Restoration Blues

Spider webs, insect droppings, and chewing gum. Is art for eternity? 

Story @ swissinfo> http://tinyurl.com/cvkgqtt

William Burroughs' Art

Lemurs, gunshots, and allies --- William Burroughs' art at October Gallery in London. 

October Gallery> http://tinyurl.com/cfxzvup
Review @ hyperallercig> http://tinyurl.com/cqw8cbu
Perreault on Brion Gyson> http://tinyurl.com/ckmbs8u

When To Destroy Your Own Art

When should you destroy your own art? Or should you ever? Jasper Johns and Agnes Martin did. As did Monet. 

Photo: Susan Hiller, "Collected Works" (1967-1972).

Article at artnews> http://tinyurl.com/dyo24tq

First Artopia Bass Ackward Prize

Artopia's coveted Bass Ackward Prize goes to --- California! California just took arts funding off tax returns. California now is at the bottom of arts council funding, not Kansas, as reported. Kansas restored art funding in June.

LA Times story> http://tinyurl.com/c85j8hu
Kansas story> http://tinyurl.com/cmcdwgo

Pre-MoMA Modernism

What was the The Société Anonyme? Find out all you need to know, including that Katherine Dreier, one of the founders, was sympathetic to Hitler and a theosophist. The other founders -- 1920 -- were Duchamp and Man Ray. Pix is Dreier's "Two Worlds." 

NYTimes review> http://tinyurl.com/cy57upj
Exhibition site> http://artgallery.yale.edu/socanon/

Can Cows Make Art?

On the light side --- cows (and deer) make art. Great Salt Lick Contest returns!

Txt & pix via npr> http://tinyurl.com/d7o8ho6

No Longer Art

 "No Longer Art: Salvage Art Institute" at Columbia Univ. Arch. Gallery. Closed yesterday. Damaged art, declared non-art by insurance companies. Very smart!

Essay @ hyperallergic> http://tinyurl.com/d222jch