20th of August
Sue Coe, Woman Walks into Bar — Is Raped by Four Men on the Pool Table — While 20 Watch, 1983. Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Cross-posted from Modern Art Notes: Yesterday Missouri GOP Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin said that victims of “legitimate rape” do not get pregnant and that women have a biological defense that prevents them from becoming pregnant if raped. According to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 32,000 American women become pregnant each year after being raped. Last year presumptive GOP vice-presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan  tried to re-define rape to require “force,” whatever that means. Presumably this counts? You should read what Coe said about this painting here. It’s pretty astonishing.

Sue Coe, Woman Walks into Bar — Is Raped by Four Men on the Pool Table — While 20 Watch, 1983. Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Cross-posted from Modern Art Notes: Yesterday Missouri GOP Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin said that victims of “legitimate rape” do not get pregnant and that women have a biological defense that prevents them from becoming pregnant if raped. According to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 32,000 American women become pregnant each year after being raped. Last year presumptive GOP vice-presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan  tried to re-define rape to require “force,” whatever that means. Presumably this counts?

You should read what Coe said about this painting here. It’s pretty astonishing.

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6th of August
Franz West, Selbiges (The Thing Itself), 1987. Does Usain Bolt’s signature victory pose share its roots with a major Franz West sculpture?

Franz West, Selbiges (The Thing Itself), 1987.

Does Usain Bolt’s signature victory pose share its roots with a major Franz West sculpture?

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13th of July
The art: Barbara Kruger, Plenty, 2010 as installed at the Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York (site specific installation). Walls read, “Money makes money and a rich man’s jokes are always funny.” Ceiling reads, “You want it/ You need it/ You buy it/ You forget it.” The news: “Who’s Very Important,” by Paul Krugman in the New York Times. The source: Guild Hall via one of my favorite Tumblrs: iTeeth, a must-follow! Bonus: Barbara Kruger is the guest on this week’s Modern Art Notes Podcast. Click here to go to The MAN Podcast’s Tumblr or click here to download the program!

The art: Barbara Kruger, Plenty, 2010 as installed at the Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York (site specific installation). Walls read, “Money makes money and a rich man’s jokes are always funny.” Ceiling reads, “You want it/ You need it/ You buy it/ You forget it.”

The news: “Who’s Very Important,” by Paul Krugman in the New York Times.

The source: Guild Hall via one of my favorite Tumblrs: iTeeth, a must-follow!

Bonus: Barbara Kruger is the guest on this week’s Modern Art Notes Podcast. Click here to go to The MAN Podcast’s Tumblr or click here to download the program!

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Filed under: art news New York Times Barbara Kruger Guild Hall politics 
11th of July
The art: Pierre Huyghe, The Third Way [installation still], 2000. The news: “We’re getting wildly differing assessments,” by Tom Goldstein for SCOTUSblog. The source: Collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

The art: Pierre Huyghe, The Third Way [installation still], 2000.

The news: “We’re getting wildly differing assessments,” by Tom Goldstein for SCOTUSblog.

The source: Collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

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10th of July
The art: Jeff Wall, Dead Troops Talk  (A vision after an ambush of a Red Army patrol, near Moqor, Afghanistan, winter 1986), 1992. The news: “After America: Will civil war hit Afghanistan when the U.S. leaves?” by Dexter Filkins in The New Yorker.

The art: Jeff Wall, Dead Troops Talk  (A vision after an ambush of a Red Army patrol, near Moqor, Afghanistan, winter 1986), 1992.

The news: “After America: Will civil war hit Afghanistan when the U.S. leaves?” by Dexter Filkins in The New Yorker.

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6th of July
The art: Teresita Fernandez, Fire, 2005. The news: “The Fires This Time,” by Timothy Egan for the New York Times. The source: Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

The art: Teresita Fernandez, Fire, 2005.

The news: “The Fires This Time,” by Timothy Egan for the New York Times.

The source: Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Filed under: art news fire SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 
5th of July
The art: Kerry James Marshall, Our Town, 1995. The news: “‘Black Eden,’ the Town that Segregation Built,” by Amy Robinson for NPR News. The source: Collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Ark.  Bonus: Don’t miss what Marshall said to Art21 about Our Town.

The art: Kerry James Marshall, Our Town, 1995.

The news: “‘Black Eden,’ the Town that Segregation Built,” by Amy Robinson for NPR News.

