- 7/23/10 /
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Animal Collective, Darren Aronofsky Will Judge the Guggenheim’s YouTube Contest
Also: Takashi Murakami, Ryan McGinley, Laurie Anderson ...
Museums
- 7/19/10 /
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The American Folk Art Museum’s New Curator Problem — and Its Old Art-Space Problem
The beleaguered institution now at another one of its many star-crossed turning points.
- 7/7/10 /
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Whitney on the Cusp: The Key to the Museum’s Expansion Downtown
Its current shows are great. But the institution must keep one priority in mind as they plan their second location.
- 6/15/10 /
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YouTube in the Guggenheim? Go for It!
Some folks are up in arms over a proposed show of YouTube videos at the museum.
- 3/12/10 /
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Saltz: Remembering Dia, at the End of an Era
The museum closes for good tonight, and there will always be the terrible feeling that it didn’t have to be this way.
- 3/5/10 /
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Animal Collective and Danny Perez Make a Scene at the Guggenheim
It was all very 'Donnie Darko.'
- 12/11/09 /
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Remembering Thomas Hoving, Visionary (and Wonderfully Vulgar) Met Director
Hoving was a madman, and of a specific type: the utterly fearless, patrician vulgarian.
- 12/11/09 /
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Saltz on Art’s Triumph: Women Win Slim Majority in Next Whitney Biennial
This will prove once and for all that women artists are no better and no worse than their male counterparts.
- 11/16/09 /
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Saltz on Defending the New Museum
At a certain point, the hatred seems unrelated to the offense.
- 6/30/09 /
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Aw, Yeah: New Museum Saves ‘Hell, Yes!’
Exclusive: Originally loaned for a two-year exhibition, the piece was recently purchased for the museum by trustees.
- 3/12/09 /
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The Met Drops a Cool Million for an Old Master
The purchase comes at a time when the Met has publicly expressed some worries about money.
- 7/11/08 /
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Breaking Culture News: Jackie Chan Museum Set to Open in Shanghai
Don't miss the Balsa Wood Ladder Room!
- 7/1/08 /
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Is the Met a Death Trap of Plummeting Sculpture? An Exhibit Designer Explains (Updated)
We ask Vulture brother (and former Met designer) Dennis Kois if this was his fault.
- 6/18/08 /
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Sigur Rós Bring Down the Museum of Modern Art
It was a special show for Sigur Rós last night: Not only were they playing at MoMA, but they were doing it on Icelandic independence day!
- 2/28/08 /
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Jerry Saltz on Thomas Krens: Our Long Cultural Nightmare Will Soon Be Over
Krens will continue to do what he does best: sullying the Guggenheim’s good name.
- 2/14/08 /
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An Artist's Look at Eli Broad's Last-Second Sucker Punch of Michael Govan and the L.A. County Museum of Art
A New York artist talks about LACMA's surprising betrayal at the hands of a wealthy collector.
- 2/4/08 /
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Snootometer Update: Gary Tinterow Makes His Move!
The New Yorker fingers a Met curator as Philippe's heir.
- 1/25/08 /
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Do the California Museum Raids Change the Race to Succeed Philippe?
Time to recalibrate the Snootometer!
- 1/23/08 /
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Exclusive Comics Excerpt: ‘The Museum Vaults’
Commissioned by the Louvre, The Museum Vaults is a darkly cheeky look at museum culture and the business of history.
- 4/20/07 /
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