Thursday, May 16
Thank you for being a friend, John Currin…
Bea Arthur (1991) sold yesterday at Christie’s for $1.9 million.
Whah-bam!
Sunday, December 4
Welcome to Dinner with Marina Abramovic… a divisive experience at best.
Yvonne Rainer-An Artist’s Life Manifesto” to be “grotesque” and “exploitative” in its use of underpaid performers to create a queasy spectacle for wealthy patrons. The concept, she added, put her in mind of Pasolini’s 1975 Facist sexual torture film “Salo.”
Full article from Artinfo.
Tuesday, November 22
Is Nudity Pornography Facebook?
Today Ai Weiwei said in a livechat on MSNBC, “In 10 years China will be a very different society.” That will no doubt be in part due to the Internet, technology and social media. But today I’m also left wondering — what kind of social media do we want leading the way?
Alison Klayman:
Documentary filmmaker, “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry”
Monday, November 21
“If they see nudity as pornography, then China is still in the Qing dynasty”
Zhao Zhao (artist assistant) on “One Tiger, Eight Breasts,” and ongoing silencing attempts by the Chinese government.
