2007 TU24 asteroid

"An asteroid at least 500-feet-long (152-meters-long) will make a rare close pass by Earth next week—but there is no chance of an impact, scientists reported Thursday.
The object—known as 2007 TU24—is expected to whiz by Earth on Tuesday with its closest approach at 334,000 miles ..."

"Asteroid to Whiz by Earth Next Week"

by Alicia Chang

in National Geographic

"Deep Transe Behavior in Potatoland" by Richard Foreman

"...Richard Foreman, a man whose slogan, spelled out in a ravishing new show called “Deep Trance Behavior in Potatoland,” gets right to the point: “Go to other places.” And, boy, does he make sure that you do.

Richard Foreman is celebrating his 40th anniversary this year as the creative force that is the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, one of the most enduringly fertile bastions of the New York avant-garde. ..."
"No Map Needed for Reality-Altering Trip"

by Ben Brantley

in The New York Times

Katty Grannan's California

"When it's up close and personal, photography can really get under your skin. In these separate but related bodies of work, Katy Grannan employs California's paradisiacal sunlight and a gritty empathy to illuminate life at society's margins. ..."

"The Grand Delusion"
by R. C. Baker
in: The village voice

Shibboleth by Doris Salcedo

"...Salcedo has created a subterranean chasm that stretches the length of the Turbine Hall. (...) Shibboleth asks questions about the interaction of sculpture and space, about architecture and the values it enshrines, and about the shaky ideological foundations on which Western notions of modernity are built. (...) A ‘shibboleth’ is a custom, phrase or use of language that acts as a test of belonging to a particular social group or class. ..."

"Doris Salcedo’s Shibboleth"
in: Tate Modern

"Interruption of a Course of Action": Lovett/Codagnome exhibition

"...the first U.S. museum exhibition for the artist duo Lovett/Codagnone. Best known for their performances, videos, and photographs that combine elements of S&M gay subculture with everyday domestic scenes, the artist team will further their ongoing exploration of power relations, as manifested in explicit cultural signifiers as well as clandestine or unconscious practices. ..."

Lovett/Codagnone:Interruption of a Course of Action
in:PS1MOMA

Organized by P.S.1 Curatorial Advisor Lia Gangitano

Globes without stars

"The usual crowds lined up on the street, but the floats never came. This year’s Globes will be remembered as the Year of Living Absently..."
"How lame was this year’s bizarro-world version of the Globes?... "
by David Carr

" Awards Season"
in: New York Times

Iraq's national museum

"Perhaps the Assyrian gallery is so stunning because it is so unexpected in Baghdad.
This gallery, one of only two that are open to visitors to the Iraqi National Museum, gives a hint of the glories that were once in the national collection."

"Baghdad museum's slow recovery"

By Crispin Thorold

in: BBCnews

Berlin Alexanderplatz

"...the first U.S. gallery exhibition that will feature the newly restored version of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's monumental, sequential film Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980).

Based on Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel, this recently restored epic will be a long overdue introduction of a masterpiece of German cinema to a younger American audience. The more than 15-hour epic will be divided into 14 screening rooms—one for each episode ..."

"Fassbinder: Berlin Alexanderplatz"

in: P.S.1Moma

three anti-art shows

"The Corrections"  by Leslie Camhi
in: the village voice

Persepolis

"As a teen, she rebels against the veil-wearing piety of fundamentalism, and it's this cynical, ironic insider's look of Iran that is perhaps most captivating."  

"Young and punk in Iran" By Giovanni Fazio
in: "The Japan Times"

Louise Bourgeois in Tate Modern

"Femininity, sexuality and isolation" by Louise Bourgeois's works in Tate Modern in London.

link to news: Louise Bourgeois
in: Tate Modern

Jeff Wall in Berlin's Guggenheim

"...pioneering the artistic presentation of large, color, photographic transparencies in light boxes, which combined the scale of painting with the luminosity of the cinema screen."  Jennifer Blessing 

Jeff Wall :  EXPOSURE
in: Deutsche Guggenheim

Butoh master Min Tanaka in Masato Okada work in New York

"...photographs taken by photographer Masato Okada over thirty years, the images reveal the power and lyricism of one of the pioneers of the Japanese dance form..."

Min Tanaka: Photos by Masato Okada
P.S.1 Moma Museum

Simon Heijdens solo exhibition

In BKVB: Simon Heijdens exhibition.

Simon Heijdens
in: BKVB - The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts
http://www.simonheijdens.com/