Pat Steir and Joan Mitchell Paint Paintings

Compare and contrast "Joan Mitchell Paints a Painting" by Irving Sandler (1957) and Pat Steir "Paints a Painting"(2012), both now on Artnews online.

http://www.artnews.com/2012/11/05/mitchell-paints-a-picture/
http://www.artnews.com/2012/11/07/pat-steir-paints-a-painting/

MoMA Flooded Art Advice

MoMA issues "Conserving Flood-Damaged Artworks" on its website.
Essential. 

http://www.moma.org/docs/explore/emergency_guidelines_for_art_disasters.pdf

Book Publishers Doomed

Booksters sealed their own doom. Merger of Penguin and Random House is a symptom, not a solution...And mega-book chains refusing Amazon print products will not triumph over internet competition --- but that's another story.

For story:  The Guardian: http://tinyurl.com/dxrj6cw

Artopia Endorses Obama

Where do the candidates stand on the arts? Artopia endorses Obama!

Via LA Times: http://artsactionfund.org/page/-/Obama-Romney%20Records.pdf

White Cube Closes in East End

Famed White Cube gallery in East End to close.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20173755

The Powerless 20

Better late than never: 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World.

From hyperallergic.com: http://tinyurl.com/ary3axq

Dance at MoMA

Deborah Hay at MoMA atrium today. So here's a short interview.

http://artforum.com/words/#entry36529