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Lucy Lippard

Do The Divisions Between Artist, Writer and Activist Matter Post-Election?

by Emily Colucci on December 9, 2016

What is an artist’s role in activism? A panel at e-flux on Tuesday night explored the question many in the arts community have been wondering since Trump’s election a month ago.

The panel What Now: The Artist-Writer As Activist-Critic not only considered artist writing as a form of sociopolitical and institutional critique, but it also took a more expansive look at the intersection of art and activism. And this focus struck a nerve. Even on a rainy and miserable evening, the event space at e-flux was filled to capacity with over 70 people searching for a way forward in the forthcoming Trump administration.

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Thursday Links: What Happens When You Can Buy Anything

by Paddy Johnson on February 12, 2015

A internet prank sourced by Guthrie Lonergan

An office prank sourced by Guthrie Lonergan

Goga Ashkenazi is filthy rich so she bought the historic fashion house Vionnet because she liked it. Here’s her profile. Read it if you dare. [New York Magazine]
Further blurring of art and entertainment lines: United Talent Agency, the Beverly Hills-based talent agency known for representing actors like Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, and Gwyneth Paltrow has announced the launch of a new division called UTA Fine Arts. This new branch will help artists find financing for projects, sign corporate sponsorships, or get involved in the movie business. [Artnet via The Wall Street Journal (behind a paywall)]
So cool: A Flickr collection of foldable paper models via Paper Arcade! [Flickr]
A look inside net artist Guthrie Lonergan’s brain via a Monday through Friday diary. Awesome. [Artnews]
Lucy Lippard receives The College Art Association’s Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art. In her acceptance speech, she advises young art writers to keep their standard of living low. Sarah Douglas has the highlights. [Artnews]
Nolan Simon at Canal 47. [Contemporary Art Daily]

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Lucy Lippard on How to Be an Art Critic

by Corinna Kirsch on May 19, 2014

For the best straight talk on art criticism, look back 50 years. In her 1966 essay “After a Fashion: The Group Show,” art critic and curator Lucy Lippard wrote an unintentional manifesto on what makes a good art critic.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Drag and Derby

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on April 28, 2014

Lotsa talks, openings, and events. Woo!

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A Look at The Creative Time Summit: Gentrification, Gentrification, and Gentrification

by John Powers on November 5, 2013

Generalizing about gentrification.

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This Week’s Must See Art Events: The Creative Time Summit and a Painting Fiesta

by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on October 21, 2013

Creative Time’s Summit returns, along with an explosion of painters on the rise. The dearth of exhibitions by black and female artists continues.

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Seth Siegelaub (1941-2013): To Never Dream Without Action

by Corinna Kirsch on June 17, 2013

One of our heroes, Seth Siegelaub passed away this weekend at the age of 71.

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Thursday Links: Rent Is Still Too Damn High

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on May 23, 2013

The Creative Time Summit has announced Lucy Lippard as their keynote. As we mentioned on the blog last year, she’s no longer a practicing curator and is a poor speaker. High-profile participants include Vito Acconci, who’s also no longer a practicing artist, and Jimmy McMillan, who, well, okay. He’s a mayoral candidate and founder of “Rent is Too Damn High“. Awesome. [In the Air]
The world has been gifted a new e-book: “Owning Online Art: Selling and Collecting Netbased Artworks”, available for free download as a PDF. [Owning Online Art, via Jennifer Chan]
World domination alert! This week marks the launch of the first Art Basel-owned edition of the Hong Kong art fair. Now collectors get Christmas three times a year. (Everybody else still has to share just the one.) [Art in America, The New York Times]
“Attention is what creates value. Artworks are made as well by how people interact with them.” Brian Eno on the future of art making. [Brainpickings]
“Shit-on-the-ground.” “Eye-sores.” Those are the words used to describe Mark di Suvero’s red i-beam creature, which was installed this month on the green surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge. Haters want it removed, but duh, the sculpture is big. [Curbed]
So, congratulations to Mark di Suvero for winning the American Academy of Arts and Letters gold medal for outstanding artistic achievement! [The New York Times]
12th grader Sabrina Brady takes home the Doodle 4 Google prize. The prize includes $30,000 college scholarship, a Chromebook, and a $50,000 technology grant for her school. Her image is on the front page of Google today. [Google Blog]

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The NY Art Book Fair Talks: Petra Cortright and Lucy Lippard

by Corinna Kirsch on October 2, 2012

What did we learn from attending the NY Art Book Fair talks? For one, 26-year-old digital media artist Petra Cortright hates paper and 75-year-old art historian Lucy Lippard loves it.

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Art Fag City at The L Magazine: This Week’s Must-See Art Events and Openings

by Whitney Kimball on October 2, 2012

This week at The L Magazine we stop talking about GO and start talking about anything else. We found a few art shows to go to and well, some events too. You can thank The New Yorker Festival for that.

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