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Carnegie, New Museum, Walker musical chairs

DOUGLAS FOGLE APPOINTED CURATOR OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART said the press release I got last night from the Carnegie Museum. What? Where’s Laura Hoptman, who did the last Carnegie International? I thought she was Curator of Contemporary Art. Hoptman’s on to unspecified new things. The press release doesn’t mention where she’ll be after the summer. The world of museum curating is a restless place and the Carnegie International seems to be a springboard. The last Carnegie International (1999/2000) was organized by Madeleine Grynsztejn and she pretty quickly left Pittsburgh to be senior curator of painting and ... More » »

Carnegie objects

When I interviewed Laura Hoptman Sept. 9 she told me she was surprised at how much sculpture there was in the International. In particular, she was taken with the number of sculptural objects as opposed to sculptural installations coming in. (top is detail of Maurizio Cattelan‘s object, “Now,” made of wax, human hair, resin and clothes) It’s a lesson on how far sculpture has flexed over the last couple of decades that sculptural objects should be a surprise in a big, all-encompassing show like this. (image is installation shot of Kathy Butterly‘s jewel-like vessels, made of porcelain, earthenware and glaze) ... More » »

Carnegie people

Maybe it happens with all triennials. They rolled out the red carpet (top image). And the red flowers, the red swag and the top hatted door men — all for us! No biggie, we had our red carpet stroll and felt no different than if we had been going in the service entrance. (Well, maybe a little different.) The press preview seemed less mobbed than the 2004 Whitney Biennial press opening, and since the Carnegie Museums sprawl over what seems like miles of corridors, we hardly felt the crowd. Speaking of sprawl, one of the Carnegie’s most imposing spaces is ... More » »