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Title: Five things I think I think
Content: 1.) I enjoyed the reception to William Powhida's drawing about the problems at the New Museum. I was disappointed that several commenters/publications celebrated Powhida while completely missing the point: In the New York Press, Mike Spence asked if "this is just an example of one artist sounding off until he is brought into the circle." Well, no. This issue at this museum fits Powhida's interests and practice as perfectly as anything Powhida's uber-'menace' Zach Feuer might do. Flavorwire's Kelsey Keith declared that somehow Urs Fischer makes the ethical issues around showing private collections go away, a stance born of confused meme-conflation. (In a related story, I can confirm that C-Monster out-racks me.) Related: James Wagner. NuMu director Lisa Phillips on her fluff shows here and here. AAMD and AAMC stay on the sidelines. I complained that New Yorkers were staying silent, but that's obviously ending (except for the NYT, which missed the story and now looks kind of out-to-lunch).2.) Outgoing Brandeis president Jehuda Reinharz defines cheek anew. 3.) Several weeks ago I argued that the much-ballyhooed White House art installation didn't mean that much. And, right on cue, Christopher Knight gives us an (indirect) example demonstrating I was on to something. 4.) The College Art Association has posted the titles of papers that will be presented at its 2010 conference. One of them is "The Copulation of Theory and Practice in the Creative Arts." Someone please tell me that The Onion is presenting a paper... (In a related story, I think these are all legit, somehow.) 5.) OMG! Look! It's more socialist-fascist art! Published: 11/4/09
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