PARIS — “Museum and mausoleum are connected by more than phonetic association,” the theorist and critic Theodor Adorno wrote in 1953. At the Palais de Tokyo, the sepulchral New Ghost Stories (Nouvelles Histoires de Fantômes) revisits this relationship by addressing the museum exhibition in the age of its mechanical reproduction.
Mostafa Heddaya
Mostafa Heddaya is the former managing editor of Hyperallergic.
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Out, Damned “Spot”! Guerilla Work Dogs Canine-Killing Artist [UPDATE 2]
A guerilla installation critiquing the artist Tom Otterness’s 1977 killing of an adopted dog has appeared in the 14th Street – Eighth Avenue subway station, Gothamist reported.
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New Evidence that Neanderthals Made Art
Researchers have uncovered further evidence that human ancestors may have begun producing cave art earlier than previously thought. A
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Bahrain Tortures Award-Winning Photojournalist
Ammar Abdul-Rasool, a Bahraini photographer arrested in July, has been tortured during his continuing detention, the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) reported.
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São Paulo Biennial Removes General Israeli Sponsorship
After registering objections from 61 participating artists that were supported by the entire curatorial delegation of its 31st São Paulo Biennial, the Fundaçao Bienal São Paulo has agreed to “clearly disassociate” Israeli funding from the general sponsorship of the exhibition.
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São Paulo Biennial Curators Join Artists in Repudiating Israeli Sponsorship
The curators of the 31st São Paulo Biennial have supported the artists’ call on the organization to return Israeli sponsorship funds, a demand they believe “should be a trigger to think about the funding sources of major cultural events.”
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Art Movements
This week in art news: National Museum of Iraq reopens with renovated galleries, embattled Cai Guo-Qiang tortoises head to secret southern climes, recently discovered Phoenician shipwreck may be Mediterranean’s oldest, and more.
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São Paulo Biennial Participants Demand Organizers Return Israel Funding (Updated)
Artists participating in the 31st São Paulo Biennial have signed an open letter calling on the organizers to return sponsorship funds accepted from the Israeli state, Hyperallergic has learned.
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11th-Hour Appraisal Imperils Detroit Institute of Arts “Grand Bargain”
A recent appraisal commissioned by Art Capital Group claims that the Detroit Institute of Arts collection is worth significantly more than previously found by both Christie’s and Artvest Partners, the two firms that had previously evaluated the collection in connection with the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy proceedings.
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Seeing Art History with Machine Eyes
A paper released earlier this month by a group of Rutgers University researchers applies computer vision and machine learning to the question of artistic influence.
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Monoskop Releases Archive of Avant-Garde and Modernist Magazines
A collection of Anglo-European avant-garde and modernist magazines dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries has been compiled by Monoskop.
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President and Founder of Gwangju Biennale Resigns over Censorship
Gwangju Biennale Foundation President Lee Yong-woo has resigned over the censorship of an artwork by the Korean government, the Korea Herald reported.
