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11/18/11--08:43: NEA grants (chan 1743394)

from the Los Angeles Times: "Nationally there was just one six-figure grant — $100,000 to New York City’s New Dramatists for its Playwrights Lab program to foster new plays. In the four previous grant rounds since fall 2009, the top grants had reached $140,000 or $150,000. Since then, the NEA has seen its annual budget cut 7.5%, returning to its 2008-09 level of $155 million. The average grant for arts organizations announced Thursday was $26,177, down from $27,848 in the four previous rounds."




11/18/11--17:35: ACAC Fellow Announced (chan 1743394)

Key to the selection of Tani was her shotgun review of Resistant Archaeology at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery in Santa Cruz. Tani, who is a graduate student in the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University, will receive a $1,000 honorarium in support of her contributions as a writer for Art Practical. Tani will be commissioned to extend her shotgun review to a full-length review to be published by Art Practical on December 8, 2011. Between now and October 20, 2012, she will contribute six reviews to Art Practical, with the potential to write a feature-length article and to collaborate with the internationally regarded podcast Bad at Sports on an interview.

The other five finalists for this year’s fellowship include: Michele Carlson, Liz Glass, Joshua Kim, Charlotte Miller, and Jeffrey Songco. Their shotgun reviews have also been published in Issue 3.5 of Art Practical.




11/21/11--09:47: Ai Weiwei assistant investigated (chan 1743394)

from the Washington Post: "Police called in videographer Zhao Zhao, one of Ai’s assistants, for questioning on Thursday. Zhao said police asked him about an artistic photo he took last year of Ai and four women, who were all nude, titled “One Tiger, Eight Breasts.” The investigation appears to revive an accusation leveled against Ai when he was detained in April. Reports then said Ai was being investigated for tax evasion, bigamy and for spreading pornography online."




11/22/11--08:32: Hou Hanru to curate Auckland Triennial (chan 1743394)

from Artforum: "Hou has curated the Lyon Biennale, the Istanbul Biennale, and the Venice Biennale. The Auckland Triennial was founded in 2000 and features contemporary artists. Hou explained, 'I’m looking forward to being a part of this unique exhibition experience, and I am excited to be in New Zealand.'"




11/23/11--09:44: Max Mara art prize (chan 1743394)

from the BBC: "Prouvost, who has exhibited at galleries including Tate Britain and the ICA, was born in Lille but lives and works in London. Chair of the judges, Iwona Blazwick, described Prouvost's short films as "gripping". Prouvost's prize is a six-month residency in Italy, split between the British School in Rome and the Pistoletto Foundation in Biella."




11/23/11--09:50: Shepard Fairey OWS poster (chan 1743394)

from the Los Angeles Times: "Fairey unveiled the new poster on his website late last week. The image substitutes Obama's face with a figure wearing the Guy Fawkes protest mask that has become a sartorial symbol of the Occupy rallies. 'This image represents my support for the Occupy movement, a grassroots movement spawned to stand up against corruption, imbalance of power, and failure of our democracy to represent and help average Americans,' the artist wrote on his site."




11/28/11--09:05: Guggenheim finalists announced (chan 1743394)

from the New York Times: "The $100,000 prize, named for the German men’s wear company that sponsors it, is given every two years to an individual who has made an important contribution in contemporary art. In addition to cash, the winner is awarded an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The finalists are: Trisha Donnelly, Rashid Johnson, Monika Sosnowska, Danh Vo, Tris Vonna-Michell, and Qiu Zhijie.




11/28/11--09:28: OWS seeks gallery space (chan 1743394)

from The Art Newspaper: "The Arts and Culture committee of the New York City General Assembly, the protest group behind the movement, is planning to use shared office space on Wall Street with other Occupy groups, and is considering another offer from the arts blog Hyperallergic to borrow space in its Brooklyn offices, among other options. The space will be used for 'studio space, rehearsals, concerts, storage, performances, exhibitions, teach-ins, film screenings, art classes for children, sleeping, etc.'"




11/29/11--08:20: Ai Weiwei’s wife held (chan 1743394)

from CNN: "Four policemen took Lu Qing from the Beijing studio to a nearby police station, [Ai] said. She was released by police after questioning and is now a 'criminal suspect,' he said. They have not told her what crimes she is accused of. 'I think the authorities are trying to threaten me through her,' [Ai] said, speculating that Lu's arrest was related to her plans to visit Taiwan for an exhibition of her husband's work. She has now been told to stay in Beijing."




