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Andy Goldsworthy, Watershed, 2019, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
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COVID-19 has uprooted how we interact, work and live. As we change our behavior there has been a quick shift by museums, galleries, artists and other arts organizations to continue to engage and inspire their audiences. If anything, I hope that this time enables us to take stock, organize and emerge appreciating so many simple aspects of life that we can't enjoy during this time.
The regular format of this newsletter has been adjusted this month because I want to share some of the virtual opportunities that have spun up over the last few weeks, including online courses, exhibitions and studio visits. I also want to highlight how artists, curators and art dealers are engaging in new and creative ways through virtual viewing rooms, video and social media.
I've been enjoying behind the scenes content as people share their homes and studios. While we are all trying to connect virtually, I'm particularly looking forward to tuning in live to ArtTable's Conversation with María Elena González, April 2, 2020, 12 pm EST.
For more immediate cancellations and postponements and other news, I recommend Hyperallergic's daily report on how COVID-19 is impacting the art world.
- Hadley
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Left to right: Justine Mahoney, Monster Boy (Special Edition), bronze and enamel paint, 2020; Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin Objects, painted cast resin, 2016; KAWS, KAWS Together Companion, vinyl and cast resin, 2018; Tom Sachs, Miffy, acrylic and ink on bronze, 2002, Keith Haring, Totem, carved plywood painted with enamel in colors, 1988-89; Roy Lichtenstein, Modern Sculptures with Apertures, screenprinted on enamel with interlocking Plexiglass forms with mirrored silver Mylar, 1967; Louise Nevelson, The Dark Ellipse, black polyester resin, 1974; Tony Cragg, Bust, tin on Plexiglass base, 2017.
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An artist multiple is a limited edition artwork that is produced with or by the artist in a series or edition. In 1914 Marcel Duchamp produced the first multiples by including miniature copies of some of his artworks in his Boîte-en-valise, or box in a suitcase. Multiples were seen as a break with traditional artistic categories because they were editions which looked like originals. In the 1960s and 1970s many artists created multiples as a way of using new industrial production techniques and making their art more widely available. The 1990s saw a revival in interest in multiples. In 1993, artists Sarah Lucas and Tracey Emin took over a shop with other artist friends including Damien Hirst and sold T-shirts, mugs and other customized items as works of art. This artist-led approach to selling art directly to the public not only re-popularized the artist multiple, but was a key element in the Young British Artist (YBA) movement. Since then the multiple has become an established part of many contemporary artists' practices.
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Virtual Exhibitions and Museum Programming
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Empty frames highlight the paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Garder Museum on March 18, 1990.
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Museums
- Looking for a mystery? Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has a walk-through with its director of security, Anthony Amore, retracing the path taken by the thieves who broke into the museum on March 18, 1990
- Love Contemporary art? The Metropolitan Museum in New York produces short videos of contemporary artists talking about their favorite works in the collection. It's a wonderful series to enjoy. I particularly like hearing Nick Cave talk about his interest in the Kuba cloths. They also have a series of six short videos that invite viewers around the world to virtually visit The Met's art and architecture in a fresh, immersive way
- Want to see a little bit of everything? Google Arts and Culture has virtual tours, where you can explore by artist, medium and movements. They have also curated audio tours and have tools that can bring artwork into your own home through your personal camera phone
Galleries
- Pace has created virtual viewing rooms to see their new exhibition, A Swiftly Tilting Planet
- Caldwell Snyder has produced a video to show their current exhibition of Arty Grimm's paintings and put her work into context
- Marianne Boesky Gallery launched their online viewing rooms with three new exhibitions: Dashiell Manley, William J. O'Brien, and Pier Paolo Calzolari
- Lehmann Maupin has an online viewing room for Robin Rhode & Nari Ward: Power Wall
Artist Studio and Home Visits
- @moca is sharing artist studio and home visits via Zoom
- @salon94 is posting studio visits through their Instagram handle
- @SeanKellyNY is hosting an ongoing weekly series that focuses on an artist in their program, with each day having a different theme such as Tuesday's #InTheStudio
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Online courses and lectures to audit
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The kids aren't the only ones who can be home schooled. There are a wide variety of excellent courses and recorded lectures to catch up on. A few that I'm looking forward to:
- William Kentridge's 2012 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard University.
- MoMA is offering the course What is Contemporary Art? In this free six week course, curators guide you through more than 70 works of art made between 1980 and the present. At the time of this email, 42,462 people were enrolled.
- Christie's InSight is a free course with a guided weekly discussion about art books and movies, art news event and market developments, virtual tours of auctions, fairs, museums and galleries. In the first week, we hear from Marisa Kayyem lecturing on modern photography.
- Maine Media has a selection of terrific workshops, including the History of Photography.
- Hew Locke's Here's the Thing lecture at Colby College Museum of Art, February 2020.
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Instagram accounts and #hashtags to follow
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Raphael dons a face mask (edit by Jasmine Weber for Hyperallergic)
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Stay inspired and learn something from these art world influencers (artists, auction houses, gallerists, designers) who are producing fantastic content while they stay home.
@durhampress
@lehmanmaupin
@juliapowellart
@salon94
@lucyontheroadwithdiamonds
@gallerynaga
@mariotestino
@balzerdesigns
@philamuseum
@uprisenyc
#5womenartists
@simoneyvetteleigh
@klausbiesenbach
@patrickahearnarchitect
@archdigestpro
@patinadesigns
@morganlehmangallery
@maamboston
@robertolugowithoutwax
@amplifierart
@hankwillisthomas
@lavaughanjenkins_studio
@keelerandco
@acamporainteriors
@joyellewest
@ambervenzbox
@designmiami
@sarah_w_studios
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I love the insider access many of these Podcasts provide. Guests open up and share with the hosts about their collections, productivity hacks and other fantastic advice from experts in their respective fields.
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to stay up to date on my latest projects, artist studio visits, inspirations and more.
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