The Anti-Genius, Or, Why Do Curators Talk Like That? (Part Two)
Dedicated, as promised, to Dave Hickey Everyone remembers one’s first time. In 2002, I first heard a lecture by an international curator,1 that is, one …
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September 18, 2015 The Anti-Genius, Or, Why Do Curators Talk Like That? (Part Two)
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May 18, 2015 The Design Isn’t Firm; Or, Why Do Curators Talk Like That?
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January 13, 2015 Art World In Review: Second Week Of January 2015
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December 4, 2014 UNTITLED., Miami
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December 4, 2014 Art Basel Miami 2014 First Choice Preview: First Impressions
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The Design Isn’t Firm; Or, Why Do Curators Talk Like That?
To encounter ambitious contemporary art, you must also encounter the world of the international curator, the most prominent member of the global art world. He’s …
Art World In Review: Second Week Of January 2015
The media this week was rightfully preoccupied by the ongoing conversations surrounding Wednesday’s tragic murders of the cartoonists at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. In …
UNTITLED., Miami
Art Basel week, at its most extreme, is a not-so-smooth fusion of art and commerce, the sublime and the quotidian. This jarring combination was perfectly …
Art Basel Miami 2014 First Choice Preview: First Impressions
So the madness has descended upon Miami Beach once again. This year, it seems that those within the commercial and critical circles of contemporary art …
SFAQ Pick: “Letters to Chantri #1: The lady at the door/The gift that keeps on giving,” solo exhibition by Korakrit Arunanondchai at The Mistake Room, Los Angeles.
Korakrit Arunanondchai “Letters to Chantri #1: The lady at the door/The gift that keeps on giving” The Mistake Room 1811 E. 20th St. LA, CA …
Artist Highlight: Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago By Shana Beth Mason Judy Chicago has never been one for subtlety. Her straightforward challenges to patriarchal aesthetics and critical …
CRAPSTRACTION: Investor’s identity-politics art
I’ve been thinking about Peter Lamborn Wilson telling me: “The trouble with all these ideas that we take seriously is that they can be …
SFAQ Review: Javier Téllez: “Games are forbidden in the labyrinth” at REDCAT Gallery, Los Angeles
Javier Téllez: “Games are forbidden in the labyrinth” REDCAT Gallery 631 W 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 April 5—June 1, 2014 By Courtney Malick …
Just because….
Should this be the theme song for the art world?
RE: The Cost of Being an Artist
Today the New York Times published a feature about “The Cost of Being an Artist”. They asked six “art people” in New York to …
The Social Environment of Frieze
Peter Dobey October 21, 2013, London. This last week was what the art world and the well to do of London like to …
The Art World in Review (10/14-10/20)
+ As a result of the end of the government shutdown, nationally funded museums such as the National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn …
Disillusioned #2 – The Art World In Review: Art Forgers, Some of the Most Original Artists Around.
By Peter Dobey October 6, 2013 The talk of the town seems to be art fraud and the art marketplace individuals involved with it. But …
Disillusioned – The Art World In Review 1: The Brits Speak Out to the Spoken For.
By Peter Dobey September 27, 2013 Judging by the discussions in the British press this week, it would seem more people are beginning to …
The Armory Show: March 7-10, 2013
Starting tomorrow NYC will become the center of attention for the international art world, celebrating 100 years of The Armory Show. The Armory …