Tonight!: The Modern Art Notes Podcast tapes live at the Baltimore Museum of Art with guest Martha Rosler. Please come out, please say hi. Details here.- I’ve written extensively about the responsibility of the museum that holds our national collection, namely the National Gallery of Art. For years I’ve argued that the NGA has used its American collection galleries to present an only-in-Pat-Buchanan’s-wildest-fantasies version of American art history. (June 2009, June 2011, February 2012.) A somewhat similar debate is underway over how the Tate Britain should present its nation’s collection. Don’t miss this from The Guardian’s Jonathan Jones.
- William Poundstone tells a great story about LACMA’s new… secret buddha?
- Bret McCabe takes to Urbanite to share a different story of how art has played a role in community development in a seemingly long-gone part of Baltimore. Your must-read of the day.
- Stanford is building a $4.2 million facility for Nathan Oliveira’s Windhover paintings. Oliveira had one of the most interesting careers in post-war American art.
- On the Milwaukee Art Museum’s blog, Mel Buchanan tells a great, great story about the challenging conservation of a Duane Hanson sculpture.
- The Walker Art Center has a neat video of how it installed Robert Therrien’s massive table-and-chairs in “Lifelike.”
- Katharina Fritsch is on view now at the Art Institute of Chicago. She’s also on the Bad at Sports podcast.
- There’s another union-art behemoth battle ongoing: At the MFA Boston.
- This week’s MAN Podcast guest Cory Arcangel loves Bruce Springsteen and the glockenspiel. Preferably together. MANPodcast.com features an exclusive from-the-cutting-room floor audio clip, complete with… a Metallica shirt?!
May 2, 2012, 1:37 pm
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