April 2004 Archive

Friday viewing go-round

Ryan McGinley and David Hilliard at University of the Arts

Paper

United Nations of Barnes

(Ed. note–In this post, artblog reader Charles Hankin is referring to the Philadelphia Inquirer story mentioned in Roberta’s post of April 19. For other recent commentary on the issue, see Libby’s post of April 20 and Tyler Green’s posts like this one and this one at Modern Art Notes.) Post by Charles Hankin

The dot and the line

Not quite the facts

I couldn’t help but gag at the take-out in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday from the Peter Schjeldahl article in the New Yorker about the Barnes, because it misrepresented the piece. The Inky ran a chunk from the center of the piece, in favor of the Barnes’ display system, and left out the all important context of the piece–the beginning and the end–which expressed the case for moving the Barnes and the author’s ambivalence. Furthermore, to represent the art world as a united front in favor of keeping the Barnes where it is, is also misleading. Yet that’s what the ... More » »

Barnes go-round

Northern Liberties and points south

I brake for fleas and other things

"Writing is migrating to the web"

Games people play