Looking at my media feeds this week, I am excited to start seeing all of the arts previews and many new fall reviews of exhibitions, festivals, and other global cultural events that signal the arrival of the new arts season. Interestingly, there appears to be more focus and commentary this year on the financial and economic impacts that many of these big events/exhibitions have had on cities in the past year-- an important and often overlooked aspect of the art world that has shaped my own research interests of late. I have included a few of these articles along with an excellent piece from The Atlantic tracking the symbolism and "culture wars" connotations that have shaped the #takeaknee peaceful protests unfolding in the NFL this weekend. Enjoy the links!
- Bowie, Bach and Bebop: How Music Powered Basquiat
- The Village Voice prints its final edition – with Bob Dylan on the cover
- How the Directors of ‘Loving Vincent’ Created the World’s First Painted Feature Film
- TIFF Is A Monster That’s Eating Itself (PODCAST)
- Over 200 Artists Pen a Letter in Defense of Adam Szymczyk and documenta’s Organizers
- A Glove, a Car, and a Camera
- Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests
- They Took a Knee
- How to make a Bruce Lee Tracksuit | FASHION AS DESIGN (VIDEO)
- Arab artists respond to dictatorship, surveillance and civil war at Beirut Art Fair