There is much talk in Perth of the city’s isolation, of the role that global mobility might play in local contemporary art practice. ‘Mobility’ here is a necessity, inevitable in some form, although its direction is another question as the city remains attached to a European history that is far from the reality of the continent and region. These concerns are visible undercurrents in Yonder,[…..]
Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. Help Desk is cosponsored by KQED.org. What is the most professional way to handle a guest breaking a piece of artwork at an opening? This has happened to me a couple of times this[…..]
Today from the DS Archives we highlight past exhibitions at the List Visual Arts Center at MIT, and feature the upcoming exhibit, In the Holocene, which “explores art as a speculative science, how artists investigate principles more commonly associated with scientific or mathematical thought. The exhibition proposes that art is an investigative and experimental activity, addressing what is explained through traditional scientific means: time, matter, energy, topology,[…..]
L.A. Expanded: Notes from the West Coast A weekly column by Catherine Wagley This following L.A. Expanded column was originally published on March 9th, 2012. Do you remember track star Gail Devers, with her absurdly long nails? I noticed her for the first time in Atlanta, on television during the 1996 Olympics, where she one her third gold. Then, her nails were painted gold to[…..]
Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. Help Desk is cosponsored by KQED.org. Note: if you’ve been following the conversation on writing negative reviews, Will Brand has an interesting take over at the L Magazine. Pardon the interruption of our regular[…..]
Don’t you wish sometimes that you could just leave all your worldly possessions behind and live as one with nature? Yes? No? Maybe? Well, if you do, you will probably be interested in the upcoming exhibition at Kunstverein & Stiftung Springhornhof, The Simple Life, which “presents works that from various perspectives address the yearning for modes of lifestyles considering sustainability and naturalness as well as their[…..]
Wall labels. Curatorial text. Provenance. Titles (or un-titles, as the case may be). At what point do the words surrounding an artwork serve the work, and at what point do they disrupt it? In terms of the museum, specifically, when do explanatory labels benefit museum-goers, and when do they detract from an individual’s experience? This week, #Hashtags features Part II of The Museum On My[…..]
