Silent spectacular: John Skoog and Bjarke Hvass Kure

Silent spectacular: John Skoog and Bjarke Hvass Kure

Eastbourne is a quiet town, perhaps too quiet. The fading resort on the South coast of England is a popular destination with old age pensioners, who come to fade out in their turn, amidst tea shops, guest houses and an appealing promenade. But something sinister is...

Hennessy Youngman Shoots Smack!

Who’s the most interesting art critic in the country right now? Nope, not Jerry Saltz.  I might change my mind tomorrow, but today I’m pretty damn sure it’s Hennessy Youngman. Okay — Hennessy’s not actually an art critic. He’s not...
Notes on a Conversation: Mark Pascale

Notes on a Conversation: Mark Pascale

Guest Post by Julia V. Hendrickson Notes on a Conversation. With—Mark Pascale (Curator in the Dept. of Prints & Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, and Adjunct Professor of Printmedia at SAIC) In—the Prints & Drawings Study Center Commenced—on...
Curating the Turn at ThreeWalls SALON

Curating the Turn at ThreeWalls SALON

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH AT 7PM DUE TO THE IMPENDING BLIZZARD. NOW YOU CAN STAY HOME AND MAKE COCOA INSTEAD! My second and last, lovingly delivered plug of the day is Chicago-centric:  ThreeWalls is presenting the...
Annals of Curation: ‘Curated Computing’

Annals of Curation: ‘Curated Computing’

I’ve been following the ‘curation’ meme for awhile now, and find its latest iteration particularly fascinating. Whereas in the recent past, the term ‘curated’ has tended to crop up in marketing and shopping-related contexts (i.e....