*It’s quite a true-crime tale, involving a deep fondness for the work of Vincent Van Gogh. https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-arts-and-entertainment-dubai-fb4739727afe8739850dec4af0fa1b17 ROME (AP) — One of Italy’s most wanted men, an alleged major cocaine trafficker who investigators say bought two stolen Van Gogh paintings on the black market with drug money, has been arrested in Dubai, Naples-based police said […]

Marjolijn Dijkman ELECTRIFY EVERYTHING Friday, 10 September, 5–9pm / English version / German version below Berlin, 24 August 2021 NOME is pleased to present Electrify Everything, a solo exhibition of new works by the Dutch artist Marjolijn Dijkman. Dijkman’s multi-disciplinary, research based practice is concerned with the residues of enlightenment ideology, manifestations of collective memory, […]

*Let Petra be Petra, that’s my philosophy. https://www.thecaret.co/interviews/petra-cortright Hi Petra! It’s great to chat. How has the last year been for you? I mean, I had a great year, which I know is an obnoxious thing to say. But I made so much work because I didn’t have any excessive social obligations. I’d work out […]

*A pioneer of digital art for over fifty years.

*If this is the sort of net-dot-art discussion that you like, you’re really going to like this. http://art.teleportacia.org/observation/infinite_seance_4/ An Infinite Séance 4 Impatience This essay concludes the series and will become part of the book An Infinite Séance, to be published by Light Industry in early 2022. “A medium survives as long as the form […]

*He’s making professional sense here. *Also the transition from “sculptor” to “special effects artisan” is quite interesting.

MUNARI Che cosa sono le macchine inutili e perché Mettiamoci prima d’accordo sulla funzione delle macchine inutili: che siano macchine non c’è dubbio, dato che è una macchina la leva, volgarmente detta “quel pezzo di ferro lì”. Resta da chiarire l’aggettivo “inutile”: inutili perché non fabbricano, non eliminano manodopera, non fanno economizzare tempo e denaro, […]