Amy Taubin on Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake: China Girl
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IN THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE: FALL PREVIEW: 40 shows worldwide; MUSEUMS, MONUMENTS, AND RACE: Huey Copeland talks with Frank Wilderson; THE GRAND TOUR: Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Claire Bishop, Daniel Birnbaum and more on Venice, Münster, and Documenta; Diamond Stingily; Jane Campion; Rosa Barba; Pendleton Ward; and cover artist Kerstin Brätsch
Diamond Stingily talks about her life and work
Diamond Stingily talks about her Chicago upbringing and her work, from Forever in our Hearts at the Egg in Chicago, to her exhibitions in New York at Queer Thoughts and Ramiken Crucible, as well as her online radio broadcast on Know Wave, The Diamond Stingily Show. To read Johanna Fateman’s accompanying article … READ ON
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9/20/17
Martin Parr to Open Foundation Dedicated to Documentary Photography- Florence Derieux Appointed Director of Exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth New York
- Theaster Gates Wins 2018 Nasher Prize
- Whitney Museum Reveals Plan for Hudson River Artwork
- Graham C. Boettcher Joins Birmingham Museum of Art as Director
- Chrysler Museum of Art Names Corey Piper Curator of American Art
9/19/17
Honolulu Biennial Announces New Appointments and Dates- Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District Authority Appoints New Board Chair
- Germany Creates Database to Help Prevent Looting of Cultural Property
- New Lower East Side Gallery Will Focus on Women Artists
- Banksy Raises $277,000 for Humanitarian Groups
- Meredith Monk Awarded 2017 Gish Prize
- Bronx Museum of the Arts Appoints Klaudio Rodriguez as Deputy Director
9/18/17
Judy Baca to Expand Major Los Angeles Mural- Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art Announces New Director
- Documenta 14 Artists Defend Exhibition in Open Letter
9/15/17
Harry Dean Stanton (1926–2017)- Aglutinador, Cuba’s Longest-Run Independent Arts Space, Crowdfunds New Initiatives
- Berlin Dealer Johann König to Open New London Gallery
- Istanbul’s Yapi Kredi Cultural Center Reopens after Extensive Renovation
- Collectors Irmina Nazar and Artur Trawinski Establish European ArtEast Foundation
9/14/17
Shirin Neshat and El Anatsui Among Recipients of 2017 Praemium Imperiale Awards- Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields Announces Curatorial Appointments
- Axel Kasseböhmer (1952–2017)
- Documenta 14 Curatorial Team Addresses $8.3 Million Deficit
- Chinese Artist Huang Rui’s Studio Slated for Demolition
- Alice Walton Launches Foundation Dedicated to American Art
- Yale Library Acquires Barbara Hammer Archive
- Walker Art Center’s Board Calls for Independent Review of Its Handling of Scaffold
9/13/17
Barry Diller Pulls the Plug on NYC’s Pier 55- Artadia Reveals 2017 Chicago Award Winners
- Anita Thacher (1940–2017)
- Bellevue Arts Museum Appoints Benedict Heywood as Executive Director
- London’s Stuart Shave/Modern Art Opens Second Venue
- Documenta Loses Money, Asks Local Government for Help
- Florida Museums Prepare to Reopen After Hurricane Irma
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery Names Cathleen Chaffee Chief Curator
9/12/17
Participants Announced for 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale’s US Pavilion- Micky Schubert Closes Berlin Gallery, Cofounds New Brooklyn Project Space
- Brazilian Cultural Center Closes Queer Art Exhibition, Following Conservative Outcry
- Frank Bernarducci to Open New Gallery in Chelsea
- Bruce High Quality Foundation Shuts Down Its Free University
- Art Collector Pressures Chinese Government to Make Private Museum Public
- Taiwan’s First-Ever LGBTQ Art Exhibition Opens in Wake of Country’s Legalization of Gay Marriage
9/11/17
Christine Eyene to Curate 2018 Casablanca Biennial- Greg Escalante (1955–2017)
- MSU Broad to Open Second Building with $1 Million Gift
- Texas Contemporary Art Fair Cancels Its Fall Edition
- Winner of BP Portrait Prize Donates Award Money to Anti-Oil Sponsorship Group
- Gin D. Wong (1922–2017)
- Former Knoedler Director Ann Freedman Settles Final Lawsuit over Forgeries
- LA Artists Launch Arts Space to Fight Displacement
9/10/17
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College Art Association Condemns Trump’s Decision to Rescind DACA- Heavily Damaged Keith Haring Mural Restored in Paris
9/8/17
Pierre Bergé (1930–2017)- Rhizome Announces 2017 Microgrant Awardees
- New Art Dealers Alliance Welcomes New Members
- Joan Colom (1921–2017)
- Lynn Zelevansky to Step Down as Director of Carnegie Museum of Art
9/7/17
Clark Art Institute Names Lisa Saltzman Director of Its Research and Academic Program- Berkshire Museum Severs Ties with Smithsonian over Controversial Sale of Artworks
- Brooklyn Museum Appoints Jennifer Y. Chi as Chief Curator and Deputy Director
- Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art to Change Its Name
- Sadie Barnette and Carrie Hott Win 2017 San Francisco Artadia Awards
- Frans Hals Museum Announces Three New Staff Appointments
- Chrysler Museum Gifted Ninety-Seven Artworks
