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Standard Operating Procedure Documentary

Christopher — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:47:38 +0000

Errol Morris the director of “Thin Blue Line” and “Fog of War” new film about the Abu Ghraib photos asks:

Is it possible for a photograph to change the world? Photographs taken by soldiers in Abu Ghraib prison changed the war in Iraq and changed America’s image of itself. Yet, a central mystery remains. Did the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs constitute evidence of systematic abuse by the American military, or were they documenting the aberrant behavior of a few “bad apples”? We set out to examine the context of these photographs. Why were they taken? What was happening outside the frame? We talked directly to the soldiers who took the photographs and who were in …

Crisis of Credit Visualized

Christopher — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:59:54 +0000

Episode 167:Art Fag City is Paddy Johnson

Christopher — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:32:06 +0000

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This week the blogosphere unites! Duncan checks in with Paddy Johnson the author of the wildly popular New York art blog, Art Fag City.

Art Fag City is as relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip.

Trivia of note. This week Duncan asks a question that shatters all prior records for length clocking in at a breathtaking 2:51!

Guinness will be sending people to confirm the record.

Paddy Johnson Art Fag City
P.S.1
Art 21
Derek Guthrie
New Art Examiner
Fleshbot
BoingBoing
Rosalind Krauss
Hal Foster
Relational Aesthetics
The Guggenheim
Carol Becker
Columbia University
Bourriaud
Derrida
Foucault
Deleuze
Roberta Smith
Steampunk
Jeffrey Deitch
W Magazine
Leo Castelli
Mary Boone
Kunsthal Rotterdam
Eric Fischl

Batmobama & Robiden

Meg Onli — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:05:56 +0000

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The Aesthetics of Terror at The Chelsea Art Museum Cancelled

Meg Onli — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:37:11 +0000

Art Fag City has just broke the news that The Chelsea Art Museum has cancelled their show The Aesthetics of Terror. According to the site, artists were informed yesterday of Dorothea Kesser’s decision stating that she felt the show “glorified terrorism and showed disrespect for its victims.”

Here is the roster of who was going to participate:

Josh Azzarella
Daniel Bejar
William Betts
Blue Noses
Jake + Dinos Chapman
Zoya Cherkassky
Jeanette Doyle
Harun Farocki
Coco Fusco
Johan Grimonprez
Kent Henrickssen
Jenny Holzer
Fransje Killaars
Jon Kessler
Yitzik Livneh
Naeem Mohaiemen
Claude Moller
Richard Mosse
Yves Netzhammer
Miguel Palma
Cristi Pogacean
David Reeb
Roee Rosen
Martha Rosler
Stephan Shanabrook
Ivana Spinelli
Avdey Ter-Oganyan
Jan Tichy
Sharif Waked
Catherine Yass

Palin for President…….ahem Michael.

Christopher — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:26:05 +0000

The Art worlds infatuation with Palin continues and now has a canidate that they can get behind…… just not to close.

Art Basel & UBS Come Under IRS & Senate Investigation

Christopher — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:11:04 +0000

The IRS has asked the Swiss government to aid in the investigation of International Banking & Investment group UBS and their overseas tax havens programs which some have reported amount to intentional tax evasion and fraud.

Art Basel is mentioned as the go to location for foreign employees of UBS to illegally recruit wealthy individuals to help them avoid reporting billions of US dollars in assets. Clients were at times told to use code words when communicating with UBS. Testimony states that roughly 80 UBS bankers traveled to the US 4-6 times a year to pitch the bank’s secretive services to clients at upscale events as Miami’s annual Art Basel fair.

The bankers used encrypted computers, devised codes for their clients’ identities, told Customs agents the trips were for vacations, notbusiness, and advised clients to place jewelry, paintings and other assets in Swiss safe deposit boxes, Birkenfeld testified in June, when he pleaded guilty to helping California billionaire Igor Olenicoff evade $7.2 million in U.S. taxes.

Former LGT computer technician Heinrich Kieber helped tax investigators around the world flesh out those statistics by handing over data on approximately 1,400 of the bank’s clients.

Kieber is in hiding as Liechtenstein authorities seek him on charges of violating secrecy laws.

Episode 139: Artropolis

Christopher — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:51:15 +0000

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In 1994 Paul Morris, Matthew Marks, Pat Hearn and Colin De Land had a vision. That vision was that New York City would have an art fair. What began as the Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair has become the the Armory fair, the jewel in the art fair empire the Merchandise Mart has amassed over the last 3 years; Art Chicago, The Armory, Art Toronto, Volta Basel, Next, and Volta NYC.

This week, Paul “the ‘marts Art Czar” Morris and Tony “Boss of Art Chicago” Karman break down why the Art Fair future is the future. Kathryn Born and Duncan MacKenzie listen with slack jaws and open minds.

The weird thing that happened is that Duncan actually started to get behind Art Chicago and the ‘marts future in the Art Business? WTF? Did he drink the Kool Aid? Was he bought off? Or is there reason to believe? Listen and find out…
Paul Morris, Matthew Marks, Pat Hearn and Colin De Land
Merchandise Mart
Tony Karman
The Armory
Basel
Millenium Park
Donald Young
Sikema Jenkings
Louis Bougouis
Barbra Mathes
Richard Grey
Kavi Gupta
Mathew Marks
Katalina Dubacker
Olifer Alliason
Louis Vutton
Frieze
Yurba Buena Art Center
Mark Bradford
Dan Cambell
Damien Hirst
Chris Kennedy
Volta
Art Toronta
Koln Art Fair
Frank Gehry
Annie Feldman
Hammer Museum
Sam Keller
Renae Cam
Raymond Pettibone
Andy Warhol
Pat Hern
Pipolatti Reese
Karen Kalimnick
The New Museum
Jeff Koons
Kiki Smith
Jim Hodges
David Hammons
Chris Burden
Richard Prince
John Mckracken
David Zwerner
Perogi Gallery
Tony Tasset
White Colums
Richard Serra
Hyde Park Art Center
Three Walls
New Langton
Robert Gober
Art Institute of Chicago
Henry Darger

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Charges Against Artist Steve Kurtz Thrown Out

Brian Andrews — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:54:35 +0000

This just in from the New York Times. Hooray!

Biomaterial charges against N.Y. art professor dismissed.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A judge threw out charges Monday against a college art professor accused of improperly obtaining biological materials for an exhibit protesting U.S. government food policies.

U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara ruled that the 2004 mail and wire fraud indictment against Steven Kurtz, a University at Buffalo professor, was ”insufficient on its face.”

Kurtz is a founding member of the Critical Art Ensemble, which has used human DNA and other biological materials in works intended to draw attention to political and social issues. His arrest drew protests from artists in several countries who called the charges an intrusion on artistic freedom.

”Obviously this is a weight off his back, but he still had to suffer through this for four years,” said Kurtz’s attorney, Paul Cambria. ”The last thing this guy is is a bioterrorist.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo said it was considering an appeal but otherwise declined to discuss the ruling.

Kurtz was indicted in 2004 following what began as an anti-terrorism investigation after police saw lab equipment in Kurtz’s home while responding to the death of his wife, Hope.

Although investigators determined that lab equipment was part of his art work, he was indicted a month later. The charges carried a maximum of 20 years in prison.

Kurtz was accused of plotting with Robert Ferrell, former chairman of the University of Pittsburgh’s human genetics department, to improperly obtain potentially harmful organisms. Ferrell was fined $500 in February after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of mailing an injurious article to Kurtz.

Bear Bare Stearns wishes everyone a merry Tax Day

Christopher — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:33:12 +0000

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