11/29/11--15:14: Art and Auction Power 100 (chan 1743394)

from Bloomberg: "This is the first year the magazine has broken out a ranked list from its annual issue on 100 movers and shakers, grouped into categories such as auctions, dealers and curators. Sheikha Al-Mayassa is the chairwoman of the Qatar Museums Authority, an organization overseeing the country’s ambitious cultural initiatives. 'Sheikha Al-Mayassa has the resources of an entire country at her disposal,' said Benjamin Genocchio, a vice president at Louise Blouin Media and editor in chief of Art & Auction. 'They have hired Ed Dolman to be their personal shopper. And the budget has no limit.'"




11/30/11--08:52: MMAP call for proposals (chan 1743394)

from the SFAI Web site: "The goal of MMAP is to facilitate a conversation about arts’ interactions with a neighborhood community that is currently undergoing cultural development. Three chosen artists will display their work on site in the mid-market neighborhood in March 2012, will be included in a post-project show in a San Francisco gallery, and will be featured in a printed project publication, as well as on the MMAP website."




12/01/11--13:06: Rio museum cancels Nan Goldin exhibition (chan 1743394)

from the Associated Press: "The Oi Futuro museum scrapped the show after deciding some of the thousands of pictures were inappropriate, but Rio's Museum of Modern Art (MAM-Rio) has agreed to host the exhibition instead from February 11 to April 8...Among pictures found to be objectionable are some in the 'Ballad of Sexual Dependency,' a slideshow chronicling the struggle for intimacy and understanding between friends and lovers collectively described by Goldin as her "'tribe.'"




12/02/11--08:17: Miami Art Museum gift (chan 1743394)

from the Miami Herald: "The donation includes $5 million that Pérez has already pledged and partially paid; an additional $15 million for the capital campaign and $15 million worth of Latin American art to be chosen by the museum. 'My reaction is stunned gratitude,' said museum director Thom Collins. 'Stunned because this campaign was kicked off in a very, very rosy economy and this project was kicked off in a rosy economy. This is not a very rosy economy.'” 




12/02/11--08:53: New Director for Houston Museum (chan 1743394)

from the Wall Street Journal: "Tinterow served as curator of European paintings at the Met for 20 years before becoming curator in charge of the newly formed department of 19th century, modern and contemporary art in 2004. He became chairman of that department in 2008. He succeeds Peter C. Marzio, who died in December 2010 after a battle with cancer."




12/05/11--08:27: Hedge fund manager sues (chan 1743394)

from the New York Post: "Pierre Lagrange’s suit charges that the Knoedler Gallery and its former president, Ann Freedman, duped him into believing the canvas, “Untitled, 1950,” had come from “a private collector who had inherited it." But Lagrange — a Belgian-born Londoner who recently made headlines by splitting from his wife and revealing he’s gay — says recent testing by a “preeminent materials-analysis and consulting firm” revealed that it couldn’t have been painted by the famed abstract expressionist dubbed “Jack the Dripper.”"




12/06/11--08:45: Turner prize (chan 1743394)

from Bloomberg: "Boyce -- whose sculptural installations use furniture, lighting and design -- took his award from photographer Mario Testino in a televised ceremony at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, northern England. 'The Turner Prize has done so much for art,' Boyce told Channel 4, which broadcast the ceremony live. 'It’s brought art to an audience, and it’s just an honor to be part of that.'"




12/06/11--08:49: USA fellows announced (chan 1743394)

from ARTINFO: "The winners are Chicago sculpture and video artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, New York conceptual artist Lorraine O’Grady, assemblage artist John Outterbridge, and conceptual artist Allen Ruppersberg from L.A., New York video and performance artist Carolee Schneemann, Kansas painter and theater artist Roger Shimomura, and Tennessee photographer Mike Smith."




12/07/11--09:11: Occupy SF raided (chan 1743394)

from the SF Examiner: "Police in riot gear dismantled the camp after protesters were told to clear the plazajust after 1 a.m. Two people were arrested for aggravated assault, but the majority of arrests were for blocking Market Street, San Francisco police Chief Greg Suhr said...“This area was declared a public health hazard,” Suhr told reporters. “It needs to be rehabilitated.




12/08/11--09:54: LA mural ordinance (chan 1743394)

from the Los Angeles Times: "If approved, the ordinance would end a controversial prohibition on murals that has left city officials and artists grappling over what is legal. Councilman José Huizar will join muralists and art conservationists Wednesday morning in the Boyle Heights Arts District to unveil the draft local law. It essentially would legalize murals when property owners and artists agree to maintain them for five years and no money is exchanged."




12/08/11--18:38: New Museum raises ticket prices (chan 1743394)

from the New York Times: "The higher price will help it pay for the extra staff needed to shepherd museumgoers through Mr. Höller’s carnival-like pieces, which take up all the museum’s floors: goggles that turn the world upside down; a three-story tubular slide; and a heavily salinated sensory deprivation tank (complete with a shower and hooks for the clothes of those who decide to undress and get in for a float)."