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Barbara London, Champion of Video and Sound Art, Is Leaving MOMA

by Hannah Garner on September 19, 2013
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After 43 years, Barbara London is leaving MoMA on October first. Over the course of her career as associate curator of Media and Performance Art, she has guided us over the expanding landscape of new media.

Her career began in the 70s when she founded the museum’s video collection, introducing works by Nam June Paik, Laurie Anderson, and Lynda Benglis. Over the years, she has consistently exhibited new work by Chinese and Japanese artists and pioneered Internet art at MoMA: in 2001 she produced the museum’s first website art commission, Tony Oursler’s Timestream, and in 1997 created Stir-Fry, a multimedia site mapping emerging media art in China. London has made a career of championing media and sound art, forms that continue to pose institutional challenges.

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Five Jobs: All My Friends Are Artists Edition

by Hannah Garner on September 13, 2013
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This week’s five jobs are all about getting cozy with artists. If you want to give a boost to emerging talent, delve into the works of icons, or just commune with the ghosts of artists past, there’s something here for you to explore.

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This Way to LIC! Dorsky Gallery Opens “Artists’ Walks” this Weekend

by Hannah Garner on September 5, 2013
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When Richard Long said “a work of art can be a journey,” he meant it literally. In 1967 Long formed a line by walking back and forth along a stretch of grass. Toronto-based curator Earl Miller calls it the first artist’s walk, the subject of his exhibit at Dorsky Gallery in Long Island City. “Artists’ Walks: The Persistence of Peripateticism,” which opens on Sunday, exhibits the rejection of studio-based practice via the (recorded) wanderings of artists.

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Art Basel Miami Beach 2013 In-n-Out

by Hannah Garner on September 5, 2013
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Here we go again: Art Basel Miami Beach 2013 just released the names of this year’s exhibitors. Though the list runs about as long as last year’s (258 in 2013, 257 in 2012), the fair has added Edition, a new section of 13 art publishers that includes New York’s Pace Prints and Two Palms. And though there are some Western European additions (mostly from Berlin), Art Basel’s press release notes that nearly half of this year’s exhibitors are from the Americas, making the Miami Beach show “the premier destination for galleries from the United States and Latin America.” That includes a couple more local Florida galleries and Chicago’s Corbett vs. Dempsey, which was added to the Nova section.

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Five Jobs: the Inner Academic Edition

by Hannah Garner on September 4, 2013
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This week we bring you learnèd jobs that lie somewhere between academia and museum work. Are you a recent Museum Studies major? An artist ready for tenureship? These jobs will feel familiar to those who find comfort in places of learning.

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Sargent’s Daughters: New LES Gallery to Open this November

by Hannah Garner on August 30, 2013
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Changes are afoot on East Broadway. Parade Ground, a short lived experiment on 187 East Broadway, has closed up shop. Meanwhile, Allegra LaViola, a gallery just down the street, will reopen as Sargent’s Daughter on November 6th. LaViola ran the gallery under her own name for six years and will close after its final show this month. Sargent’s Daughters will move into her East Broadway space and is a joint venture between LaViola and Meredith Rosen. Rosen was the director of BravinLee for four years.

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Five Jobs: Steadfast Edition

by Hannah Garner on August 27, 2013
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This week we have five jobs that call, first and foremost, for responsibility. If an intense work ethic (and more than a smidgeon of perfectionism) is the name of your game, one of these could be right up your alley.

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