” A print publication remains the basic requirement for newspaper reviews, journals and major prize entries, despite the vast range of work available online and in ebooks. The whiff of vanity publishing still clings to independent publishing and the digital-only text.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Hey Architects, Take A Look At Zines (And Get Inspired)
“Far from just being nostalgic, zines offer a chance to produce content that doesn’t fit within the mainstream of architectural culture – to make something more spirited, more radical, more exploratory, and more personal. It’s open to anyone and it can be used to do absolutely anything. It’s an opportunity to work outside of an academic or professional framework at any level, and it’s as easily done by a student as by an established architect.”
Celebrated Abroad, Afghan Artist’s Livelihood Dries Up At Home
“Since Mr. Hamdard had sold mostly to foreigners, who were usually just passing through, he was little known and recognized in his own country, said Mr. Khosravi, who now manages to keep his Bamiyan Gallery open only by subsidizing it with a travel agency business. ‘His work has gone to the four winds, that’s the problem,’ he said. ‘In Afghanistan, people don’t care about art.'”
Valerie Eliot, Widow Of T.S. Eliot, 86
“After T.S. Eliot’s death in 1965, Mrs. Eliot became his executor, editing his poems and letters for publication and steadfastly refusing to cooperate with would-be biographers, in keeping with the poet’s last wishes.”
Shaking Up The Hermitage (Yes, THAT Hermitage)
“Perhaps the greatest challenge facing the institution has been how to tell art’s story in the 20th century and on and yet be ever mindful of the fact that it had neither the desire nor the resources to transform itself into a Russian equivalent of MoMA.”
Another Dying Art: The Projectionist
“I can’t help but think of pesky little Salvatore in Cinema Paradiso, learning the ropes from Alfredo, the veteran projectionist — and I can’t help but get nostalgic.”
The Porn Wars Are Back! Except They’re Kind Of Over
And porn mostly won.
Who Are The Next Great Architects?
Neuroscientists, of course.
Resurrection Artist
“John Bellany is resurrection man. Liver failure. Pneumonia. A major heart attack on the way to an exhibition in Glasgow in 2005: he’s seen them all off.”
Commemorate That Wedding With An Instant … Painting?
Live-event “artwork appears to be the visual equivalent of a vinyl record or typewriter: a throwback that is treasured precisely because it has been eclipsed.”