by Claudine Isé | May 20, 2009 | Blog
A few stories, blog posts, and interesting discussions in Chicago and beyond that are on my mind this week. **Image credit: Shannon Keller, Knitter. Keller’s work is currently on view at Show Cave in L.A. (via The World’s Best Ever). *CAA Study finds...
by Claudine Isé | Apr 27, 2009 | Blog
Unless you’re Jerry Saltz, art critics are rarely the center of attention, and I strongly suspect that most prefer it that way. There’s something unseemly about referring to oneself when writing about the work of others, isn’t there? That’s the...
by Claudine Isé | Apr 24, 2009 | Blog
Can we talk about this? I just read (via Meg’s Twitter– I’ve been away from my computer for almost a full day, so this is fresh news to me) that the Chicago Tribune laid off its sole art critic, Alan Artner (sources: Time Out Chicago; Chicago Reader...
by Claudine Isé | Apr 20, 2009 | Blog
The NYT’s Holland Cotter beats out Inga Saffron of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe for the Pulitzah Prize (and its $10,000 award) for “distinguished criticism, in print or online, or both.” Only 10 grand?? I always...
by Claudine Isé | Mar 13, 2009 | Blog
Remember the days of the email love letter? I do. They were lovely–you could secretly compose long screeds to your beloved while at work and pretend it was just business. I’ll bet a lot of you kids are nodding your heads right now and saying, well,...
