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by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on May 23, 2013
- The Creative Time Summit has announced Lucy Lippard as their keynote. As we mentioned on the blog last year, she’s no longer a practicing curator and is a poor speaker. High-profile participants include Vito Acconci, who’s also no longer a practicing artist, and Jimmy McMillan, who, well, okay. He’s a mayoral candidate and founder of “Rent is Too Damn High“. Awesome. [In the Air]
- The world has been gifted a new e-book: “Owning Online Art: Selling and Collecting Netbased Artworks”, available for free download as a PDF. [Owning Online Art, via Jennifer Chan]
- World domination alert! This week marks the launch of the first Art Basel-owned edition of the Hong Kong art fair. Now collectors get Christmas three times a year. (Everybody else still has to share just the one.) [Art in America, The New York Times]
- “Attention is what creates value. Artworks are made as well by how people interact with them.” Brian Eno on the future of art making. [Brainpickings]
- “Shit-on-the-ground.” “Eye-sores.” Those are the words used to describe Mark di Suvero’s red i-beam creature, which was installed this month on the green surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge. Haters want it removed, but duh, the sculpture is big. [Curbed]
- So, congratulations to Mark di Suvero for winning the American Academy of Arts and Letters gold medal for outstanding artistic achievement! [The New York Times]
- 12th grader Sabrina Brady takes home the Doodle 4 Google prize. The prize includes $30,000 college scholarship, a Chromebook, and a $50,000 technology grant for her school. Her image is on the front page of Google today. [Google Blog]
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