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Focusing on what John Yau said about Koons, Saltz Nevermind the critical cat-fight. What's important is what Yau said, not how others reacted...
Isabelle Pauwels - a rumination prior to a review Has the artist confused the didactic with the challenging?...
My Q&A with Marc Wilson of the Nelson-Atkins: "Getting Back to the Core" State of American museums, from vantage point of 28-year directorship and a lifetime of scholarship. No "popcorn and calliopes."...
In Tampa, A Southern Saga A Cautionary Tale Finishes With A Happy Ending And A Shiny New Museum...
All those power lines... Power lines as a key part of the New Topographics' project...
Weekend roundup The latest from New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and more...
Flood Toll: Rebuilding the University of Iowa Museum of Art New report of the president's "Envisioning Committee" calls for a bigger museum, outside the flood plain. Where's the money?...
Onside Kick: A Winning Strategy in the CultureGrrl Playbook Don't wait for me to cover your show. Take possession of the ball and run it down the field....
Rx For The Shuttered Las Vegas Art Museum But Is The Solution The Right One? Or A Cause For More Worry?...
Chuck Close, Five Others, Nominated for President's Committee on Arts and Humanities From the Whitney's board to the President's board. Close joins Sarah Jessica Parker and Anna Wintour as an arts advisor....
Gehry Golf Clubhouse Planned for Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island Bring your clubs and khandoura. What's the latest on Guggenheim Abu Dhabi? At least Gehry's Ohr-O'Keefe Museum opens soon....
The Art Installation That Never Was Blog: a great place to share whacky ideas that don't come to fruition...
Snowpocalypse II incoming With MAN HQ slated to get pounded, share some winter faves...
Links - the church of the vagina The vagina is not the "most mysterious part" of a woman's body. That honor goes to the brain....
A Northern Plains Tale Anonymous Donor, Plus James Rosenquist, Make Museum Mural A Reality. The Roots Cause...
Getty-Brand Face-Off: Ex-Director Gives Me His Side of the Story CultureGrrl gets Michael Brand's candid take on what's wrong at the Getty. He details his differences with CEO James Wood....
Jesse Edwards - semper fi artist The art world breaks artists' hearts. First to break are those who ring wrong bells when they walk into a gallery...
'California minimalism' contextualized (or not) New York hasn't seen much so-called minimalism from southern California...
A pioneer re-discovered Too-long-forgotten artist Doug Wheeler is having a very good season...
Is Sotheby's $104.32-Million Giacometti the "Most Expensive Art Work Ever Sold at Auction"? Comparisons are complicated by foreign exchange and today's higher buyer's premium, but the answer is apparently yes....
What's The Most Popular Museum Website? Kunstpedia Analyzed 680+ Sites: Top Two Are American. Global And Country Rankings...
The Lost Art of the Picture Frame My local frame store is flogging off its stock for $10 a pop. Why don't people appreciate picture frames anymore?...
The invisibility of older women artists Sylvia Mendel writes: "If you are a curious person you'll notice that older women artists are invisible in the art world..."...
MeTube: Jeff Koons Paints a Picture (or doesn't) Inside the studio---Koons' assistants will take a year to finish one paint-by-numbers exercise. Ed Molisani shows how....
Wednesday links These links are so good that I bet you click on at least four of them....