Andy Warhol, Muhammad Ali (Athlete Series) (1977). RIP to another legend lost this year. — Andy Warhol, *Muhammad Ali (Athlete Series)* (1977). RIP to another legend lost this year.

Weekly Flipboard Links and Media Round Up

June 05, 2016

"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!

"Making Art in the Age of Trump"

theatlantic.com

"Ai Weiwei and Warhol, Together Again"

nytimes.com

"For Japanese Artist Rokudenashiko, Vaginas Aren't Obscene, They’re Art"

nymag.com

"EPISODE 32: LENA DUNHAM TURNS THIRTY, AND MEMORIAL DAY MALAISE (PODCAST)"

newyorker.com

"Jerry Saltz on Alex Israel and the Art World’s Latest Way of Eating Its Young"

vulture.com

"Crowds Are Out, Crates Are In as Louvre Takes Flood Precautions (VIDEO)"

nytimes.com

"Codex Seraphinianus: History’s Most Bizarre and Beautiful Encyclopedia, Brought Back to Life"

brainpickings.org

"Why Trump Was Inevitable"

nybooks.com

"The Artsy Podcast, No. 6: As the Art World Changes, What’s a Museum To Do? (PODCAST)"

artsy.net

"The Fluid Experimentation of László Moholy-Nagy in a Long-Awaited Retrospective"

hyperallergic.com

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Artist Dorothea Lange's birthday was this past week (May 26th), and I think her image Girls of Lincoln Bench School (1939) possesses the perfect punctum for anyone facing their graduation in the weeks to come. — Artist Dorothea Lange's birthday was this past week (May 26th), and I think her image *Girls of Lincoln Bench School* (1939) possesses the perfect punctum for anyone facing their graduation in the weeks to come.

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May 29, 2016

With the end of May upon us, I am looking forward to attending and being part of my university's spring convocation ceremonies this week. Taking out the doctoral regalia (thank you Lara for letting me share with you the UBC robes!) and sitting on stage welcoming another class into the ranks of the initiated, I am reminded of both my own long journey through university, but also the mixed feelings of relief, accomplishment, and fear that accompanies this particular right of passage. Many of my conversations with past and present students this week have been focused around the transition out of post-secondary into the "real world." I have given up trying to offer comfort or any firm pronouncements about what the future promises young people in the creative economy. Students today are far too smart for all that, and my own irregular path and that of so many of my colleagues is testament enough that whatever you think you will be doing in 5-10 years will be upended.

Instead, I offer the idea that kept me moving ahead with my path through school for so many years-- that there are very few periods in life that one gets to study, to think, and to create for the pure purpose of learning and growing. That time will pass whatever you end of doing, and the unknowability of the future will always remain. So why not embrace these years of learning/thinking/creating as a unique kind of skill-set to prepare you for the unpredictability of life that awaits us all. Wishing all of you a fantastic week-- enjoy the links-- and for those preparing to graduate, know that you have already succeeded by completing one of life's toughest obstacle courses.

"What We Wore: Centuries of Peacocking in the City"

nymag.com

"Enter the Void: How to Graduate from Art School"

canadianart.ca

"Sophia Wallace Counters the Cliches and Stigma of Radical Feminist Art"

artsy.net

"Pop Culture Happy Hour: Movie Stars And Eurovision (PODCAST)"

npr.org

"How Diane Arbus Became ‘Arbus’"

nytimes.com

"Thelma & Louise Holds Up Well—a Little Too Well"

theatlantic.com

"One of the World’s Greatest Art Collections Hides Behind This Fence"

nytimes.com

"Russian Artist Pyotr Pavlensky Donates His Human Rights Award to Imprisoned "

artnet.com

JR au Louvre

louvre.fr

"What a spectacle…"

dailymail.co.uk

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Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, An Indian Game (Juggling Books) 1996. Yuxweluptun's much anticipated exhibition "Unceded Territories" is now showing at the Museum of Anthroplogy in Vancouver, BC. until October 16th. — Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, *An Indian Game (Juggling Books)* 1996. Yuxweluptun's much anticipated exhibition "Unceded Territories" is now showing at the Museum of Anthroplogy in Vancouver, BC. until October 16th.

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May 23, 2016

Halfway through teaching a condensed summer course in Film Studies, I am still catching my breath-- double the grading/lecturing in half the time is always a big adjustment! Still, I have had a great group of engaged students and have also been able to screen a few films that I have not seen in years, including the original pre-code Public Enemy (1931) starring James Cagney (a must see!). In the art world and on my media feeds, the May art auctions are slowly wrapping up and bringing about much of the expected commentary and discussion regarding valuation, the status of big sales, corruption, and ongoing angst about the state of the market. I continue to be fascinated by the transparency brought about through instant sales reporting and behind the scenes insights at the big auctions. Speculation about where the future of the market is headed and how it impacts art cities and their ecosystems is especially heated once again. Several of my links reflect the range of discourse. Enjoy the selection and the remainder of the Victoria Day long weekend (if you are in Canada)!

