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 Claudine Isé | Jun 18, 2009 | Blog
The L.A. Times’ Christopher Knight reviews “Sight Unseen,” an exhibition of photographs taken by legally blind photographers which is currently on view at UCR/California Museum of Photography. An excerpt from Knight’s review: “For making...
by Claudine Isé | Jun 17, 2009 | Blog
Special Art PrOn Edition!! *Visitors to the Art Institute have a jaywalking problem (Chicago Tribune). *Getty Research Institute to close Bibliography on the History of Art (BHA, IBA) (via CAA news). *NEA Survey indicates arts audiences getting older, scarcer (er,...
by Claudine Isé | Jun 17, 2009 | Blog
Dear Art Thief. This is actually more of a stealth-rant, deploying reverse-psychology tactics and appeals to the culprit’s sense of fair play. Some creep stole an artwork by Chicago artist Damien James right off the walls of the Flatiron building, and...
by Claudine Isé | Jun 17, 2009 | Blog
Here’s the scoop on the “top secret” Matthew Barney/Elizabeth Peyton “Blood of Two” project I blogged about on Monday. There are a couple of pics of the event, which featured local Hydra fishermen and other laborers as part of the...
