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Ann Hirsch

The Digital Art World’s (Secret) Feminism

by Corinna Kirsch on October 4, 2013

The major issues facing feminism and digital art go far beyond a numbers game. Seeking a male-female ratio in exhibitions is just one part of an overarching discussion that’s centered around how to present femininity within digital art and how to carve out a space online and IRL, in-print and on blogs, about feminism’s future. In an attempt to move the conversation off Facebook, I surveyed dozens of young artists, curators, and writers who’re actively engaged with the digital art world, and asked them about the major issues facing feminism in the digital art world today. From private Facebook groups to list-servs, there’s plenty of talk about feminism and digital art online, but you might not know about it; you’d have to be privy to these virtual salons.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Kitsch-Off, Film Festival, and a Weekend of Internet Jailbreaking

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on September 30, 2013

This week, the emerging art world owns its quirkiness. Cleopatra’s has a show about working out; Sara Cwynar builds a kitsch encyclopedia; and Ann Hirsch performs a two-person act set in a chat room.

Also, the New Museum prepares for its major Chris Burden exhibition (get in line now) and the New Yorker sells tickets for the New Yorker Festival this weekend (don’t get too excited). And through the end of next week, the New York Film Festival continues screening independent and critical films. We don’t know anything about film, so luckily, AFC’s resident filmmaker Rhett Jones made us a round-up. All that and more, after the jump!

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Back to School

by Whitney Kimball on September 3, 2013

No more indoor screenings; this week, we are very busy and important people. Chelsea’s bringing the mega-openings. Prolific emerging artists are everywhere, and Transfer Gallery is back in action. And all through fashion week, the PowerSuit Boutique is making PowerSuits for all of us.

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Monday Links: Buried Money Edition

by Paddy Johnson Ian Marshall Whitney Kimball on July 15, 2013

One of twenty-four drawings from Cy Twombly's 1959 series "Poems to the Sea," to be auctioned in November

The Dia Foundation’s original founders Heiner Friedrich, Fariha de Menil Friedrich and Helen Winkler submit their scathing disapproval of Dia director Philippe Vergne’s plan to deaccession a large chunk of works– an auction of Twomblys, Chamberlains, and Newmans which would raise $20 million for its acquisitions budget. They deem the plan “a complete betrayal of trust toward some of the great artists of the twentieth century.” [MAN] Paul Winkler has expressed similar disgust.
There’s always someone willing to oppose investment in art museums. In Hong Kong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, a lawmaker from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong party, says he will oppose any calls for further funding sought by the West Kowloon Cultural District authority. That’s HK$25bn ($3.2bn) in additional funding he wants to block. He believes the money they originally received was not spent wisely. [The Art Newspaper]
A 260-plus page interview with Henri Matisse will be published more than 70 years after he initially blocked its publication. He was upset that the interview was reduced in size. [The Guardian]
Madison Square Park Conservancy has hired Brooke Kamin Rapaport as their Senior Curator. She’ll be organizing the schedule of four annual sculpture shows, overseeing publications, etc. [AFC Inbox]
Weird. For those of you who find the sound of Roomba calming there’s now a Robot Vacuum Simulator 2013. Have fun relaxing. [Animal]
In case you missed it last week, federally-contracted Smithsonian workers protested for a living wage. The Smithsonian responded with a red herring debate about the technical definition of the word “strike.” [Hyperallergic]
Maybe video artists could take a nod from Audiam, a YouTube “treasure chest” for musicians. [Verge]
So far, the new art podcast A Cups, by artists Angela Washko and Ann Hirsch, sounds promising, with artists Nate Hill and Nathaniel Sullivan and journalist Rachel Rabbit White. Tune in tonight at 9:15 to hear artist Carla Gannis live. [A Cups]
40 minutes from a Guerilla Girls breakfast is available from ArtTable. They wear the masks the entire time. [Gallerist NY]

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8 Great Brooklyn Artists Under 30

by Paddy Johnson on March 13, 2013

Who are Brooklyn’s best artists under 30? There are probably more than 8, but that’s the number I came up with when producing a list for The L Magazine. Interestingly, the picks this year are very new media heavy and that’s not by intention. Every time I produce this feature, I make sure the list includes one or two, but it never occurred to me that the list would organically weight that way on its own. What a pleasant surprise.

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An Informal Survey of Swag: The Sociology of Hip Hop In the Micro-World of Emerging Net Art

by Jennifer Chan on September 14, 2012

Cultural studies has established that suburban white kids love hip hop in a complex manner; heaps has been written on aspiration, colorblindedness, misogynism, emulation, and subordination. But just what makes hip hop so appealing to net artists? Instead of passing off any attempt to indulge in hip hop as a 1:1 relationship between appropriation and mockery, I’m interested in looking at how different artists incorporate hip hop in their artwork to talk about themselves.

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