"Download Original Bauhaus Books & Journals for Free: Gropius, Klee, Kandinsky, Moholy-Nagy & More"

openculture.com

"Art Demystified: Auctions and Buyer's Premiums"

artnet.com

"Yuxweluptun’s exhibition brings you face to face with indigenous history"

theglobeandmail.com

"A Video Game That Tailors Its Terrors to Your Anxiety"

hyperallergic.com

"What Inspires Your Museum-Based Teaching?"

arthistoryteachingresources.org

"Perfect Strangers | Vanessa Beecroft & Maya Rudolph (VIDEO)"

nytimes.com

"The Gentrification Art Show That Inspires ‘Intentional Awkwardness’"

bedfordandbowery.com

"CANADALAND Episode #: 134 Failing Up, Pt. 2 (PODCAST)"

canadalandshow.com

"Susan Sontag on How the False Divide Between Pop Culture and “High” Culture Limits Us"

brainpickings.com

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Martin Scorsese celebrates the 40 year anniversary of Taxi Driver this year. Many retrospective features are popping up across the mediasphere as a result-- see one example in my picks below. — Martin Scorsese celebrates the 40 year anniversary of *Taxi Driver* this year. Many retrospective features are popping up across the mediasphere as a result-- see one example in my picks below.

Weekly Flipboard Links and Media Round Up

May 01, 2016

Tying up loose ends and making plans for the new semester, this week's activities were like a spring cleaning of sorts and had me turning attention to several neglected projects and dusting off and catching up on all sorts of things. I love the end of an academic year for just this kind of organizing-- the prospect of long uninterrupted chunks of time to think, research, plan, and write is both exciting but also a bit daunting.

The social media landscape this week has still been very much caught up with discussion of Prince's passing and legacy, and then the surprise drop of Beyonce's latest album Lemonade drew attention and discussion for her combined use of film and the long album format as a revival or remix of more traditional media forms. Then of course there was the teasing out of the more personal and salacious details of the album's content. I have included what I think was one of the best think pieces on that topic in this week's media picks, but I am looking forward to seeing and reading more on this album in the future. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, and happy reading!

"IN CONVERSATION: JAMES FRANCO The celebrity makes a case for his art before his critic."

vulture.com

"Would You Win Jeopardy’s Art-World Lightning Round?"

artsy.net

"What does a female artist have to do to get a major solo show?"

artnewspaper.com

"Slavoj Žižek: 'Trump is really a centrist liberal'"

theguardian.com

"'Social disruptor' Scott Rogowsky reads ridiculous books in public (PODCAST)"

cbc.ca

"Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Jodie Foster on Making Taxi Driver"

vulture.com

"Beyoncé’s Lemonade and the Sacredness of Sex"

theatlantic.com

"Is virtual reality the future of documentaries?"

globeandmail.com

"In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at Nothing"

newyorker.com

"When Honey-Coated Nude Performance Art Loses Its Sting"

hyperallergic.com

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Andy Warhol, Prince (1986). "All people care about nowadays is getting paid, so they try to do just what the audience wants them to do. I'd rather give people what they need rather than just what they want." Prince quoted in 1984. — Andy Warhol, *Prince* (1986). "All people care about nowadays is getting paid, so they try to do just what the audience wants them to do. I'd rather give people what they need rather than just what they want." Prince quoted in 1984.

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April 24, 2016

With the passing of Prince, the world has lost yet another music icon. For me, as a child and teenager of the 80's, Prince's music was omnipresent-- it was on the radio, playing on the TV via music videos, at school dances and teen night clubs, and blasting in my house on the stereo late at night while dancing with friends or cramming for exams. I still remember hanging the cool poster inside the Purple Rain album on my bedroom wall and thinking it was especially awesome that Prince had so many women in his band. This weekend my husband and I listened several times to Purple Rain (the 1984 album itself is a journey, and needs to be experienced from beginning to end as Prince intended) and reminisced, like so many others, about what the music meant to us as kids but also in the transition to adulthood. Prince represented a kind of freedom and danger that many other of the 1980's pop icons (like Madonna, Billy Idol, David Bowie, and bands like Depeche Mode, The Cure, and The Cult) also epitomized. Included in this week's links are a few notable selections celebrating Prince's memory (including that incredible performance at the 40th anniversary SNL after-party!). A true artist in every way, Prince, like so many other talented musicians, was taken from this world far too soon. RIP.