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Artists Call for Guggenheim Boycott over Migrant Worker Exploitation in Abu Dhabi

Hans Haacke made me aware of the following situation which I’m passing along to Artblog readers: More than 130 international artists, curators, writers and others have signed a boycott to end all cooperation with the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and are demanding that the Guggenheim Foundation and its Abu Dhabi partner take immediate and meaningful steps to safeguard the rights of the workers constructing the new branch museum on Saadiyat Island, where Human Rights Watch have documented a series of abuses.

Weekly Update – Big little Puppet Show at ICA

This week’s Weekly has my review of ICA’s Puppet Show. Below is the copy with some pictures. More pix at flickr. Puppet LoveThe ICA’s marionette show is hard-hitting fun. Puppet artists–Rirkrit Tirivanija and Philippe Parreno sit on a bench watching a video of themselves at the ICA’s Puppet Show. Artists enjoy being in control. They’re puppeteers. And as you can see in the Institute of Contemporary Art’s “The Puppet Show”—actual puppetry is popular with some of today’s leading artists. This encyclopedic roundup of puppet art has everything from displays of vintage puppets to puppet- like sculptures, videos and clay animations. ... More » »

How Miami did for Philly

Great gossipy Philly sale Drawing by Randall Sellers, Richard Heller Gallery’s booth at Pulse Art Fair Miami. artblog got an email blast from artist Randall Sellers with his latest news: “Takashi Murakami bought two of my drawings at the Pulse Art Fair in Miami last weekend!!! “(Richard Heller, my longtime dealer in Santa Monica, had a few drawings downthere. Miller Block, my Boston gallery, also represented me at AQUA.)” Great gossipy Philly purchase Untitled 2007 (let them eat mussels), Rirkrit TiravanijaMirrors, gas tank, mussel shells, EDITION/SET OF: 4h: 90 x w: 90 x d: 90 cm / h: 35.4 x ... More » »