Everything else may well be going to hell in a handbasket in Cuba, but the art of ballet is something the Cuban people have reason to be prideful over, as they export more top-level ballerinas than any other country. Sure, it’s used as a propaganda tool, but at least it’s good to see children taking part in the beaux artes.
Museo Tamayo is the finest museum in Mexico, and they’re always hosting symposiums. The flyer below is for their latest, which will take place on November 7. If you’re in Mexico City, do let me know how this goes! Info on the event is here:
Viernes 7 de noviembre de 2008
12:00 a 14:00 horas y 16:00 a 18:00 horas
Entrada libre l Cupo limitadoEn el marco de la exposición Apariciones fantasmales. Arte después del movimiento chicano, el Museo Tamayo organiza este simposio donde expertos y artistas de la muestra analizarán la intervención y la tendencia conceptual del arte chicano.
Registro 11:00 horas
Sesión 1 Apariciones
12:00 a 14:00 horas
Ponentes
Ondine Chavoya, historiador del arte
Sandra de la Loza, artista de la exposición
Mario Ybarra Jr., artista de la exposición
Moderador
Cuauhtémoc Medina, crítico de arte y curadorReceso 14:00 a 15:30 horas
Registro 15:30 horas
Sesión 2 Sitios
16:00 a 18:00 horas
Ponentes
Mariana Botey, historiadora del arte
Christina Fernandez, artista de la exposición
Rubén Ortiz-Torres, artista de la exposición
Moderador
Victor Zamudio Taylor, historiador del arte y curadorInformes
http://www.museotamayo.org/apariciones/s…
simposio_apariciones at museotamayo.org
Tel. 5286 6519 ó 5286 6529 ext. 2229
The Tate is a fine blend of the great in contemporary art, as well as the crap. The Turner Prize is an exemplary example of this.
The Times of London has an article on this fine, though frustrating, museum.
Shame on me for not posting this earlier! Mark Rothko’s Seagram murals have been reunited over at Tate Modern in London. If you’re there, do check it out! Hopefully this makes its way to Los Angeles soon.
This blog covers an interesting mail art festival held in one of Croatia’s most beautiful towns.
I’m all for a reasonable freedom of expression, but photographing children in suggestive poses leaves most sane people sickened. What is most troubling is that the artistic community, in the form of Michael Reid, is more concerned about the artist’s right to free expression rather than the welfare of the children. I’ll make the assumption that Mr. Reid means well, but the implications of his words would lead one to think that paedophiles and predators who call their perverse portraits “art” are above reproach. At the very least, it smacks of selfishness on the artist’s part.
Bob passed away a few days ago, and I only got wind of it thanks to my friend Michael Sheppard, who linked it to his Myspace Blog.
