Doug Aitken, 100 yrs. 303 Gallery
- Roger Ebert’s is taking a “leave of presence”. His cancer has returned. This really bums me out, but his post is incredible to read. So few people are as full of life and ideas. May he live forever. [Chicago Sun Times]
- Is the future of Chelsea really in question? That’s the premise of The Art Newspaper’s story on Sandy fall out, but there isn’t much evidence that galleries are moving due to high insurance rates. In fact, they interview dealer Zach Feuer who indicates that he’s probably not going anywhere since he’s got another seven to eight years on his lease. [The Art Newspaper]
- I’m already skeptical of this work: 303 is temporarily moving to make way for their bigger building, so artist Doug Aitken has made a hole in the ground and a sonic fountain that’s supposed to evoke the demolition. “I wanted to use sound as a tool to destroy the exhibition space.” he told Art in America. Watch his incredibly choreographed video on the galleries website. [303 Gallery]
- Hyperallergic pays a visit to the Museum of Everything, now in Paris, and is wowed by the diversity of artmaking showcased. Among other works cited we learn that it’s full of Henry Darger drawings, Dietrich Orth’s paintings of imagined machines, and Alfred and Corinne Marie, build intensely complicated temples of whimsy from typewriter and electronic parts. If you’re going to Venice Biennale, they’ll having a show by Peggy Guggenheim’s gallery. [Hyperallergic]
- New York Times critic Ken Johnson responds to the critics of two of his reviews last fall The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World and Now Dig This!, in particular an article by David Levi-Strauss. We responded back in November, when a petition was launched imploring the New York Times to talk with Ken Johnson, and found that his words, were not quite worth the ire they evoked, though they didn’t put him entirely in the clear either. His response to the critics is well argued. [Art in America]
Doug Aitken's 100 YRS at 303 Gallery, Image Courtesy of Kyle Petreycik
