http://theartseen.net contemporary art blog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:48:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to Artkrush for bringing this Washington Post article and the work to my attention. Not being a Klimt scholar, though definitely an admirer, I'm interested to hear that Beethoven Frieze (1902), the permanent, too-racy-for-early-20th C.-audiences work at Secession, gets a contextual reboot by Swiss artist Christoph Büchel. The idea of ... http://theartseen.net/2010/02/27/christoph-buchel-sexes-up-klimt-some-more/ Finally, after reading about this so long ago on Boing Boing, Takashi Murakami's piece from last year's Tate Modern exhibition, Pop Life: Art in a Material World, curated by Alison Gingeras, hits the Internet.  The video, produced by Murakami and directed by McG, features actress Kirsten Dunst in anime-inspired ... http://theartseen.net/2010/02/24/takashi-murakamis-akihabara-majokko-princess/ It's not often that I cite the Los Angeles Times (or update, for that matter), but this article speaks as to the obstacles and successes gallery owners face in LA: Sales have all but dried up for many L.A. area dealers, quite a few galleries have closed and others have ... http://theartseen.net/2009/07/29/shifts-in-the-la-gallery-scene/ The Art Newspaper, by Andrew Goldstein, has been covering the unfolding legal tête-à-tête between French photographer Patrick Cariou and Richard Prince over the latter's appropriation of 30 photographs from the former for his Canal Zone (2008) exhibition at Gagosian Gallery. First filed December 30, 2008, the complaint (.PDF link) alleges copyright ... http://theartseen.net/2009/04/17/cariou-v-prince-et-al/   While not contemporary, the story about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa is a fascinating episode of greed, conspiracy, secrets, lies, and more lies. An excerpt from the upcoming book, The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection, by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler appears in ... http://theartseen.net/2009/04/16/mona-lisa-frown/ http://theartseen.net/2009/04/09/laurel-nakadate-stay-the-same-never-change-trailer/ The film tracks Vezzoli's scandalous life and art career, the plot hinging on coverage of a fictional project by Vezzoli, an implausible remake of Maximilian Schell's 1984 documentary Marlene, 1984, about Marlene Dietrich. http://theartseen.net/2009/04/02/francesco-vezzoli-marlene-redux/   Yoshitomo Nara should not be underestimated. The NY Post reports that on his way home after installing his current solo show at Marianne Boesky in Chelsea, Nara was accosted by the NYPD allegedly struggling briefly with officers before eventually being "charged with resisting arrest, making graffiti, criminal mischief, possession of graffiti ... http://theartseen.net/2009/03/13/yoshitomo-nara-arrested-in-nyc/ On February 3rd, 2009, Intelligence Squared (IQ2US) hosted an Oxford-style debate on the motion, "The Art Market Is Less Ethical Than the Stock Market."  Panelists Richard Feigen, Michael Hue-Williams, and Adam Lindemann ("FOR") and Chuck Close, Amy Cappellazzo, and Jerry Saltz ("AGAINST") all presented their propositions, and what you get ... http://theartseen.net/2009/02/18/debate-ethics-in-the-art-market-on-npr/ Tonight, February 6, opening at Gallery 1988 in San Francisco, see the work of artist Nanami Cowdroy from Sydney, Australia in a group show titled Some Kind of Wonderful. The show brings together an array of vastly talented, young women working in several fields -- fine art, design, character design, ... http://theartseen.net/2009/02/06/opening-some-kind-of-wonderful-at-gallery-1988-sf/