Category: visual

“At dawn on Sunday, … Tunick posed the group in a photographic art installation where they held circular Mylar mirrors over their heads and reflected light at the city [of Cleveland] to expose what they view as the naked truth about Republicans.” (By now, of course, this is one of the less weird things to have happened there.)

“I very much appreciate and identify with the mission of this piece. On a political level, my participation will be in contrast to many Republican ideals regarding the use of women’s bodies. My body. My body is mine and I choose how it is used, from abortion to posing nude publicly.”

“The [existing] studios are located on land owned by UCLA in Culver City – inside a central warehouse, with various additions, that has grown increasingly dilapidated over time. … [The] new, two-story structure with a translucent roof that would create a protected, light-filled, open-air courtyard … would increase usable space by 40%, as well as add an exhibition area and an artist-in-residence studio.” (Take that, USC!)

“Citing Le Corbusier’s inventive architectural language, UNESCO praised the collection of projects for ‘[reflecting] the solutions that the Modern Movement sought to apply during the 20th century to the challenges of inventing new architectural techniques to respond to the needs of society.'” (includes photos of all 17 sites)

“The New York attorney general’s office, continuing its crackdown on alleged tax abuses in the art world, said Tuesday that New York dealer Larry Gagosian agreed to pay $4.3 million in unpaid sales taxes, including interest and penalties, for art he sold through his gallery.”

“The case seems to have baffled both local police and international investigators. But that’s because every element of the story is baffling.”

“It turns out, the archives show, that hundreds of works were actually sold back at discounted prices in the 1950s and the 1960s to the very Nazis who had taken possession of them, including the widow of Hermann Goering, a senior aide to Hitler who pillaged art to amass a collection of more than a thousand works.”

“The [museum] Contemporary Austin announced Thursday that it will be host to the Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize, a $100,000 unrestricted biennial award given to an artist of any age, any nationality and working in any medium. In addition, the Booth Prize will finance a solo exhibit for the winning artist that will be accompanied by a major publication.”

Design
“It’s infuriatingly good,” says famous New York ad man George Lois. “And at this point,” writes Carolina Miranda, “it’s unforgettable. The hat has become the ‘I Like Ike’ button and Obama ‘Hope’ poster of our time – the official objet d’art of an election that has turned into one long, bad-hair-day episode of reality TV.”

Three of the six finalists are educational buildings, one is a housing estate, one is the gallery for Damien Hirst’s personal art collection, and one is called “the Outhouse” – it’s actually a private residence, the first up for a Stirling Prize in 16 years.