Not a new panel discussion, but one that has some currency in the present state of the (local, national, and world) economy. We will certainly recognize some of the panelist as people we’ve have personal conversations with. Listen and enjoy. Please do not be shy about commenting now that spamming is better under control.
Among the Nigerian artists I have high respect for, Dr. Bruce Onobrakpeya is one with a very long resume of exhibitions. I would love to curate an exhibition of contemporary art of the African diaspora, focusing primarily on those born on the continent (even though they may live primarily in Europe or the US). That [...]
Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street February 10–May 1, 2011 February 10, 2011. In a bit of serendipity that is hardly lost on the Whitney Museum itself, the exhibition they just opened, of work from the collection of Emily Fisher Landau, is mounted in [...]
Among the several books I had taken some time to review, I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon) by Richard Polsky, was probably one of the more difficult to get through. That was not because of the content, which is genuinely interesting, full of art world characters, some of which I know personally, but the writing [...]
This is a follow up to our recent post about Andy Warhol (two days ago) that discusses a bit more about his legacy. I hadn’t thought that much about Warhol for a good while until the past couple of weeks. A new show at the Milwaukee Art Museum explores paintings from Warhol’s last decade: “When [...]
This is a very interesting read, especially the part on authenticating Warhol’s work. Arts & Letters Daily (29 Sep 2009): “Andy Warhol wasn’t just an artist. He was, in Arthur Danto’s words, ‘the nearest thing to a philosophical genius the history of art has produced’… more“ (Via Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate.)
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