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yay!/oh no!
Yay! We have reason to celebrate in the world of art, albeit in the most mildest of manner. Thanks to Google Art Projects, more art is now available to more people. How righteously democratic. Just released online last week, Google, and a (very) short list of the world’s most well-attended galleries and museums, have made… (read more)
turner: new irrelevancy
The Turner Prize, for those that are lucky enough not to hear the over-hype and follow-on grumble of this annual award at London’s Tate Museum, is announced this time of year. The 2010 Award is somewhat different. Not much grumbling, at least from the media, but large heaps of moaning from protesting art students lamenting… (read more)
Moores Better
When art is more inclusive, it’s always better. This might sound counter-intuitive to today’s media specific moments and our natural magnetism toward “vertical markets”. You wouldn’t, for example, want to follow everyone on Twitter, and while collecting millions of Face Book friends is an impressive feat, it doesn’t exactly mean anything. Exceptions occur, however, where… (read more)
are you going to the art do?
I have a new art theory: the big difference between 19th century art and that of the 20th century are the parties. It’s a tale of two Tates, in this instance, and ultimately it serves only to fortify the boundaries between centuries. We’re just better at entertaining ourselves today than we were in Victorian times…. (read more)