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Street Art: The New Generation

People love to make their mark on the world, but do it in different ways. Some leave legacies recorded in history books, other leave their legacies on the walls around us. From the beginning of art on cave walls to the street artists today, we want others to know we exist. The upcoming exhibition at Kunsthallen Brandts, Street Art: The New Generation, features the work[…..]

Help Desk: Back to School

Barry McGee, Untitled, 2010. Ink and acrylic on paper, 2 elements, 15 x 23.5 inches

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.  Friends, if you’ve been following the conversation on writing negative reviews, J. Robert Lennon has some similar rules over at Salon.com. I am currently attending art school (RISD) on the east coast to receive[…..]

Art in the Age of Truthiness

One would think that reality would remain constant, but as we learn and develop, reality and our experiences of it changes with us. Now on view at Site Santa Fe, More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, bring together more than 25 international artists who question the stability of reality. For our look back  into the DS Archives, we bring you the 2008 exhibition[…..]

Help Desk: Authoring Texts on Praxis, Revisited

Anish Kapoor, Svayambh, 2007. Sculptural installation with wax and oil-based paint, dimensions variable

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. I think it’s great you’re passing on sensible advice regarding the writing of clear, articulate, open gallery texts, but what I need to know how to write are[…..]

From the DS Archives: Ernesto Neto

Today from the DS Archives we take a look back at Ernesto Neto. The Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City is currently exhibiting his  sculptures, drawings, photographs, and objects produced from 1987 to 2011, many of them shown for the first time. The following article was originally published on February 8, 2007 Written by Seth Curcio: One of Brazil’s most famous artists, Ernesto Neto creates room-sized environments[…..]

Help Desk: Appropriation and Appropriateness

Nina Katchadourian, Lavatory Self-Portrait in the Flemish Style #18-19, 2011. C-print, edition of 8, diptych: 7.157 x 6 inches each

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. If you were intrigued by last week’s Q&A regarding negative reviews, check out this well-argued example on Art Practical. I’ve been noticing recently that there is a lot[…..]

“Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us”-Oscar Wilde

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Memory is a many-splendored, strange, elusive and sometimes infuriating thing. Today from the DS Archives we’re featuring different artists addressing memory in different ways. Spaces of Remembrance at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is on view from 7 July-9 September 2012 and includes Kader Attia, Mircea Cantor, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Cyprien Gaillard, Anri Sala, Tatiana Trouvé. The archive article features Bibiana Suárez’s exhibit from earlier this year at  Hyde Park Art Center. The following article was originally published[…..]