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Highlights From The Marciano Collection

by Michael Anthony Farley on July 26, 2017
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The Marciano Art Foundation has been the biggest pleasant surprise of 2017. As I’ve mentioned on the blog before, the new museum, funded by the GUESS Jeans fortune, delivers big-time with site-specific special projects from Jim Shaw and Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch. Those installations are so enthusiasm-inspiring it’s almost easy to overlook the “quieter” collection itself, on display mainly in the third floor galleries.

That would be a mistake, because the collection—the bones of the Marciano Art Foundation—has been curated in such a satisfying , thoughtfully-paced manner that the viewing experience stays engaging throughout. That’s a rarity, unfortunately, in so many hangs of private collections, which tend not to have a specific focus beyond showing off their holdings. Here, though, there are narrative interests evident in the Marcianos’ collection, perhaps highlighted by the apocalyptic nature of the Jim Shaw show and the site-specific “behind-the-scenes” vibe of the Trecartin/Fitch collaboration—namely an interest in social tension or upheaval and works that reveal their process, respectively.

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Curated Intimacy Over Email: On Miranda July’s “We Think Alone”

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on August 19, 2013
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We have our doubts about Miranda July’s “We Think Alone” project.

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Miranda July’s “We Think Alone” Lets You Know Celebrities Are Normal People, Too

by Corinna Kirsch on July 5, 2013
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Miranda July used to make art about normal people, but now she makes art about celebrities. In We Think Alone, an email project that debuted on Monday, July delivers celebrities’ emails straight to your inbox, revealing the mundane and absurd details that make up their lives. Celebrities: they’re just like us!

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Barbara Bloom, an Artist-Curator at the Jewish Museum

by Corinna Kirsch on May 14, 2013
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Why are artist-curators being recruited by New York museums? With all the artist-curated shows currently on view, the artist’s viewpoint may never have been represented so strongly.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events

by Whitney Kimball on March 18, 2013
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Danh Vo and feminism dominate this week’s art events, with a few dark horses and a light-up piano in the running.

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