Stick to what you do best. Contemporary art isn’t for everyone
A great post by Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes. Read it here.
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From adobeairstream.com- Learning to Share: On Candy, Art, and Independence February 10, 2012After school in Santa Fe, I would go to the candy store on Canyon Road (now Nüart Gallery), and load bags full of Blow Pops and Jolly Ranchers. This was not for my consumption. The goodies ...Willy Bo Richardson
- Is Film History? New Media Film Fest Might Say So. February 9, 2012Film is (maybe) almost history. Soon, it looks like, those hot reels–romanticized in the 1990s vehicle, Cinema Paradiso–may be relegated to folklore, the way the Kindle or iPad threatens to eclipse printed books. According to Maxwell ...Hannah Hoel
- Ultimate Love Party Jamz with One Hundred Flowers & Elaine Greer February 8, 2012What I like most about One Hundred Flowers is that they are utterly impossible to pigeonhole into any one musical genre. Their debut LP, Mechanical Bride, could be over-simplified as complex and heady indie-pop, one might ...Don Simpson
- Ricardo Legorreta, 1931-2011 February 7, 2012Ricardo Legorreta, perhaps Mexico’s best-known architect, died in Mexico City on December 30, 2011. In the month since his death there have been several substantive obituaries with thoughtful reviews of his career, such as, and, and, ...Khristaan Villela
- Steven Holl Architects To Design Expansion for MFAH February 7, 2012Steven Holl Architects has prevailed over architecture firms Snøhetta and Morphosis to design an expansion for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, it was announced February 2d. Core to the program will be a new building to ...Ellen Berkovitch
- Ion Ionescu: AGTA Award-Winning Jeweler February 6, 2012Santa Fe jeweler Ion Ionescu was awarded the prestigious AGTA Spectrum award for evening-wear jewelry last October. He won for “Pillow for Dreaming,” a palladium and black rhodium ring in which a. 36 ct. carved labradorite ...Ellen Berkovitch
- BOX Gallery in Santa Fe To Close February 4, 2012Wow. More serious news from the gallery closing world. BOX Gallery, at 1611 Paseo de Peralta, owned by Michelle Ouellette since 2000, and home to an emerging/contemporary program as well as hosting shows by some of ...Ellen Berkovitch
- Mike Kelley Dies, Apparent Suicide February 2, 2012The New York Times has reported that artist Mike Kelley was found dead Wednesday, age 57, at his home in South Pasadena, an apparent suicide over despair about a broken love affair. An American tragedy. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/arts/design/mike-kelley-influential-american-artist-dies-at-57.html?_r=1&ref=obituariesEllen Berkovitch
- Pop West – Ed Ruscha Elucidates Jack Kerouac February 2, 2012During three weeks in April 1951, Jack Kerouac famously wrote On The Road by typing continuously onto a 120-foot roll of teletype paper. The novel is based upon several roads trip taken by Kerouac and Neal ...Leanne Goebel
- Joel Shapiro Installation Opens at Rice Gallery February 2, 2012Texas’ beloved New York artist Joel Shapiro opens in solo exhibition at the Rice University Gallery today, February 2, 2012. The show exhibits through March 18. “In a gravity-defying array of color and form, Shapiro will ...Katy Crocker
- Learning to Share: On Candy, Art, and Independence February 10, 2012
