by Meg Onli | Jul 28, 2009 | Blog
Last night I was looking at work by contemporary Icelandic artists when I discovered the work of Egill Sæbjörnsson. This video, Ping Pong Dance (2006), borders on being annoying while still holding onto that stoner “whoa” factor. “An installation...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 27, 2009 | Blog
The battle continues with a suit filed today in Massachusetts state court. From today’s New York Times: “In their suit, the overseers, Jonathan O. Lee, Lois Foster and Meryl Rose, a member of the family whose donations created the museum in 1961, contend...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 27, 2009 | Blog
Over the last few days two news stories have assessed the recession’s mostly grim impact on art galleries in various cities across the country. The L.A. Times’ Suzanne Muchnic delivered the more positive of the two by focusing on the surprising...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 27, 2009 | Blog
A few weeks ago, Decider sent three real clowns to watch Bruce Nauman’s installation Clown Torture at the Art Institute. The clowns, they were bemused. One reacted thusly: “It’s all self-inflicted,” Williams says of the tortured clowns....
by Christopher Hudgens | Jul 26, 2009 | Podcast
http://media.libsyn.com/media/badatsports/Bad_at_Sports_Episode_204-Art_Basel_2009.mp3 download This week: Continental European Bureau Czar Mark Staff Brandl roams the Basel Art Fair 2009 with guest co-host Peter Noser, gallerist, curator and artist. They comment...