How Non-art Came to Be
– With the rejection of Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe from the Salon the painting fell into a limbo of sorts. It was art denied in its art quality. That is what non-art is, says Thierry de Duve.
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Paper Monuments
This survey show of exhibition invites, flyers and other printed ephemera, which comes to Liverpool from MoMA in New York, is rich in historical interest – and nostalgia.
Another Monument
Thomas Hirschhorn is a rebel, an academic, a commercial artist, and an activist. Visiting Oslo last Thursday he talked to Kunstkritikk about everything from his monuments to love.
Montagefilm om kolonialt våld
Concerning Violence berättar om befrielsekamper i Afrika, men komplicerar också den svenska mediaoffentlighetens roll i reproduktionen av en rasistisk världsbild.
Ten Questions: Jeremy Deller
“If you can commemorate the Holocaust you can commemorate anything,” says Jeremy Deller, one of eight artists/architects participating in the competition to create memorials commemorating the terrors of 22 July 2011.
The Outside Chance of Art Criticism
A decade ago, art criticism was perceived to be in a state of crisis. How has it changed since then? What are the new potentials of art writing, how can we use it?
– Utstillingen bør ikke boikottes
– Utfra logikken i boikottkampanjen burde ikke utstillingen Stop Making Sense boikottes, skriver Jumana Manna, en av kunstnerne som deltar i utstillingen.
John Duncan, Testicle Hazard and Fjorden Baby! at Landmark: Late Modernism / New Expressionism / Daft Punx.
If anybody turned up to the event at Landmark on Thursday evening to be shocked by the controversial artist John Duncan, then they were sorely disappointed.
The American Dream -om sosiale bånd og det vi drømmer om i livet
I «The American Dream» inviterer Petter Goldstine mennesker på middag i sitt midlertidige hjem. Det er helt gratis, men det er bare plass til åtte av gangen inkludert ham selv.
Images
I’ve been updating with url’s and some images. I’m just waiting for some images from “Piccolo Mondo” now, don’t know if they will show up or not
Melancholy without regret
Flying in over Stockholm’s archipelago I saw the resemblance to the thousands of small islands and what goes on in my mind at the moment.
Grande finale
So, after blogging I left for dinner with Artforum-crew. Knight Landesman, one of the publishers of Artforum is my confidant and I am a great admirer of his social skills and no-one can host a dinner better than him, is also the one that kindly invited me for dinner tonite.
