Essentially, there’s an argument between two methods. Both methods are on display right now, one in Michigan and one at the Met. “It seems we are a country riven not just by politics but — though rather more gently — curatorial approaches to clothes: populist versus elite; contextualized versus abstracted; local versus global.”
Category: visual
Sculptures You Can Only See If You’re A SCUBA Diver
It’s a destination artwork near California’s Catalina Island: “The structures are subject to the elements, dramatically changing appearance with the shifting tides, waning daylight, churning water and movement of divers, not to mention the instincts of fish — which were later spotted inside the pavilions, along with a sea lion mesmerized by his own reflection.”
Anselm Kiefer Wants To Cancel His First Exhibition In China
He says he wasn’t consulted about it and is very upset about it. (But the Beijing museum mounting the show says it’s going ahead anyway.)
Uh-Oh – As Cities Replace Bridge Lighting With LEDs, They’re Adding Sparkle
“As cities, counties, and states update outdated bridges, upgrading their lighting systems to LEDs is inevitable. With that move comes the opportunity to throw in some low-cost civic razzle-dazzle.”
Post-Election Is There Still An Art Market? Duh – Of Course…
“When the election happened we didn’t know what to expect. But the week has ended on a high with the Monet and Phillips moving up a level and now this. There is still a market.”
2,800-Year-Old Egyptian Sarcophagus, In Excellent Condition, Unearthed At Luxor
“Sarcophagi are much more than simple containers for the departed, and the pictorial script on this one records that it belonged to a man named Amenrenef, who once served as a royal court advisor.”
A National Museum Reopens After 72 Years – With A Religious Kerfuffle, In One Of Europe’s Least Religious Countries
At issue is a digital artwork showing an image of the Virgin Mary: press a button and it shatters. (The artist says the piece is about iconoclasm.)
If Anish Kapoor Won’t Let Anyone Else Use The Darkest Black, Then He Can’t Use The Hottest Pink
Plenty of artists were furious when Kapoor negotiated exclusive rights to the new pigment Vantablack. Artist Stuart Semple did more than just complain: he’s created a super-fluorescent pink, and he’ll sell it to any and every artist but one.
A Monet Haystack Sells For $81.4 Million
Monet did 25 paintings for his Meules (“Grainstacks”) series, and this one’s unusual coloring makes it one of the best. (It was also one of the few in private hands.)
1,900-Year-Old Mosaics Unearthed In Turkey
The works were found by arhcaeologists excavating a series of 80 rock-hewn tombs in the city of Şanlıurfa. They appear to date from the first or second century CE, when the area was part of the kingdom of Edessa, the seat of Syriac culture.