Tag: museums
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Mike Kelley (1954-2012)
Contemporary artist Mike Kelley was found dead in his South Pasadena home on Wednesday. Obituaries via CalArts (where he received his MFA) and LA Times (with slideshow).
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Guggenheim Museum offers new e-books and -essays
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has released e-books of selected museum publications, including the exhibition catalogue of the current show Maurizio Cattelan: All. According to the museum, the Guggenheim is “the first museum to release an exhibition catalogue e-book.” Technically, these digital editions follow traditional book designs as well as allow searching, bookmarking pages, enlarging…
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The 30 million dollar punch
A visitor to the new Clyfford Still Museum in Denver defaced a painting worth $30-40 million. It’s not clear what her motives were, but she punched, scratched, leaned on, and attempted to urinate on (!?) 1957-J-No. 2 , seen at left. Okay, she was drunk. In the middle of the afternoon. In a museum?? Via…