- Lévy Gorvy Expands to Asia with New Shanghai Office
9/6/17
Kate Millett (1934–2017)- Miami Arts Institutions Prepare for Hurricane Irma
- DNA Test Refutes Allegations in Lawsuit Filed by Woman Claiming to be Salvador Dalí’s Daughter
- Dolly Fiterman (1924–2017)
- London City Island Offers Artists and Institutions Affordable Spaces
- Louvre Abu Dhabi to Open on November 11
9/5/17
New York’s Film Forum Announces Renovation and Addition of Fourth Screen- Linda Cathcart (1947–2017)
- UNESCO Expands List of World Heritage Sites for 2017
- London’s Laura Bartlett Gallery Closes
- Stolen Art by Georg Baselitz, Worth $2.9 Million, Recovered by German Authorities
- Uffizi Director Eike Schmidt Will Head to Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum in 2019
- Dayton Art Institute Names Jerry N. Smith Chief Curator
9/4/17
Inaugural Anren Biennale Announces Participating Artists- Dakota Nation Will Bury Sam Durant’s Scaffold
- Haegue Yang Wins 2018 Wolfgang Hahn Prize
- Houston Museums Reopen After Hurricane Harvey
- John Ashbery (1927–2017)
9/1/17
Nevada Museum of Art Crowdfunds the Launch of Trevor Paglen’s Satellite- Five Latin American Galleries Join Forces for New LA Space
- David Tang (1954–2017)
- Basel’s Freymond-Guth Gallery Closes
- MIT List Visual Arts Center Announces Staff Promotions and New Appointment
- Edinburgh’s Historic Inverleith House Saved from Closure
- Village Voice Lays Off More Than a Dozen Union Employees
- SFMoMA Trustee to Open Arts Space in San Francisco
- Dak’Art Biennial Announces Curators for Its Thirteenth Edition
8/31/17
Artistic Director Rashid Rana Withdraws from Inaugural Lahore Biennale- Massachusetts Reviews Berkshire Museum’s Plan to Sell Forty Artworks
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Awarded $20,000 Grant for Youth Education Programs
- New Brooklyn Gallery Aims to Combat Gentrification
- Magasin III Names Tessa Praun Director and Plans New Exhibition Spaces
- NEH to Give $1 Million to Cultural Organizations Impacted by Hurricane Harvey
8/30/17
Crystal Bridges Names Lieven Bertels as Director of Its New Arts Venue- Dread Scott Flags Acquired by MCA San Diego and Whitney Museum
- Jochen Volz Wins 2017 Agnes Gund Curatorial Award
- Berkshire Museum Declines $1 Million Gift from Anonymous Donors
8/29/17
Texas Arts Institutions Assess Hurricane Harvey’s Damage- Parrish Art Museum Gifted James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation Collection
- Judith Linhares Receives $25,000 Artists’ Legacy Foundation Artist Award
- New York’s Greenwich Village Residents Speak Out Against Ai Weiwei Public Art Project
- Mexico Creates Cultural Heritage Task Force
- Underground Museum in Los Angeles Receives $40,000 Ellsworth Kelly Award
- Cultural Figures Petition Russia to Drop Charges Against Kirill Serebrennikov
8/28/17
Rockport Center for the Arts Severely Damaged by Hurricane Harvey- Newark Museum to Expand American Art Galleries
- São Paulo Gallerist Luciana Brito Launches New York Art Space
- Hammer Museum Appoints Three New Board Members
- Hirshhorn Museum Acquires Eleven Photographic Works by Japanese Artists
- Para Site Names Claire Shea Deputy Director
- Singapore Art Museum Suspends Search for New Director and CEO
8/25/17
Biennale de Montréal Cancels 2018 Edition- Portuguese Photographers Pledge to Boycott Israeli Cultural Institutions
- Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation Announces First Edition of Creative China Festival
- The Bessies Reveal 2017 Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Service to the Field Awardees
- President of Pennsylvania College of Art & Design to Retire After Twenty-Five Years
- Masatoyo Kishi (1924–2017)
- Bronx Council on the Arts Names Viviana Bianchi Executive Director
8/24/17
MoMA Makes Two New Staff Appointments- NYC’s First Poster Museum Will Open in 2018
- Foundation Uncovers Jackson Pollock Forgery Scam
- Gallery 1957 Opens Second Space in Accra, Ghana
- Seitu Jones Wins 2017 McKnight Distinguished Artist Award
8/23/17
Arkansas to Establish First University Arts School with $120 Million Gift- Jo Widoff and Lars Bang Larsen to Begin New Curatorial Roles at Moderna Museet
- Artist List Announced for 2017 Moscow Biennale
- MoMA PS1 Appoints Ruba Katrib Curator
- Mayor Bill de Blasio Orders Review of Antebellum Monuments Scattered Throughout New York City
- Documenta 14 Cancels Franco Berardi’s Auschwitz on the Beach Performance Following Outcry
- Artists Dye Prague’s Vltava River Red in Act of Protest
- June Yap Named Curatorial Director at Singapore Art Museum
- African American Museum and Lynching Memorial to Open in Montgomery, Alabama
8/22/17
Karl Otto Götz (1914–2017)- New York’s Village Voice Will No Longer Exist in Print
- Adam Pendleton Is One of Seven New Trustees at Baltimore Museum of Art
- Frost Art Museum Gifted Fifty-Seven Artworks from Univision Communications
- Gogol Theater Director Detained by Russian Authorities for Alleged Embezzlement
- London’s Grenfell Tower Considers Plans to Project Children’s Artwork on Condemned Building
- Yves Klein Work Inadvertently Damaged by Museum Visitor
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