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Eighty Years Young. Duane Michals: The Man Who Invented Himself

26 April 2012

I met Duane Michals when I was 24 years old. Throughout the years, he has been what I call my “spiritual advisor,” my role model in living life to the fullest. I was delighted to learn that the French producers …

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Men on the Edge (and Vibha Galhotra)

23 April 2012

I’m feeling like men are in need of equal time on this Blog. They have, as usual, had more than equal time on the walls of New York galleries and museums this month. But I am less interested in numbers …

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“Invisible Borders: Trans-African Photography Project” by Jennifer Bajorek and Erin Haney

18 April 2012

on display in the 2012 New Museum Triennial, “The Ungovernables” – February 15, 2012 to April 22, 2012 On view at the New Museum in Manhattan this spring is the 2012 Triennial, billed as the only recurring exhibition in the …

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“Digital Images: The Short and the Long View” by Verna Curtis

11 April 2012

I asked my friend Verna Curtis, Senior Curator of Photography at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., to write about her experience at the “South by Southwest” Conference in Austin, Texas in early March. A cutting edge gathering, the …

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On Aging, Absence and Angels

03 April 2012

Cindy Sherman Museum of Modern Art February 26 — June 11, 2012 Curated by Eva Respini Francesca Woodman Guggenheim Museum March 15 — June 13, 2012 Organized by Corey Keller (SF Museum of Modern Art) I was at the Press …

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“A Good Concept Works Out Badly” by Rob Perrée

29 March 2012

Invited Blogger: Rob Perrée, Editor, Kunstbeeld Magazine, Amsterdam Review of the 76th Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, March 1 through May 27, 2012. Organized by Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders, with Thomas Beard and Ed Halter. I …

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Juan Downey: The Invisible Architect

23 March 2012

Bronx Museum, February 9, through May 20, 2012 Curated by Valerie Smith Juan Downey: The Invisible Architect is a dense and highly conceptual exhibition, one that at first hardly seems at home on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx.

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Observed: Milagros de la Torre

23 March 2012

Americas Society, Feb. 8- April 14 Curated by Edward J. Sullivan For me, the most unnerving thing about the Milagros de la Torre exhibition at the Americas Society, with almost 40 photographic works produced since the 1990s (that will be …

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Reflections on the Wind

20 March 2012

Today I woke up with the wind on my mind. It might have been the storms that whipped through Manhattan overnight. Loud and boisterous, the winds made it hard to sleep. But it might also have been my preoccupation with …

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The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936-1951

20 March 2012

The Jewish Museum, November 4, 2011 through March 25, 2012 Curated by Mason Klein of the Jewish Museum and Catherine Evans of the Columbus Museum of Art, this important exhibition draws on two museum collections with rich holdings on the …

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