Former New Museum Staffers Detail Work Environment at the Institution and More: Morning Links from October 5, 2020
Here's what we're reading this morning.
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New Museum
Once Heretical, Marcia Tucker’s Ideas About the Role of Museums Now Appear Prescient
Four decades ago, Marcia Tucker founded a renegade institution—and foresaw the cultural future.
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Is Peter Saul’s Gross-Out Painting Political?
Peter Saul is an utterly feverish colorist, heir to Bacon and Delacroix, and you can't help but admire his tense, syncopated compositions. But his style is so given to extremes that, almost by…
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MIT Art Center Hires Natalie Bell, Rising New York Curator, to Oversee Exhibitions Program
She had organized a series of closely watched exhibitions at the New Museum in New York.
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Economics of Art and Avocados: Carmen Argote Transplants the World to the New Museum in New York
The ascendant L.A.-based artist elevates earthy materials in locations she makes her own.
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Hans Haacke’s Art Has Long Targeted Museums. A Career Retrospective Tests Its Potency Today.
The New Museum is staging the first U.S. survey of the artist's work in 30 years.
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What Can We Learn from Institutional Critique?
At a time when artists and activists are once again demanding that museums account for their connections to unethical businesses and donors, Hans Haacke's work has become the focus of renewed…
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Hans Haacke Is Showing an Installation About Donald Trump’s Twitter at the New Museum
The artist is also debuting a new poll work.
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Newswire
RobbReport
The Dial of Cartier’s Latest Watch Takes Nearly 100 Hours of Work. Here’s How Its Done.
WWD
Zappos Co-Founder Tony Hsieh Dies at Age 46
Rolling Stone
California Governor Again Denies Parole for Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten
Sportico
Cubs’ Tom Ricketts, Raine Group Form Sports-Focused SPAC
SPY