News

Seeing Double: When a Muybridge Isn’t a Muybridge

  • by Hrag Vartanian on June 23, 2010

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by Hrag Vartanian on June 23, 2010

In a weeklong series, critic and journalist Tyler Green is exploring the attribution of some of Eadweard Muybridge’s images and the possibility that they were in fact from other photographers, such as Muybridge’s friend and rival Carleton Watkins.

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Interviews

Same Show, Different Channel: An Interview with Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes

  • by Hrag Vartanian on May 13, 2010

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by Hrag Vartanian on May 13, 2010

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On Tuesday, Tyler Green announced that he was leaving his 8 1/2 year stint at ArtsJournal for the mainstream art media world of Louise Blouin Media’s ARTINFO and Modern Painters. The news came as a surprise to many who view Green’s online voice as a cornerstone of the indy art blogosphere. Yet the veteran art blogger — though he dislikes the label — doesn’t expect to change what he already does. The following is the first interview with Green since the big news came out.

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Blogger Bigwig Joins Artinfo & Modern Painters … More News for Louise Blouin Media

  • by Hrag Vartanian on May 11, 2010

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by Hrag Vartanian on May 11, 2010

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This morning, a pioneer of the indy art blogosphere Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes announced – with the help of artist William Powhida – that he will be joining Modern Painters as a columnist and Artinfo as a blogger. But it’s worth noting that this isn’t the only major news announced by Louise Blouin Media.

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Reactor

Searching For “The Greatest Living American Abstract Painter”

  • by Hrag Vartanian on March 23, 2010

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by Hrag Vartanian on March 23, 2010

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Modern Art Notes’ Tyler Green has a knack for wonderful ideas that create entertaining conversations about art, lest we forget his tweet that lead to the Super Bowl bet between the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Like the footbal bet, his latest idea also combines his two loves, sports and art, to create what he is calling, “The Greatest Living American Abstract Painter Tourney-ish.”

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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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