Paddy Johnson has an interesting post about privacy today:
A need for privacy, however– also listed by psychologist Gary A. Davis as an attribute amongst creative people– seems much more dubious, particularly in the age of Facebook. In fact, as it pertains to creativity, nobody’s discussing the matter at all.
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“Exhibitions that are mounted in Berlin always face enormous problems of transportation: not only must works of art be flown into the city, also critics and visitors from West Germany experience difficulty in reaching Berlin. The ‘Fernseh-Galerie’, serving as a fictitious exhibition space, will bring together information and opinions from various places concerning a particular [...]
“The transmission of art exhibitions by television is the beginning of an era when the public will be taught to appreciate great works of art, seeing them in their homes and at the same time that the finer points are demonstrated by an expert lecturer – in other words illustrated talks.”
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“Animals, trick-cycling balancing acts, roller [...]
Since the announcement of the Rose Museum’s closure, I’ve been thinking a lot about art collections, and how they are all really a story of the collector – whether it’s an institution or a person. When collections are disbanded, that story is lost, even if the works survive.
Jennifer Teets pointed me towards Gustave Moreau:
When the [...]
My review of Yeondoo Jung’s Handmade Memories at Kukje Gallery in Seoul is online and in print in this month’s issue of ArtAsiaPacific. The exhibition is now on view at Tina Kim Gallery in New York through 28 March. [Link]