Rauschenberg Combine Donated to MoMA

Sonnabend family donates key Rauschenberg combine to MoMA.

Via artdaily: http://tinyurl.com/c4xg6wn

Lawrence Weiner Interviewed

 

"In my eyes, making art is very often about something that you don’t know" --- Lawrence Weiner.

via frontrow Dallas"  http://tinyurl.com/bsrma7k

Stealth Self-Publishing Bonanza?

Stealth self-publishing bonanza? Simon & Schuster in deal with Author Solutions. But what do you get if you don't get the brand name? Re-writes and lecture gigs?

Via NYT> http://tinyurl.com/d6g29kr

Pix of founders, Mr. Simon and Mr. Schuster

Metzger's Robot Art

Thinking of nothing, Destruction Art pioneer Gustav Metzger (b. 1926) lets a robot make his sculpture called "Null Art."

Interview in The Guardian: http://tinyurl.com/d3a3tob
John Perreault on Gustav Metzger: http://tinyurl.com/3j32bcs

Be Careful What You Pledge!

Be careful what you pledge! Couple sued by Kansas City Art Institute.

Kansas City Star: http://tinyurl.com/d5xdugg

Should Museums Rent Art to For-Profit Exhibitors?

Boston's MFA now rents art to for-profit exhibitors. In Artopia we hope they pay taxes on this! 

Story Boston Globe: http://tinyurl.com/d437acc

Christo Oil-Barrel Mastaba

Christo plans gigantic mastaba made of oil barrels for Abu Dhabi. Of course, he maintains the sculpture, which will be larger than the Great Pyramid, is only about "joy and beauty" and not about petroleum.

Story via gaurdian.co.uk> http://tinyurl.com/bonfysn