In the Art Rags

Ari Messer bio ↓ · April 3rd, 2009 · filed under art, Original Content, Other

Despite–or maybe to spite–bitter winds, spring is in the air. The art world and its rags are responding in kind. In Oslo, rabbits are about to do funny things with humans. Vartan Avakian investigates his (heroic!?) namesake for Bidoun. With an eye for natural light, Hiroshi Sugimoto plays dress up with lightening and the Kyoto Costume Institute in Modern Painters. In frieze, Diedrich Diederichsen illuminates the erotic epiphanies of architecture. Marcel Dzama, whose Dracula shivers me timbers, talks to the Tate about his spooky new video for Department of Eagles. In Art on Paper, Santi Moix takes a road trip with Cervantes. And The Art Newspaper reports that the recent major art theft in Syndey included a number of fakes!

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Ari Messer, a Rumpus contributing editor, has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Nylon Guys, Color, Paste, Dwell, and other outlets. He is working on a book about Christopher Smart. More from this author →

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