Kara Walker —“The Anti-Oprah?”
Slate, the online magazine, has posted a brief but smart slideshow of Kara Walker. Several pieces are drawn from the Walker collection, with some photos shot from within the Walker galleries by our...
View ArticleYour 10-minute guide to Dan Graham at the Walker
Artist's portrait by Cameron Wittig Galleries 4, 5, and 6 are getting prepped for the arrival of work from Dan Graham: Beyond, which closed on Sunday at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York....
View ArticleBits & Pieces
Reports on the burning of Hélio Oiticica’s work have been somewhat exaggerated: The artist’s work is not a quite a near-total loss. Stories a couple of days ago cited that “90%” of the work made by...
View ArticleReviewing our Reviews: “Has the Walker Art Center Discovered … Fun?”
So asks Tad Simons on Mpls.St.Paul magazine’s “Morning After” blog. While we would of course heartily affirm that notion – we love the f-word! – we also wonder why Mr. Simons believes the Walker was...
View ArticleA New Purpose for Old Crates
As a museum registrar, I subscribe to the Packing, Art handling & Crating Information Network (PACIN). The forum is a great way for art handlers to receive information and pose questions about the...
View ArticleAlec Soth’s Flickr pool party: comments (& winner) for Assignment 1
Not one to do things halfway, when Alec Soth decided to do a Flickr photo project with the public in conjunction with his survey show here, he actually expanded the idea into multiple “assignments.”...
View ArticleAlec Soth’s “From Here to There” Flickr project: Assignment 2
After commenting on images and selecting a winning photographer for Assignment 1 – The Treasure Hunt, Alec Soth has announced his next assignment, open to all at Flickr.com: “In the 1st Flickr...
View ArticleThe Stories of Strangers: Alec Soth’s “From Here to There” Flickr Project:...
With two weeks down, participants in Alec Soth’s Flickr project have been asked to be brave, curious souls and venture out into the world to tell a short story through pictures. As a way of generating...
View ArticleThe Complex of National Identity at the 54th Biennale di Venezia
Of the Venice Biennale exhibitions I have attended throughout my years as a museum professional, the most recent installment fell especially flat. This was true of the main exhibition ILLUMInazioni,...
View ArticleThen & Now: Further Reading
As we roll into the third week of our dedicated online feature on art, love and politics in the Twin Cities in the 1980s, here are a couple of suggested readings your delectation: Joanna Inglot...
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