tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:03:01 +0000PublicationCriticismOpportunityArticleBlogCommentArts journalismArts policyBookEventExperimentJournalNewsArt + TextAwardBrisbaneCallCityCommissionDesign journalismEssayFilmFundingGrantsIn progressInfrastructureInterviewJane RendellLocalNewPublishPylonQuoteRadioTextTheoryUrlsVideoABOUT | What makes art Art? artArt is a weblog for aggregating information, online resources, opportunities and other information about artist and art publishing and writing around the world. artArt is intended as a resource for art writers and journalists working across a range of media, practices and contexts.http://artwriting.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-140912754546507239Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:55:00 +00002007-08-09T08:57:23.170+10:00artArt is now closed. Thanks for reading, contributing and subbing. Please keep reading and writing about art.http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-ending-artart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-8621356578257868851Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:50:00 +00002007-05-01T10:13:10.243+10:00Arts policyCityFundingInfrastructureby Linda CarroliParticular types of public art can be criticised as ‘plonk art’. This refers to an approach to public art that does not reference its site in any way – it lacks integration with its context or local community and does not contribute to a sense of place. This is regarded as undesirable in the placemaking endeavours of current planning and design practice. Many public art strategieshttp://artwriting.blogspot.com/2007/05/comment-plonk-cultural-infrastructure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-6252505171941844495Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:39:00 +00002007-04-05T07:45:14.262+10:00BlogJust received an email from Veronica Shunmugam who is a senior arts writer working in the press in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Veronica has an interest in arts writing in Southeast Asian region as well as Australia. She publishes her own blog, 'Arts for all'.Read it at:http://arts-for-all.blogspot.comhttp://artwriting.blogspot.com/2007/04/blog-arts-for-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-5761223216231167341Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:01:00 +00002007-02-22T16:16:29.541+10:00BookCriticismA new book Critical Mess: Art critics and the state of their practice presents a series of essays by leading writers in the field discussing their declining readership and influence. A common lament is that most art writing is descriptive and offers little in the way of value judgement and opinion, Or that the writing is obscure, theory based and pedantic. Edited by Raphael Rubenstein.Charles http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2007/02/book-critical-mess.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-4490221787622609642Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:50:00 +00002007-02-06T06:52:45.871+10:00Ten by Ten is a new portfolio project presented by LAXART and Uber.com. Ten by Ten is a monthly dialogue between 10 artists and 10 writers. Each artist participating in the portfolio project has designed an Uber page as a combination studio/gallery/personal profile. After visiting the artist's page each writer contributes a piece of critical commentary that describes the work, raises questions http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2007/02/project-ten-by-ten.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-7990732046444307487Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:48:00 +00002007-02-02T06:55:36.172+10:00PublicationPylonpylon is pleased to announce the publication of 3 newly commissioned critical essays about the work of pylon artists Andy Gracie (hostprods), Jen Southern (Hamilton & Southern) and Steve Symons:Andy Gracie: Symbiotic Circuitsby Mitchell WhitelawBeside Ourselves, SometimesKris Cohen on Hamilton and SouthernEureka Moments: A Background to aura, Sonic Augmented Reality by Steve SymonsBy Helen http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2007/02/publication-new-writing-in-pylon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-1327628193813464789Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:14:00 +00002007-01-29T15:16:25.884+10:00PublicationArt Magazine in Second LifeSource: ArtNetRichard Minsky, an artist and founder of the Center for Book Arts in New York City, is launching the first magazine dedicated exclusively to the art scene in the burgeoning online universe of Second Life. Dubbed Slart -- as in Second Life Art -- the publication is designed to bring "real world art issues" into the virtual sphere, and to make sense of an http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-slart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-7651374926457387717Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:13:00 +00002007-01-19T16:16:08.973+10:00FilmPublicationROUGEissue 10 (January 2007)Contributor: Adrian Martin, Rouge Co-EditorThere is a ‘Japanese connection’ running through the new issue of the Melbourne-based, independently produced film/arts magazine ROUGE, which was recently described by the CHICAGO READER as "the best film magazine going that's exclusively online ... far and away the most international of film magazines in English ... attentivehttp://artwriting.blogspot.com/2007/01/magazine-rouge-issue-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-7360969322743490036Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:18:00 +00002009-07-03T19:33:11.301+10:00CriticismEventAT ARTEFIERA ART FIRST 2007 - WORD ON ART at the ART CAFÉBooks, conversations, meetings and debates about contemporary artBologna, 26 – 29 January 2007For the community of modern and contemporary art experts and enthusiasts that visit ARTEFIERA ART FIRST each year, the numerous appointments in the programme are a pleasant tradition as well as a unique opportunity to exchange views with leading http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2007/01/event.