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“Art is an outlet toward regions which are not ruled by time and space”
— Marcel Duchamp

Avant-Guardian Musings is a curated space of ideas and information, resources, reviews and readings for undergraduate and graduate students studying modern and contemporary art history and visual art theory, film and photography studies, and the expanding field of visual culture and screen studies. For students currently enrolled in my courses or the field school, the blog and associated social media links also serve as a place of reflection and an extension of the ideas and visual material raised in lecture and seminar discussion.

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From the Archives | How (And Why) To Take Excellent Lecture Notes
From the Archives | How (And Why) To Take Excellent Lecture Notes
about 10 months ago
Weekly Musings + Round Up... And A Few More Things
Weekly Musings + Round Up... And A Few More Things
about 2 years ago
Weekly Musings + Round Up... And A Few More Things
about 2 years ago
Weekly Musings + Round Up... And A Few More Things
Weekly Musings + Round Up... And A Few More Things
about 2 years ago
Top 10 Modern and Contemporary Art Exhibitions Worth Visiting In 2023
Top 10 Modern and Contemporary Art Exhibitions Worth Visiting In 2023
about 2 years ago

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Delighted to find these iconic Tom Ford Whitney’s deep in my closet over the weekend ✨☀️🕶️Anyone else remember these sunglasses from back in the day? I want to say these are well over 15 years old and they were a very big splurge, but I loved
Delighted to find these iconic Tom Ford Whitney’s deep in my closet over the weekend ✨☀️🕶️Anyone else remember these sunglasses from back in the day? I want to say these are well over 15 years old and they were a very big splurge, but I loved rediscovering and wearing them today. Great design is timeless. Invest in things you love— your future self will thank you✨ . . . #tomford #sunglasses #tomfordwhitney #whatiwore #shamelessselfie
If Seoul was a colour, it would be neon and bright, and if it was a shape, it would be curved and post-structural.
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#artanddesign #odetoacity #urban #seoul #korea #design #contemporaryart #architecture
If Seoul was a colour, it would be neon and bright, and if it was a shape, it would be curved and post-structural. . . . #artanddesign #odetoacity #urban #seoul #korea #design #contemporaryart #architecture
Visited the stunning Leeum Museum of Art today and took in the spatial delights of Korean architecture married to modern art. What I love most is how the familiar European and American “masters” (i.e. Rodin, Giacometti, Rauschenberg, Hess
Visited the stunning Leeum Museum of Art today and took in the spatial delights of Korean architecture married to modern art. What I love most is how the familiar European and American “masters” (i.e. Rodin, Giacometti, Rauschenberg, Hesse, Flavin, Rothko, Andre, Lewitt, Stella, etc…) are curated both in dialogue with Korean modern artists such as Lee Ufan and Kim Chong-yung, but also in juxtaposition to the beautiful natural setting that is showcased through large windows throughout the complex. A must see gallery if you visit Seoul. . . . #seoul #korea #modernart #contemporaryart #koreanart #arthistory
Flaneur for the day in Seoul ✨🇰🇷 A global city of high contrast, beauty, and living history around every corner.
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#seoul #korea #flaneur #daytripping #streetart #contemporaryart #modernart #urbanart #arthistory #urban #globalcity
Flaneur for the day in Seoul ✨🇰🇷 A global city of high contrast, beauty, and living history around every corner. . . . #seoul #korea #flaneur #daytripping #streetart #contemporaryart #modernart #urbanart #arthistory #urban #globalcity
Hello Seoul! 🇰🇷🛬✨안녕하세요 서울 Lucky me, I am incredibly excited to have arrived in South Korea today and staying smack dab in the middle of the stylish Gangnam District at the COEX Conference Centre. It is my first time in this beautiful city and I ca
Hello Seoul! 🇰🇷🛬✨안녕하세요 서울 Lucky me, I am incredibly excited to have arrived in South Korea today and staying smack dab in the middle of the stylish Gangnam District at the COEX Conference Centre. It is my first time in this beautiful city and I cannot wait to begin exploring, especially the contemporary art and design scene. I am here to attend and give a paper at the #IPSA2025 International Political Science Association World Congress, the largest global gathering of researchers and academics working on all things political and international relations oriented. IPSA as an academic association was founded under the auspices of UNESCO in 1949 and is devoted to the advancement of political science in all parts of the world and promotes collaboration between scholars in both established and emerging democracies. The 2025 Conference theme is “Resisting Autocratization in Polarized Societies” and I was invited to present a paper on my ongoing work on Trumpism, the neo avante-garde, and visual culture on a panel examining the role of cultural actors during periods of democratic backsliding. I only had a few hours after I arrived to my hotel to check out COEX, but I had to see the world famous library housed inside the shopping complex. It was a very cool sight for a book nerd like me 🤓 . . . #seoul #korea #southkorea #politicalscience #arthistory #academiclife #conference @kpuarts @kwantlenu

