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Nam June Paik

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The Anarchic Spirit of Nam June Paik

by Eileen G’Sell April 5, 2023April 13, 2023

Amanda Kim’s documentary shows how Paik anticipated the dizzying ways in which electronic and digital culture would transform human discourse. 

Posted inArt

This Exhibition Claims That “All Art Is Virtual” 

Avatar photo by Jordan Eddy January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

But is it, really?

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SFMOMA Presents US Exclusive Retrospective of Visionary Artist Nam June Paik

Avatar photo by SFMOMA May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

Immersive exhibition brings together over 200 works from Paik’s five-decade career combining art and technology.

Posted inArt

The Raucous and Frenetic Energy of Nam June Paik

Avatar photo by Lisa Yin Zhang December 30, 2019December 30, 2019

As a recent retrospective at Tate Modern demonstrates, even fitted with decades-old circuitry, Nam June Paik’s work still pulses with energy, breakneck and experimental.

Posted inBooks

“Why Is Television Dumb?” and Other Musings by Nam June Paik

by Ryan Wong October 24, 2019April 26, 2023

In the recently published collection We Are in Open Circuits, Paik’s prescient critiques of image consumption suggest he probably would’ve been great at Twitter.

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The Artists Who Led Secret Lives as Musicians

Avatar photo by Zachary Small September 13, 2018

Double Lives showcases the sound-based creations of people better known as artists than musicians.

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Reinstalling a Transcendent TV Artwork by Nam June Paik Decades Later

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry July 12, 2018August 17, 2020

The master of media art created works that are constructed out of TV sets and recording devices that are no longer manufactured and, needless to say, generally irreplaceable.

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Searching for Trends at the Armory Show with Empty Pockets and a Drink in Hand

by Margaret Carrigan March 8, 2018March 10, 2018

The strength of the Armory Show — now in its 24th year — is that, just like a mall, I know exactly what to expect when I go there.

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The Political, Pornographic, Experimental World of Public Access TV

Avatar photo by Ilana Novick April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

At BRIC House, Public Access/Open Networks will feed your nostalgia for channel-surfing.

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The Triumph of Revisionism: The Whitney’s American Century

Avatar photo by Thomas Micchelli May 2, 2015May 6, 2015

With America Is Hard to See, the exhibition inaugurating its luminous new Renzo Piano building, the Whitney has reclaimed its role among the city’s museums as the engine of the new.

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From Calder to Kruger, the New Whitney Museum’s First Show

by Jillian Steinhauer April 23, 2015April 30, 2015

The inaugural exhibition at the new Whitney Museum is not perfect, but it is pretty damn good.

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Topless but Far From Helpless: Charlotte Moorman’s Avant-Garde Life

Avatar photo by Edward M. Gómez January 17, 2015August 6, 2017

So-called revisionist art history has made room for numerous, formerly overlooked or ignored artists in Western Civ’s recognized canon, but what is that establishment narrative to make of a big-boned Southern gal who played avant-garde cello in the nude while submerged in a Plexiglas tank filled with river water?

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Yale University Press Presents The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments
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Kelly Grovier discusses his book on the history of pigments in a new podcast episode, making the case for how myths and science can enrich how we experience art.

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