy.” The t-shirt is available in an edition of 666 and you can be sure they will go fast!

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Jerry Saltz Fires Back at Yau, “How Very Dickish”

  • by Hrag Vartanian on February 6, 2010

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by Hrag Vartanian on February 6, 2010

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The war of words between two major New York art critics escalated yesterday when Saltz used his very public Facebook wall to shoot back at Yau for the Brooklyn Rail art editor’s accusation of Saltz being a Koons apologist.

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Best of the Aughts: The 11 Best Headlines for a Delusional Decade

  • by The Editors on January 25, 2010

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by The Editors on January 25, 2010

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We were recently deleting our hard drives from the aughts in an effort to upload everything into the cloud and we found these gems among the files. We almost forgot these things happened … oh wait, did they? Who remembers.

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Urs Fischer Tastes Like Good Vanilla Ice Cream

  • by Daniel Larkin on December 24, 2009

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by Daniel Larkin on December 24, 2009

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If you take art too seriously then this show isn’t for you but if you like pleasure maybe you should head to the new Bowery and bring a cone.

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