Friday, December 31, 2010
Out and about
Posted by jim and Mary at 11:54 AM
Labels: publishing
Field report
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:59 AM
Labels: painting, publishing
Thursday, December 30, 2010
A standard lamp
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:59 AM
Labels: public sculpture
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Denis Dutton 1944 - 2010
There was never any point in meeting Denis Dutton on the street if you were in a hurry. He was a great storyteller, acerbic wit and passionate interrogator of ideas. Dutton was an old school academic who believed that tenure was a privilege and used its protection to speak without fear or favour. It was Dutton who was one of the lamentably few voices of authority that warned against the radical re-jigging of museum goals and culture undertaken by Te Papa. Dutton accurately predicted that this would lead to an end game of nostalgia and feel-good promotion. He was also an enthusiastic and powerful early supporter of the internet creating Arts & Letters Daily to open up a new world of cultural and intellectual experience. That’s a big hole you left behind Denis Dutton, you and that voice of yours will be missed.
A general lack of direction
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Cross
Image: The Wojnarowicz film on view at the Hammer. You can view A Fire in my Belly yourself here.
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:59 AM
Labels: controversy
Monday, December 27, 2010
Half empty
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:54 AM
Labels: art education, Gifts
Saturday, December 25, 2010
It’s a wrap
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:57 AM
Labels: xmas shopping
Friday, December 24, 2010
Snap
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:58 AM
Labels: auckland art gallery, lookalike, Te papa
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Lookalike: John Baldessari
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Set up
Posted by jim and Mary at 7:40 AM
Labels: art school, movies
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The bucks stop here
Monday, December 20, 2010
In Henderson
Posted by jim and Mary at 11:59 AM
Labels: thinking about
Now it’s personal
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Lookalike
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:59 AM
Labels: lookalike, public sculpture
Friday, December 17, 2010
Where in the world is Derek Cowie?
Thursday, December 16, 2010
And then there was one
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Go fish
Pure fabrication
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:57 AM
Labels: fabrication, public sculpture
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Heavy metal site up and running
Posted by jim and Mary at 11:56 AM
Labels: CNZ, cnz venice, parekowhai, venice biennale
Eat, drink and be careful
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:59 AM
Labels: auckland art gallery, city gallery, exhibitions, mccahon
Monday, December 13, 2010
Your tax dollar at work
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Art is where you find it
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:59 AM
Labels: Art is where you find it
Friday, December 10, 2010
Trivial pursuits
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Pandering
Spam: Sales Department
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:57 AM
Labels: apple, collectors, spam
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
The best of the boosters
Art films
Send it your nominations and we will add them to the list
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:58 AM
Labels: art in the movies
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Venting
One hundred million dollars...
• Fall $21 million short of building the new Auckland Art Gallery
• Pay for 133 harbour side homes for the National Portrait Galleries
• Secure the winning bid for 174.5 portraits by C F Goldie from Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s collection at auction
• Be only around $9 million shy of matching all the funding Government has spent on museum and gallery building projects this century
(our independent OTN research team have conveniently posted a rough listing here on OTN Stuff)
• Help CNZ fund the NBR New Zealand Opera for 43.5 years
• Give you entry to Te Papa’s European Masters exhibition 4.5 million times
• Pay for all Creative NZ’s contestable funding for 6 years
• Allow you to commission three Damien Hirst diamond skulls and still have $300,000 change in your pocket
• Send artists to represent NZ at every Venice Biennale until the year 2200
Monday, December 06, 2010
Quick change artists
Posted by jim and Mary at 12:59 PM
Labels: art museum
Thanks Mum
Clueless
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:59 AM
Labels: public sculpture
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Change
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:59 AM
Labels: art museum
Friday, December 03, 2010
End game
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:59 AM
Labels: performance
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Blackie’s hoofed it
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:53 AM
Labels: animal art, apple, artists in ad land, sculpture
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Dead ends
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
A pony
Space to Lett
Image: Lett's new space container
Posted by jim and Mary at 6:59 AM
Labels: dealer gallery
Monday, November 29, 2010
OMG
Spam
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Wake up call
You can see the original of this excellent version of Charles Saatchi's words and more at stimulusresponse. You know where to go.
Posted by jim and Mary at 4:22 PM
Labels: stimulusresponse