by Claudine Isé | Jan 7, 2010 | Blog
The rise of the “free economy” that Chris Anderson lauded in his book Free: The Future of a Radical Price (read Cory Doctorow’s astute review of the book’s arguments in the Guardian here) takes on an entirely different, and far less...
by Christopher Hudgens | Sep 24, 2009 | Blog
Kelly Crow with the Wall Street Journal kicks off the new Weekly full color arts coverage in WSJ magazine with “Out Size Art” an article that explores the influence that the recession has on consumers desire to invest in large-scale art installation...
by Claudine Isé | Jun 19, 2009 | Blog
Further on Christopher’s post from this morning, here’s more info on the Art Institute layoffs, from the Chicago Tribune: “The Art Institute of Chicago has laid off 22 employees, or 3 percent of its staff, as part of a larger series of cost-cutting...
by Meg Onli | Jun 19, 2009 | Blog
On this weeks roundup we check out the conservation of contemporary art, AFC’s recap of Venice and Basel, and most importantly cats getting stoned via boing boing. Hope everyone has a great weekend and maybe well see you at galleries tonight. Paddy...
by Christopher Hudgens | Jun 18, 2009 | Blog
We just heard that The Art Institute of Chicago has laid of a good many of it’s employees today and there will be a town-hall tomorrow where other cost saving measures will be announced. To those who lost their jobs today, be sure to thank Alderman...
