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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Back to Brooklyn. And Chim↑Pom!

by Whitney Kimball on March 11, 2013
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What’s Chim↑Pom, you ask? See for yourself in this week’s art events.

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Art World Survival Ideas on the Brooklyn Rail: Part One

by Whitney Kimball on February 11, 2013
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Thanks to Martha Schwendener, this month’s Brooklyn Rail includes a long list of alternatives to the art world status quo from a wide variety of thinkers– Artforum editors, academia, activists, gender studies theorists, museums, co-ops, artists– just to name a few. It’s a nice change from last month’s crisis-themed edition. I’ve rounded up the must-reads from the first half, with more to come.

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Village Voice Critics Address Art and Protest

by Whitney Kimball on March 21, 2012
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Last month, Christian Viveros-Faune started an online conversation with fellow Village Voice critics Martha Schwendener and R.C. Baker with a simple question: “If an artist had something important to say about the world, would anyone really listen?”

Two Fridays ago at Spring/Break, William Powhida hosted an open forum with Viveros-Faune, Martha Schwendener, and R.C. Baker to continue the conversation, particularly in light of Occupy Wall Street. Here's a bit of that exchange.

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