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CINCINNATI, Ohio —She fades into her own artwork, Dasha Shishkin, standing at the end of a narrow gallery on the second floor of the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), architect Zaha Hadid's vertical museum of odd nooks and crannies in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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LOS ANGELES — Now that I've written so extensively about residencies and their benefits, maybe you're wondering: which residency to join? As mentioned in my series of articles, the Alliance of Artist Communities is a great resource, with well over a thousand sites here and abroad.
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PARIS — In a recent article on AFC, Paddy Johnson argues that Werner Herzog’s piece in this year’s Whitney Biennial is essentially a throwaway. She sees Herzog’s contribution as a quick fix for inclusion that relies mainly on “bells and whistles” rather than substance. But her account is conspicuous
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Stanley Whitney is in his mid-sixties. By his own account, he struggled in the studio from the early 70s to the late 80s, “just trying to make work.” The issue was to make something that was his, rather than to make something that was the right or approved of thing to do. Although it is seldom discu
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Before writing about Sylvia Plimack Mangold’s shift from interiors to landscapes, I think it is useful to once again consider the floor paintings, which she worked on for about a decade, beginning in 1967. It is in these paintings that the artist defines an approach to subject matter from which she
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Where political repression is not at issue, is it beside the point to talk about artistic freedom?
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LONDON — If you’re looking for respite from the bacchanalian bustle of the Big Smoke at 20 degrees or just looking to punctuate those protracted bouts of sun-worshipping, don’t miss the following.
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A look at the emerging art scene in San Salvador, El Salvador.
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This week, the doctor recommends the cinematic influences of Cindy Sherman, two Bushwick shows in quirky spaces, some heady stuff about objects as commodity and more. An art show a day keeps the doctor away.
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Almost everyone I spoke with — and by "almost everyone," I mean "everyone" — agrees that arts residencies are a great leap forward for one's art career.
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If you're like most artists I know, you may not have done a residency, or you're wondering if it's even necessary to do one at all anymore. Here are some thoughts.
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LOS ANGELES — The Occupy Track 16 exhibition opened last December 3 and closes, according to the gallery’s website, “when we get results.” It seems they might have gotten results, but not one that they were hoping.