Category Archive ‘OPINION’

04/26/13 Talking Heads: Suburbia and Its Discontents

Atlanta artists Meg Aubrey and Christina Price Washington email about grass and mining other suburban symbols.

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03/29/13 Talking Heads: NYC Armory and Art Fair Week, Wrap-Up

Stuart Horodner and Craig Drennen have an early morning chat around their recent trips to NYC during Armory fair week.

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03/06/13 Talking Heads: An Analysis of Recent Programming at the ACAC

Rachel Reese and Lilly Lampe analyze the photographs of Clifford Owens, Laurel Nakadate, and Alix Pearlstein, all recently exhibited at the ACAC.

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02/27/13 BOOM City: A Liveblogged Experience

What was it like to really experience BOOM City? Jessica Blankenship tells us.

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02/22/13 Johnson On The Brain: The Controversy

Daniel Gerwin reports from Philadephia on PAFA’s recent public forum on gender and race in contemporary art, featuring Ken Johnson.

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02/13/13 The High Prepares For Frida & Diego: Kahlo and Rivera Arrive in the Age of Ginormous

Big names, big art, big museum, big crowds. Exit, as they say, through the gift shop.

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02/12/13 Our Front Porch: Gloom and Doom? The Business of Art / Many Commercial Galleries Thriving

Alan Avery, Atlanta galleriest for over 30 years, weighs in on the current debates surrounding recent closings in the commercial gallery landscape.

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01/17/13 Living Walls and the Perils of Public Space, Part II

Our esteemed guest writer returns with his take on the role of ‘community’ and how the democracy of art can take a wrong turn.

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01/11/13 Living Walls and the Perils of Public Space, Part I

This two-part series asks tough questions and searches for historical context for recent controversies over public art.

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10/22/12 Our Front Porch: Did FLUX Night 2012 Fail Expectations?

A concerned reader and law school student responds to recent media coverage with criticism of her own.

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02/29/12 Who’s Afraid of Four White Walls? Or Have You Ever Been Experienced?

What does art outside the gallery promote that art inside a gallery does not?

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