Opinion
Does AA Bronson Have a Legal Right to Remove His Work from Hide/Seek?
The short answer is probably not [http://artmeetslaw.blogspot.com/2010/12/finally-serious-response-to.html] under US law but we're not sure under Canadian law.
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Interview
Steve Lambert's Anti-Advertising Agency Takes a Long Coffee Break
Yesterday, someone suggested to me that artist Steve Lambert's Anti-Advertising Agency was calling it quits after six years of producing some of the most socially engaged work around. For those who may be unfamiliar with the group, they actively co-opted the language of advertising and public relati
Opinion
Voina Update: 'We will...carry out...punk ideals into life.'
We reported on the case of the Russian art collective Voina last week [http://hyperallergic.com/15354/voina-interview/] but today Marina Galperina of Animal NY has an update and interview [http://animalnewyork.com/2010/12/voina-to-animal-real-art-is-in-the-street-or-in-prison/] with Voina's Alexei P
Art
Sleepy Time for Faile at Perry Rubenstein
The Brooklyn street art collective Faile is so hot and cold that I'm starting to wonder if they have some type of artistic condition that borders on the bipolar. After showing some renewed promise in a slew of street art pieces around New York earlier this year their Bedtime Stories show at Perry Ru
Art
Towards Transparency and Justice, Learning from Wikileaks and Wojnarowicz
What do Wikileaks and the art world’s response to the censorship of David Wojnarowicz's “A Fire in My Belly” by the Smithsonian have in common? Both make public what elites want to keep secret. They illustrate how little, if anything, can be hidden anymore and demonstrate how the more something is c
Art
Presenting Our Draw Jesus Day Gallery
Today, we present all the submissions to our first (and perhaps only) Draw Jesus Day. [NOT A SPOOF]
Opinion
Mira Schor: Gagosian Gallery Pulls a Smithsonian
Mira Schor writes about the disturbing reaction of the Gagosian Gallery (and the NYPD) during a silent protest at the gallery's 24th Street space last week. [HUFFINGTON POST [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mira-schor/gagosian-gallery-pulls-a_b_801033.html]]
Art
Two Days Left Until Int'l Draw Jesus Day!
To celebrate our freedoms and the beauty of America, we are announcing our first-ever (and perhaps only) “International Draw Jesus Day” event on Sunday, December 26th! Email all your submissions to DrawJesusDay@hyperallergic.com [DrawJesusDay@hyperallergic.com].
Art
Ugo Rondinone's Nudes Made Me Feel Exposed
Artist Ugo Rondinone's Nude closed yesterday at the Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea, but I felt compelled to post these images since the sculptures continue to linger in my mind. The seven wax figures have no narrative, only symbolic meaning, which became obvious to me when I saw a homeless man braving
News
Smithsonian's Censorship Gaffe Continues to Snowball
Two new developments in the Wojnarowicz Censorship case since we last reported on the Hide/Seek show and its problems with government censorship and a Smithsonian Secretary who just can't say sorry … Washington Post's Philip Kenicott is asking for Secretary G. Wayne Clough to resign … collector Jim
News
Kiefer Protest Met With Conflict, But Not For Protesters
At Gagosian gallery on December 23rd, black-shirted figures stood in front of Anselm Kiefer's enigmatic, monumental sculptures. Wearing shirts inscribed with “Next year in Jerusalem,” the protesters were attempting to continue Keifer's political dialogue. Gallery employees didn't agree and tried to
Opinion
Robert Greenwald Blasts Jeffrey Deitch's Order to Destroy Blu Mural
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films shoots down MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch's decision to whitewash the Blu mural without consulting the community … This.Is.A.Must.Read. …