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A screenshot of a recent desktop session of my Flipboard reveals how readily you can save and sort links from a multitude of sources in one place. This includes links from your Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds. It is like being an editor of yo…

A screenshot of a recent desktop session of my Flipboard reveals how readily you can save and sort links from a multitude of sources in one place. This includes links from your Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds. It is like being an editor of your own personal magazine.

Focus on Tech: Create Your Own Magazine of Links With Flipboard

September 19, 2015

**Update** I have included a direct link to the blog's Flipboard Magazine in the menu of this website, accessible as a drop down tab if viewed on a mobile device. Happy reading!

Like many of you, I work hard to reduce the often distracting and overwhelming digital and information clutter that comes at us in a constant stream as part of day-to-day life. Where towers of books and stacks of papers, memos, and notes used to fill up physical space on our desks and offices, today we are faced with unanswered emails, stray files, and dozens of digital bits of information in the form of documents, links, and images stored on our computer desktops, tablets, and smartphones.

And while I have worked hard to corral digital information from my work life into some manageable order, the last frontier of my digital clutter has been the many bookmarks and links that I dutifully collect— via social media, web browsing, blogs, and reading digital news/magazines, but others sent by colleagues and students—that find their way into many dump piles and forgotten bookmark lists on my computer. In this sense, I am still a bit of a hoarder when it comes to information, but I was determined this past year to figure out some way to sort, collect, and share the best of the digital information I was consuming day to day.

The magazine that I created for this blog is what started my interest in Flipboard. You can also find it in the navigation bar of my blog.

The magazine that I created for this blog is what started my interest in Flipboard. You can also find it in the navigation bar of my blog.

A screenshot of Flipboard on iPad-- finger swipe gestures work to move from one article to the next.

A screenshot of Flipboard on iPad-- finger swipe gestures work to move from one article to the next.

A few years ago I began using an app called Flipboard on my iPad, and in its infancy the app promised to help collect content from various media outlets. At the time, I was especially drawn to the feature of uploading and collecting one’s Twitter feed via Flipbook and selectively “flipping” and collecting bits of information into my own personally curated “magazine” that I found interesting or worth reading. I could then browse the information and links at my leisure in an easy to navigate form (Flipboard uses a cool finger swiping  interface to move from one article to the next). I later created the public magazine “Avant-Guardian Musings Round-Up”, which is now available to view from a link on the desktop version of my blog (or can be found via a quick search on the phone and tablet app), as a way to replace the weekly selection of art-related links and info that I used to dutifully cut and paste into weekly posts.

More recently, I have revisited my use of Flipboard for personal use and as a classroom tool to collect and share information on specific topics, and have found that improvements and wider accessibility to the app have resulted in one of the best vehicles through which to select, save, and share digital links and information in an intuitive and user-friendly way. For beginners to Flipboard, I recommend downloading the app on your phone or tablet and adding your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube accounts to get a look at how your social media stream can be accessed in a more user friendly and visually attractive format. From there, you can create a personal magazine (for public or private viewing) into which you “flip” specific articles, images, and bits of info from your feed. You can also activate the Flipboard app on your phone/tablet’s share settings, and any time you run across an article you like through other apps and browsers, you can flip that info into your magazine for later reading. From there, you can choose to follow other magazines that your friends have created, or search for magazines on topics of interest from media, blog, and publishing outlets that you find interesting. For example, I am teaching a course on Street and Graffiti art this semester, so I have been following several magazines that collect info, images, and articles on that topic into a personal magazine.

One of the best features of Flipboard is that you can collect stories and information on highly targeted topics.

One of the best features of Flipboard is that you can collect stories and information on highly targeted topics.

For more advanced users and those who want to use Flipboard as a teaching resource, I recommend downloading the free desktop app (debuting earlier this year) from which you can sort, organize, and pull more content into your magazine via a Flipboard + key that is installed on your browser navigation bar. I also love how visually stunning the app appears on a big screen. It certainly makes the process of reading and enjoying media far more pleasurable than the olden days of choppy RSS feed readers. But more importantly, you too can conquer the final frontier of digital clutter that inhabits your daily life.

This video discusses the latest version of Flipboard and demonstrates some of its best features.

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