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Upcoming Events and Lectures

Sept 19 – 26: Graz, Austria: Truth is Concrete – http://www.truthisconcrete.org/ October 11 – 14: Vancouver, Canada: The Festival- http://arcpost.ca/events/festival

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OCCUPY ARTS ADMINISTRATION

              OCCUPY ARTS ADMINISTRATION OR HOW TO SHADOW CURATE IN RURAL SCOTLAND A book review of ARTocracy – rule of art OR governance of or by art?: Art, Informal Space, and Social Consequence: A … Continue reading

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Occupy the Symbolic Economy of Art

Collectively, the amateur and the failed artist represent a vast flat field upon which a privileged few stand out in relief…what if we turned this figure and ground relation inside out by imagining an art world unable to exclude the … Continue reading

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Abigail Satinsky on Living as Form

Greg to Abby (Abigail Satinsky of InCUBATE):  Living as Form presented so many models of micro-organizing activity that I was sometimes overwhelmed when trying to understand how successful they actually were in day-to-day terms. So I wonder, as someone seriously … Continue reading

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Artists’ Records in the Archives: One Day Symposium – Call for Participation

Artists’ Records in the Archives: A One Day Symposium – Call for Participation The archives of many institutions contain artists’ records—documents created by artists that often bear witness to the creative process, as evinced by sketches, doodles, and other notations. … Continue reading

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Getting organized in face of the crisis

Seems that the long history of European public arts funding is beginning to come undone, at least in some countries (Netherlands in particular) – here is one response to that situation and I note that the NYC Opera is trying … Continue reading

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Bowery Brawl: New Museum V. New Museum

After you have visited New Museum and seen the energetically glowing Benglis retrospective as well as visited the excellent 5th floor installation created for “Museum as Hub” ( with Yael Bartana, Dora Garcia, Wael Shawky, and Carey Young), for an … Continue reading

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dark matter paperback

ISBN: 9780745327525 Extent: 256pp Release Date: 05 Nov 2010 Size: 230mm x 150mm Format: Paperback Illustrations: 41 photographs For an Additional 20% off Use Promotional Code:P356ED buy the new paperback here amazon pluto books

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dark matter missing footnotes

Exordium: an Accidental Remainder These are the first five footnotes of Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture omitted from the book: [1] Beyond Recognition: Representation, Power, and Culture: Craig Owens, edited by Scott Bryson, Barbara … Continue reading

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dark matter book is available!

Dark Matter Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture Gregory Sholette ISBN: 9780745327532 Extent: 256pp Release Date: 05 Nov 2010 Size: 230mm x 150mm Format: Hardback Illustrations: 41 photographs

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