The source: Collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Ark. 

Bonus: Don’t miss what Marshall said to Art21 about Our Town.

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28th of June
The art: Thomas Eakins, The Gross Clinic (Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross), 1875. The news: “Supreme Court Lets Health Law Largely Stand,” by Adam Liptak and John H. Cushman, Jr. for the New York Times. The source: Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

The art: Thomas Eakins, The Gross Clinic (Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross), 1875.

The news: “Supreme Court Lets Health Law Largely Stand,” by Adam Liptak and John H. Cushman, Jr. for the New York Times.

The source: Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

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27th of June
The art: Ralston Crawford, Vertical Building, 1934. The news: “Google Tries Something Retro: Made in the USA,” by John Markoff for the New York Times. The source: Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

The art: Ralston Crawford, Vertical Building, 1934.

The news: “Google Tries Something Retro: Made in the USA,” by John Markoff for the New York Times.

The source: Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Filed under: art podcast factory manufacturing news ralston crawford sfmoma 
22nd of June
The art: Frank Gaard, I Love the Fucking Walker, 2005.  The news: “Indecency,” from the New York Times editorial page. The source: Collection of Philippe Vergne and Sylvia Chivaratanond. The back story is via Walker blogs… and it’s fantastic.

The art: Frank Gaard, I Love the Fucking Walker, 2005. 

The news: “Indecency,” from the New York Times editorial page.

The source: Collection of Philippe Vergne and Sylvia Chivaratanond. The back story is via Walker blogs… and it’s fantastic.

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19th of June
The art: Alexandre Arrechea, The Garden of Mistrust, 2004. The news: “Drones ‘Patrolling’ U.S. Skies Spawns Anxiety,” by Joan Lowy for the Associated Press. The source: Included in the 2007 Platform Seoul exhibition.

The art: Alexandre Arrechea, The Garden of Mistrust, 2004.

The news: “Drones ‘Patrolling’ U.S. Skies Spawns Anxiety,” by Joan Lowy for the Associated Press.

The source: Included in the 2007 Platform Seoul exhibition.

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18th of June
The art: Piero di Cosimo, The Forest Fire, ca. 1505. The news: “Western Wildfires,” compiled by Alan Taylor on The Atlantic’s In Focus. The source: Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

The art: Piero di Cosimo, The Forest Fire, ca. 1505.

The news: “Western Wildfires,” compiled by Alan Taylor on The Atlantic’s In Focus.

The source: Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

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12th of June
The art: Russell Lee, Mexican pecan workers union official displaying relief supplies which are supposed to feed a family of three for two weeks. The articles shown are beans and butter. San Antonio, Texas, 1939.  The news: “‘Indispensible’: Why the Middle Class Needs Unions Now More Than Ever,” by Derek Thompson for TheAtlantic.com. The source: Collection of the Library of Congress, Washington.

The art: Russell Lee, Mexican pecan workers union official displaying relief supplies which are supposed to feed a family of three for two weeks. The articles shown are beans and butter. San Antonio, Texas, 1939. 

The news: “‘Indispensible’: Why the Middle Class Needs Unions Now More Than Ever,” by Derek Thompson for TheAtlantic.com.

The source: Collection of the Library of Congress, Washington.

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7th of June
The art: Deborah Luster, Ebony Ellis from the “One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana” project, 1998. The news: “How Louisiana Became the World’s Prison Capital,” on NPR’s Fresh Air. The source: Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. More information at DeborahLuster.com.

The art: Deborah Luster, Ebony Ellis from the “One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana” project, 1998.

The news: “How Louisiana Became the World’s Prison Capital,” on NPR’s Fresh Air.

The source: Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. More information at DeborahLuster.com.

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6th of June
The art: Shirin Aliabadi, Hybrid Girl 6, 2008. The news: “The Iran We Don’t See: A Tour of the Country Where People Love Americans,” by Christopher Thornton for TheAtlantic.com. The source: Included in the 2008 exhibition “Made in Iran” at Asia House, London.

The art: Shirin Aliabadi, Hybrid Girl 6, 2008.

The news: “The Iran We Don’t See: A Tour of the Country Where People Love Americans,” by Christopher Thornton for TheAtlantic.com.

The source: Included in the 2008 exhibition “Made in Iran” at Asia House, London.

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Filed under: art news Iran The Atlantic Shirin Aliabadi Christopher Thornton