20 February 2012 | CAA2012, Career, Conferences, Current Events, Teaching, Theory
The schedule of sessions for the almost-here College Art Association Conference in Los Angeles is overwhelming. Thankfully the abstracts have arrived to help clarify some of the content. While attendees will undoubtedly seek out sessions that pique their personal and research interests, I would like to suggest five sessions which are likely to appeal to [...]
17 December 2011 | Contemporary, Current Events, Museums, Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan The National Gallery, London, 9 November 2011 – 5 February 2012 Gerhard Richter: Panorama Tate Modern, London, 6 October 2011 – 8 January 2012 Two great exhibitions currently taking place in London, Leonardo Da Vinci: Court Painter at Milan at The National Gallery (until 5 February [...]
15 April 2011 | Asia, Contemporary, Current Events
As the Chinese government’s detention of artist Ai Weiwei approaches the two-week mark, ArtInfo.com brings together the latest developments. Ai was arrested in Beijing on April 3, an event his studio assistants recorded on Twitter (translation here). Evan Osnos reported on the day’s events in a New Yorker dispatch. Police claim that Ai is being investigated [...]
31 December 2010 | Current Events, Museums, Teaching
A post from earlier this month on the Getty’s blog points out some curiosities about how some artworks get viewed online more frequently than others. No surprise that Van Gogh takes first place. However, it is interesting that numbers two (Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime by Pierre Paul Prud’hon, 1805-06) and three (Two Women [...]
2 December 2010 | Americas, Current Events, Film, Modern, Museums
The National Portrait Gallery’s innovative exhibition of images of and by queer people in America, HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, is becoming controversial. The exhibit was altered by pulling a video by David Wojnarowicz and it may close before the scheduled date. The story has been picked up by The Washington Post as well [...]
