Category: visual

“The reign of “the concept” in modern British art is finally over: long live “the object”. As some of the former rebels of the notorious Young British Artist movement are accused of selling out to “the establishment”, a new generation is taking their place, flaunting an altogether new aesthetic.”

“Through the semblance of full personal disclosure, her works engage and enrage a wider, more socially diverse audience than, before her, contemporary art ever enjoyed in Britain.”

This parallel event to the contemporary show will “present approximately 70 international galleries showing work made before the year 2000, ranging from antiquities and old masters through to art of the 20th century”.

Ian Wardropper, currently chairman of the Met’s department of European sculpture and decorative arts, “is a safe choice for a museum steeped in the past, and whose trustees tend to resist change.”

“Yarn bombing takes that most matronly craft (knitting) and that most maternal of gestures (wrapping something cold in a warm blanket) and transfers it to the concrete and steel wilds of the urban streetscape. Hydrants, lampposts, mailboxes, bicycles, cars – even objects as big as buses and bridges – have all been bombed in recent years.”

The Royal Institute Of British Architects names its top new buildings of 2011. Here’s a gallery…

“There have been rumours about the London firm making a move into Manhattan over the past two years, but the organisers struggled with the logistical issue of finding a big, and convenient, enough location. Randall’s Island, which is situated on the East river, is “good because you can drive. It’s basically ten minutes from the Upper East Side.”

“Argyrol Pharmaceuticals promises that an injection of cash from its future revenues–10% of profits–could be a cure for the Barnes Foundation’s financial difficulties, which first prompted the relocation.”

“Tight museum finances, the recession and the threat that some policymakers may seek to squeeze a sector they see as elitist and wasteful, set the tone for the annual conference held last month on legal problems in museum administration.”

“Nearly 20 years after the artist Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, proposed draping a river canyon in southern Colorado in miles of translucent fabric, a federal thumbs up or down on the project may hinge on one factor above all others: the happiness of several hundred bighorn sheep.”