by Paddy Johnson on February 12, 2013
People are killing time on the Internet again. Welcome, #emojiarthistory, an art meme in which participants offer emoji translations for the names of famous artists. It took me about an hour to figure out how to get emoji to display on my phone, and it doesn’t seem to play well with my browser, so I’m not much of a player in this game. [Hyperallergic]
Relatedly, revisit one of my favorite Internet projects, Emoji Dick; or by Fred Benenson. [Emoji Dick]
Richard Artschwager has died. This saddens me. His retrospective of paintings and sculptures at The Whitney was one of the best shows I saw last year. A great Artschwager quote, key to understanding his work from the Times’ obit; “Sculpture is for the touch, painting is for the eye. I wanted to make a sculpture for the eye and a painting for the touch.” [NYTimes]
Gallerist reviews Artforum’s advertising. A good idea, botched by terrible commentary. [Gallerist]
Shane Ferro asks whether investing in art makes sense. Lots of back and forth here, but if you hate being taxed, the answer is an unequivocal “no”. [ArtInfo]
Image via: Hyperallergic
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by Paddy Johnson on December 21, 2011
This week at the L Magazine I’ve put together a list of the best and worst exhibitions that stretches the term “exhibition” well beyond its intended use. That’s okay; art is not easily categorized. As for reflections, this was a good year for art. A lot of much needed change is here and on the horizon. From Occupy Wall Street, to ArtPrize, to Hennessy Youngman’s youtube channel, 2011 is the year art’s started to unravel a little.
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