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  • DAC exhibits director resigns, Durango Herald, April 25, 2008

    Susan Andersen resigned as the exhibits director of Durango Arts Center this month. Andersen, who came to Durango from Portland, Ore., New York and Orlando, Fla., took the job as exhibits director in January 2005. She brought her business savvy and aesthetic sensibility to the 30- hour-a-week job. “When I came to the art center,…

  • Fireworks artist shows at Guggenheim, Durango Herald, April 15, 2008

    Cai Guo-QiangInopportune: Stage One, 2004Nine cars and sequenced multichannel light tubesDimensions variableSeattle Art Museum, Gift of Robert M. Arnold, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2006Exhibition copy installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2008© Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation New York. Photo by David Heald. NEW YORK – Chinese…

  • Temporal Tenuosness: Whitney Biennial 2008

    Mika Rottenberg, Production still from Cheese, 2007.Digital video, color, sound; approximately 12 min.Collection of the artist. Below is the original article I wrote and submitted for publication: “A biennial is an exercise in imposing temporary order and control onto a situation that is, essentially, out of control,” writes Adam Weinberg, director of the Whitney Museum…

  • Cerebral art for modern minds, Durango Herald, April 8, 2008

    Daniel Joseph Martinez, “Divine Violence,” 2007,automotive paint on wood panel, dimensions variable.The article as it appeared in The Durango Herald: NEW YORK – “A biennial is an exercise in imposing temporary order and control onto a situation that is, essentially, out of control.” That’s what Adam Weinberg, director of the Whitney Museum of American Art…

  • Feminists Under Forty show honors novel and neon, Durango Herald, March 21, 2008

    BELEN, N.M. – Feminists know the name Judy Chicago. She is an artist, author, feminist and educator whose work spans 40 years. She pioneered feminist art and education through programs at California State University, Fresno, and the California Institute of Arts. In 1974, Chicago turned her attention to the history of women and created her…

  • Critical Condition, has big money replaced the pundit as the true authority in the art world?

    I just finished reading Adrian Searle‘s insightful rant on the role of the art critic and criticism in the art world today. Searle’s article appeared in The Guardian on March 18, 2008. Here are just a few paragraphs I want to share: “Writing about art only matters because art deserves to be met with more…

  • Juilliard pianist to perform with local voices, Durango Herald, March 14, 2008

    The Durango Choral Society, the Durango Children’s Chorale and the Durango Women’s Choir will perform a multi-faceted selection of music at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Community Concert Hall. They will be accompanied by Juilliard pianist Evan Shinners. Linda Mack, choir director, said by telephone Wednesday that the music includes recognizable pieces like Mozart’s “Requiem”…

  • Eccentricity or ingenuity? ‘Jesus’ Castle’ let’s viewer decide, Durango Herald, Feb. 29, 2008

    Antonito resident Cano is building a castle to honor Jesus In 1980, Cano (like Chicano, the artist explains, a name given to him by his niece) decided to make a little building for Jesus, possibly like a castle in Antonito. More than 20 years later, he is still working on his citadel. Filmmaker Eric Hopper…

  • Local writer, artist win grants for contributions to the art world, Durango Herald, March 11, 2008

    By Patricia Miller Arts & Entertainment Editor A Pagosa Springs arts critic and a Durango artist and gallery owner have been awarded grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation and the Colorado Council on the Arts. Arts critic Leanne Goebel, who writes regularly for The Durango Herald, has been awarded $20,000 by the Arts Writers Grant…

  • Disturbed and Disturbing, Durango Herald, Feb. 22, 2008

    Artist explores fraying center in DAC Library Gallery Show Kevin Bell’s oil, “Mountains,” on display this month at the Durango Arts Center Library, shows the painter’s use of blank space to emphasize what he decides to depict. It is part of his “Land Objects” series. Bell’s “Domestic Disturbances” series of paintings emphasizes the calm of…

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