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-3106930210147441762Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:49:00 +00002007-01-11T12:52:56.000+10:00VideoA wry look at an Australian arts show in the 1950's called Vulture.See it online at:http://youtube.com/watch?v=EtpLV6N679YAlso have a look at the parody of the Movie Show about early cinema.See it online at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElsmCJxKvOEhttp://artwriting.blogspot.com/2007/01/video-vulture-on-youtube.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-5058722490902296197Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:37:00 +00002006-12-30T06:41:47.180+10:00BlogCriticismCritical Spatial Practice is a weblog. Extensive topics and links.Info:http://criticalspatialpractice.blogspot.comhttp://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/blog-critical-spatial-practice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-4938097708728427117Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:32:00 +00002006-12-30T06:47:17.570+10:00CriticismJane RendellTheoryJane Rendell describes her current research project into art, space and criticism:"My current research, Site Specific Writing: Art, Space and Criticism, draws on conversation as a mode for writing contemporary art criticism. The research draws on intellectual debates around space and subjectivity advanced by post-structuralists feminists such as Rosi Braidotti and demonstrates the importance of http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/theory-jane-rendell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-1739761505820939798Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:25:00 +00002006-12-30T06:27:32.253+10:00Art + TextJournalArt-omma is a non profit and subscription-free online art magazine, published annualy. Current issue addresses the theme of 'inscription'.Info:http://www.art-omma.orghttp://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/journal-art-omma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-5848543119846087651Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:03:00 +00002006-12-27T17:06:15.535+10:00OpportunityCall for applicationshttp://www.ejf.fu-berlin.de/programm.html?&lang=en Thanks to the European Journalism Fellowships, 76 journalists from 27 nations have had an opportunity to pursue research in Berlin between 1999 and 2005. Reputable news organizations have granted leaves of absence to their journalists. Over the years, a network of journalists has emerged in Europe. Participants have http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/opportunity-european-journalism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-6295515792105407502Wed, 27 Dec 2006 06:58:00 +00002006-12-27T17:01:32.197+10:00Arts journalismBlogA weblog at Arts Journal. CultureGrrl specializes in pungent, informed commentary, cutting through the hype and tripe with good writing and good humor. Cited by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe, this blog draws on my extensive artworld contacts and lengthy arts-journalism career. It brings you beyond conventional coverage, inside the minds and methods of major http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/blog-culturegrrl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-116675987563547893Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:56:00 +00002006-12-27T17:06:34.084+10:00PublicationA once-off broadsheet put together by the Institute of Modern Art (IMA) and Substation Singapore, Artreader provides critical responses to the opening of the Fifth Asia-Pacific Triennial (APT5) and the launch of the new Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA).Edited by Lee Weng Choy, co-Artistic Director of the innovative Singaporean contemporary arts centre, Artreader includes reviews, http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/publication-artreader-published.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-116675974571460368Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:54:00 +00002006-12-27T17:06:49.816+10:00ArticleSource: The AustralianDate: 21 December 2006Writing a caption can be an art in itselfDidactic doesn't have to mean dumbing down in art galleries, writes Rosemary SorensenIN the 19th century, art museums described as didactic the printed text on the gallery wall identifying a painting or sculpture. "Art was meant to enlighten the masses, improve their social behaviours," says Lynne Seear, deputy http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/article-wall-texts-in-galleries.