Tag: New Museum
Starting today, the New Museum will be dedicating its entire fifth-floor gallery space to ‘XFR STN.’ It is not your typical art show. The museum itself will provide a service in which artists are permitted to bring in any type of resource and are assisted in creating a high quality digital version. This service may very […]
There’s a small lamp made by Milan-based web designer Vittorio Cucolo currently on view at the New Museum’s exhibition “Adhocracy.” It’s nice. But it isn’t just a nice lamp — this inexpensive IKEA Lampan has been transformed to accurately access your mood and change the color of its light based completely on your facial expression, in real time. This mildly creepy effect […]
Many have tried to get their crotch recognized for the inspiring piece of art that it is, but now, artist Karen Finley will make that happen for you. But you have to send her sexts. And money. In conjunction with the New Museum’s “NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star” exhibit, Karen Finley presents “Sext Me if You Can” […]
Yes, it’s official: Rhizome and Tumblr are now accepting proposals for their upcoming Internet Art Grant. The Internet Art Grant will award three grants “with a special focus on projects from artists engaged with Tumblr.” What’s really interesting is that they haven’t disclosed what kind of money they’re willing to spend on the project, saying that the […]
This morning, every art media outlet ever descended upon New Museum’s much-hyped “NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star” exhibit preview. Yes, like the Sonic Youth album. Sonic Youth is very 1993. Attempting to seriously critique an exhibit like this somewhat echoes the challenges of curating it (except for the curating part): How does one express, encompass, […]
