“Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966)”
“Electronic Superhighway” attempted an ambitious undertaking: to chronologically document the history of digital technologies in contemporary art and in so doing point to potential futures for art and…
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The Composer: Mary Heilmann’s Rhythmic Abstractions Find Their Place in the Sun
Some little girls want to be movie stars, some long to be prima ballerinas. Not Mary Heilmann. As a child, she prayed for sainthood. “I used to dream that I was thrown to lions in the…
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To Take a Computer as an Apprentice: A Look at When Art Met Technology at LACMA, in 1971
With so many shows about art and the Internet lately, it’s hard to remember a time when it was unexpected that artists would ever rely on machinery and electronics, but, in 1971, when the Los…
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Seamus Harahan Wins the 2015 Jarman Award
Filmmaker Seamus Harahan, who is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has won the 2015 Film London Jarman Award, which was presented at London’s Whitechapel Gallery along with £10,000…
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Shortlist Announced for This Year’s Max Mara Art Prize for Women
The Whitechapel Gallery, Collezione Maramotti, and Max Mara announced the shortlist for this year’s Mara Art Prize for Women yesterday. The prize is given biannually to a United…
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Omar Kholeif Named Senior Curator at MCA Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago shared news today that it has hired Omar Kholeif, a curator at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, as its new Manilow Senior Curator. Kholeif’s…
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Morning Links: Destroyed Jimmie Durham Tree Edition
In Kassel, Germany, works by Jimmie Durham and Heini Gut were destroyed by vandals. [artnet News] Kansas moves from Tribeca to the Lower East Side. Commence the “Dorothy, we’re no longer…
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Taking the Measure of Sexism: Facts, Figures, and Fixes
Despite encouraging signs of women’s improved status and visibility in the art world, there are still major systemic problems. Do not misunderstand me: women artists are in a far better…
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Arab Spring: Modern Middle Eastern Art Finds a New Audience in the West
One recent morning, art historian Nada Shabout was telling me about her search for a graduate program two decades ago. “When I contacted universities and said I wanted to work on modern Arab…
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A Checklist for the 2015 Armory Show Focus: Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean
This year’s Armory Show Focus edition highlights art from the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean (Armory Focus: MENAM), curated by Whitechapel Gallery’s Omar Kholeif, and presented…
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