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-116569642992215942Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:31:00 +00002006-12-27T17:07:14.476+10:00PublishUrlssource: e-fluxTwo European Art Publishing Houses ...Monografik EditionsAimed at all those who love, study, teach and work in the field of "Fine Arts" and the symbolic thinking which accompanies it, with a particular focus on architecture, art and design. ME targets the world of contemporary creation, yet never refrains from touching on major figures or historical movements.http://http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/publish-some-urls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-116561520369849213Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:57:00 +00002006-12-27T17:07:34.413+10:00ExperimentPublicationLAB MAG is a fluid Portable Document Format publication, which collects the work of artists, designers and writers. It is a project of LAB, a think tank founded by Adam Pendleton, which practices research, documentation, art & design. Contributors are sent 'Notes for LAB MAG' and invited to contribute whatever they wish; They are free to engage with the notes or to ignore them. Through the http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/experiment-lab-mag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-116553184889272077Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:23:00 +00002006-12-27T17:07:56.429+10:00In progressTextIt would be remiss to not offer a comment about the reporting and coverage of the unveilling of the new Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane and its sibling the State Library of Queensland. Generally both structures have won the hearts and minds of all, other than some quibbles. Is this concerning? Should such structures generate aesthetic controversy? Think Bilbao. Do these institutions, as http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/in-progress-goma-state-library-of-qld.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-116552146449687060Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:54:00 +00002006-12-27T17:08:13.126+10:00AwardBookGertrude Contemporary Art Spaces’ 20-year anniversary publication A Short Ride in a Fast Machine: Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces 1985 - 2005 won Best Book at the 2006 Museums Australia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards, which were held at the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, in May.The publication, designed by Yanni Florence, contested a strong field of entrants including publications http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/book-short-ride-in-fast-machine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-116493988179155197Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:23:00 +00002006-12-27T17:08:44.292+10:00BrisbaneLocalPublicationThe Asia–Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) is to have its own free newspaper. Artworkers, the Institute of Modern Art (IMA) and the Substation Singapore will put together a publication on the people, artists and curators involved in this year’s Queensland Art Gallery event. The broadsheet will include reviews, interviews and focus pieces. To be developed over a series of workshops, it’shttp://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/local-apt-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-116493924571748423Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:13:00 +00002006-12-27T17:09:45.012+10:00JournalPublicationA zine out of the Philippines. Ctrl+P is steered by the Judy Freya Sibayan and delivered as a pdf. Where there is no arts publishing, local art magazine or funding for such activities, this is a serious journal for local writing that takes a global perspective. Releasing their third issue, which focuses on the practice of curators including Georg Shollhammer’s "documenta 12 magazines", an http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/12/journal-ctrlp-journal-of-contemporary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-116432465182663692Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:29:00 +00002006-12-27T17:10:12.340+10:00NewPublicationSame Magazine, Just DigitalExperience ArtReview: Digital. Since last month’s launch, thousands upon thousands of people from around the world have tuned in to the digital version of ArtReview magazine. Zoomable, searchable, easy to navigate and downloadable, ArtReview:Digital is available anytime, wherever you are in the world. Try out ArtReview:Digital and receive six complimentary issues, http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/11/new-artreviewdigital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668855.post-116389212802061184Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:19:00 +00002006-12-27T17:10:34.447+10:00ArticleA couple of articles on the Goethe Institute's website discussing art books and art publishing Germany.A Growing Market – The International Art BookInitially the international art book market established itself through the western art metropolises and has in the meantime extended as far as China. Martin Zähringer describes this trend in the first part of his article and in the second part http://artwriting.blogspot.com/2006/11/articles-art-books-in-germany.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)