The New World of Net Art
Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Vine, and other platforms are the jumping-off point for artists who blur the line between the virtual and the real Read More
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Tag Archives: Walker Art Center
Now Putt This: Artists’ Mini Golf at the Walker
Playful, funny, and even interactive holes in a creative golf course at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Read More
The Golden Age of Abstraction: Right Now
Riffing on the past as it comments on our own time, contemporary abstraction evokes landscapes, bodies, signs, buildings, and much more Read More
Use Your Illusion
Contemporary sculptors are tricking the eye and the mind with uncannily realistic objects Read More
Backdrops, Blobs, Pods, and Props
The Walker Art Center celebrates its acquisition of a trove of objects documenting artists’ collaborations with Merce Cunningham in a series of groundbreaking shows Read More
Om Is Where the Art Is
More and more museums are offering meditation in their galleries Read More
In With the Old
With portraits of men of color in trendy ghetto gear posed in attitudes copied from the Old Masters, Kehinde Wiley aims to ‘make paintings that matter in the 21st century’ Read More
‘Your Labels Make Me Feel Stupid’
In an effort to connect with visitors who feel bored, overwhelmed, or confused, museums are using focus groups, comment boards, and even full-time evaluators to help rethink and rewrite texts in the galleries. Read More
Nonsmoking Capricorn Museum Seeks Networking, Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends
Institutions are using MySpace, Facebook, and other social networking Web sites to reach new people and forge virtual communities. Read More
The New Serenity
Architects who design museums have been retreating from explosive innovation to favor classicism, tranquillity, and a more restrained Modernism. Read More
