Morning Links: Continuing ‘Conversations’ Controversy Edition
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“Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue”
Morning Links: Contemporary Art Daily Edition
Forrest Nash on founding Contemporary Art Daily and his website’s new directions. [Art F City] People are sending emails and comments to the Smithsonian in protest of “Conversations,”…
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Morning Links: Axe-Wielding Douglas Gordon Edition
Critics didn’t really like Douglas Gordon’s new play, so the Turner Prize–winning artist axed the walls of the theater where it’s having its run. [Manchester Evening News] A Lego artist…
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Report: Smithsonian Hid $716,000 Gift From the Cosbys
Following last week’s news that the Smithsonian would stand by its much-criticized exhibition “Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue,” which features a number of…
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Smithsonian on Cosby: ‘The Museum in No Way Condones This Behavior’
The Smithsonian was criticized when their National Museum of African Art opened a show last November entitled “Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue,” due to…
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