Are You A Kunstvermittler?

Top of the art world pyramid? Mark Staff Brandl notes the new German honorific "Kunstvermittler" for curators, historians, critics...meaning "art-intermediary" or "art broker" or "art middleman" or even "art procurer." 

Via Swiss Art Sharkforum: http://tinyurl.com/caqlvk5

Armstrong's Breathing Sculpture

Sara Garden Armstrong's "Decem Aspirare" commissioned sculpture breathes.

Video: http://player.vimeo.com/video/41742312?badge=0

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