On June 7th, 2011, MUNTADAS…
…the New York based Spanish artist gave a talk about his work this evening – including the pioneering 1994 internet art project The File Room created back in…
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On May 25th, 2011, WILLIAM KENTRIDGE…
…is the brilliant South African artist brightening up the Academy while in residence this month – today welcoming us into his studio and sharing stories of his working…
On April 2nd, 2011, A GROUP PAINTING ACTIVITY…
…on the walls of the Istanbul rooftop hothouse was quick pleasurable way for us to claim the space, make our mark, mess things up – plus a welcome…
On March 31st, 2011, ISTANBUL ROOFTOP HOTHOUSE…
…is the next edition in the series of Edible Estates gardens which I have come here to begin work on (housed in a spacious airy new greenhouse on…
On March 30th, 2011, NILS NORMAN’S EDIBLE PARK …
…is a visionary permaculture landscape developing on a small tract of community gardening land in the modern outskirts of Den Haag – initiated by my British artist friend…
On March 21st, 2011, ‘HOW TO IMAGINE: A NARRATIVE ON ART, AGRICULTURE AND CREATIVITY’…
…is the 1984 book of musings (as recounted to and translated by Henry Martin) by Italian artist Gianfranco Baruchello (b. 1924) who in 1973 decamped to a modest…
On February 25th, 2011, ‘CASTING JESUS’…
…tonight’s live, recorded, and simultaneously projected three hour performance in Vatican City by Christian Jankowski at Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Saxia (the city’s oldest hospital, dating back…
On January 28th, 2011, PUBLIC PASTA MAKER AT THE ART FAIR…
…in Bologna – where we have come on a two and a half hour speedy train ride north through the mountains from Rome for a night to attend…
On January 23rd, 2011, TWO BIG NAKED MEN WITH LONG FLOWING CAPES…
…greeted me as I was passing through Michelangelo‘s Piazza del Campidoglio this morning – Castor and Pollux, or Dioskouroi, twin cavalieri sons of Zues.
On January 22nd, 2011, A BRIGHT FLUORESCENT ORANGE WORK UNIFORM…
…is one of the best Italian street fashions around these days (since much of what we see the Romans wearing is so conservative, subtle, elegant, restrained, and even…
On January 20th, 2011, MARCO RAPARELLI…
…will present the series of ink on paper portraits he has been working on for the past four months while in residence at the American Academy in Rome…
On January 9th, 2011, CESARE PIETROIUSTI…
…the Rome-based Italian artist (b. 1955) who is admired by all of my Italian artist friends, has an audio piece which I encountered today in a hallway gallery…
On January 8th, 2011, ‘DO ASK, DO TELL’ BY LISA ANNE AUERBACH…
…is the new knitted scarf by the L.A. artist (see her website) who has been including provocative political messages (like ‘Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition‘ or…
On December 26th, THE SUNDOWN SALON UNFOLDING ARCHIVE…
…the limited edition 150 foot long accordion book (with hand silk-screened covers by participating artists) documenting in words and photos the five years of events at my LA…
On December 21st 2010, THE X INITIATIVE YEARBOOK…
…is the book just out from Italy’s Mousse Publishing, which documents the one year of exhibitions, installations, projects, and events at the temporary non-profit art space spearheaded by…
On December 15th, 2010, MARINELLA SENATORE…
…engaged in a thoughtful dialog with curator and critic Laura Barreca at MAXXI this evening about the videos she shepards entire communities of hundreds of local collaborators –…
On October 16th, 2010, ‘WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE?’…
a great quote by architect Vittorio Gregotti shown during a conference presentation at the Swiss Institute ….was the title of this weekend’s conference produced by the Depart Foundation…
On June 28th, 2010, PHILADELPHIA’S AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY…
…was established in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin and friends, which is where I am today for a meeting, and their museum features Jefferson’s Garden across the street….a beautiful…
On June 2nd, 2010, THE “MODERN VIEWS” EVENT IN NEW YORK…
…at the Four Seasons is tonight, to officially announce the project for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson’s Glass House, and the various…
On February 19th, 2010, “FRAGILE ECOLOGIES: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS’ INTERPRETATIONS AND SOLUTIONS”…
…is a book by Barbara C. Matilsky that I am revisiting this morning – from the exhibition of the same name at The Queens Museum of Art –…