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July 24, 2012  |  Artists, Events & Programs
Masters of Puppets

Soft sculptures by LAND artists. Photo by Kyle Bowen

LAND (League Artists Natural Design) is a unique studio and gallery program of the League Education & Treatment Center in DUMBO, Brooklyn. At LAND, adult artists living with disabilities develop their skills in a nurturing environment, while their work is marketed to the community in a vibrant and inclusive manner.

July 24, 2012  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Jacques Tati’s M. Hulot’s Holiday

M. Hulot’s Holiday. 1953. France. Directed by Jacques Tati

These notes accompany the screenings of Jacques Tati’s M. Hulot’s Holiday on July 24, 25, and 26.

When a director acts in his own movie, it’s almost like he’s automatically on third base in his bid to score as an auteur.

Foreclosed: An Urbanist Reflects on Nature-City

The Museum of Modern Art and The Buell Center invited a series of team participants and observers who attended workshops for MoMA’s exhibition Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream to reflect on the project. Here are thoughts from James Lima, a member of WORKac’s team.

July 20, 2012  |  Warm Up
D3, Terrence Parker, and L.I.E.S. Bring the Heat to Warm Up 2012

Warm Up, July 14, 2012. Photo: Loren Wohl

Terrance Parker at Warm Up, July 14, 2012. Photo: Imogene Strauss

After last week’s Warm Up kickoff, you’d be surprised to hear that week two could bring the heat again. Luckily, though the weather was a few degrees cooler, the crowd and the performers were still on fire.

July 19, 2012  |  Collection & Exhibitions, Film
Unaccompanied Minors: From Feeding the Baby to the Hollow City

Last year my colleagues Juliet Kinchin and Aidan O’Connor invited me to think about organizing a discrete film exhibition in conjunction with their gallery exhibition, Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000.

July 18, 2012  |  Artists, Fluxus
Unpacking Fluxus: The Unruly Stamp

A postage stamp is a small, government-issued square of paper adhered to mail in order to enable its circulation. An artist’s stamp, in the simplest of terms, is an object that is related to a postage stamp in either its form or content, but which does not necessarily help deliver a letter.

July 17, 2012  |  Artists, Collection & Exhibitions
Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language: A Q&A with Dexter Sinister, Part 2

Today’s post is a continuation of a Q&A with Dexter Sinister, the artist collective that contributed to the exhibition Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language (on view until August 27). In the previous post, they discussed their contribution to the show: the third issue of their journal Bulletins of The Serving Library doubling as the exhibition catalogue, plus a trailer. Here is the next part of the conversation…

July 17, 2012  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Arne Sucksdorff’s The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure. 1953. Sweden. Directed by Arne Sucksdorff


These notes accompany the screenings of Arne Sucksdorff’s The Great Adventure (along with a pair of short films) on July 18, 19, and 20.

And now for something completely different! Over the past several weeks we have looked at films that seem to be definitive statements of the worldview of major artists

July 16, 2012  |  Collection & Exhibitions
MoMA at Rio+20: Museum as Design Laboratory

Installation view of Museum as Design Laboratory: MoMA and the Art of Advocacy at Rio Centro Conference Centre, Pavilion One, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph by Leo Finotti. © 2012 The Museum of Modern Art


By now nearly everyone concerned is frustrated by the lack of concrete outcomes at the United Nations’ Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development—and the lack of firm resolve on the part of most of the participating national governments.

July 13, 2012  |  Do You Know Your MoMA?
Do You Know Your MoMA? 7/13/12

How well do you know your MoMA? If you think you can identify the artist and title of each of these works—all currently on view in the Painting and Sculpture and Contemporary galleries—please submit your answers by leaving a comment on this post. We’ll provide the answers next month (on Friday, August 10).