"Impossible is not a fact. It is an opinion."-- Muhammad Ali
From the news of Muhammad Ali's passing, to the floods threatening priceless works of art at the Louvre and Orsay in Paris, to the heightened tensions south of the border over the prospects of a Trump presidency, the shooting of a professor at UCLA, and even more editorials about the state of the global art market and its effects on artists, my media feeds this week have been downright depressing and ominous. It is in times like this that I sit back and try to reflect on the importance of a free media to disseminate the many competing perspectives on the tensions and anxieties that these kinds of events signal. On the upside, I am working hard to close out a successful condensed summer semester and turn my attention to some great new projects. Wishing everyone a peaceful week, and if anyone gets to NYC this summer and gets to see that fantastic László Moholy-Nagy exhibition (for which I have included a review below) at the Guggenheim-- you are very very lucky, and I am eternally jealous!
List of Links (for quicker linking):
- Ai Weiwei and Warhol, Together Again
- Making Art in the Age of Trump
- For Japanese Artist Rokudenashiko, Vaginas Aren't Obscene, They’re Art
- EPISODE 32: LENA DUNHAM TURNS THIRTY, AND MEMORIAL DAY MALAISE (PODCAST)
- Jerry Saltz on Alex Israel and the Art World’s Latest Way of Eating Its Young
- Crowds Are Out, Crates Are In as Louvre Takes Flood Precautions (VIDEO)
- Codex Seraphinianus: History’s Most Bizarre and Beautiful Encyclopedia, Brought Back to Life
- Why Trump Was Inevitable
- The Artsy Podcast, No. 6: As the Art World Changes, What’s a Museum To Do? (PODCAST)
- The Fluid Experimentation of László Moholy-Nagy in a Long-Awaited Retrospective