by Paddy Johnson on June 21, 2012
I doubt anyone in the US is happy with our current funding system for the arts. Artists don’t get paid. Museums rely on increasingly scant funds from the government and shrinking donations from wealthy benefactors and corporations to run their programs. We feel impoverished in a time where there are more people producing great work than ever before. That’s not right.
A plausible solution to at least some of these problems broke this week when e-flux announced its bid for the domain suffix .art.
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by The AFC Staff on June 8, 2012
Last night’s New Curators, New Ideas IV at Meulensteen, formerly Max Protetch, reminded us how little remains of the respected gallery Protetch sold just under two years ago. It’s hard to imagine Protetch ever doing something so tacky as stationing two gallerinas outside the gallery with iPads and a guest list, but that’s what we witnessed last night. Surely, this kind of exclusivity can’t benefit a show meant to give exposure to new talent.
We’ll take a look at the show in the coming months, but in the meantime, let’s take a look at some of the changes we’ve seen over at Meulensteen. Almost none of them are good.
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