Described in NYTimes as an ‘unruly organism of a show’, Documenta 13 is a sprawling exhibition of art going on in Kassel Germany. I’ve not seen it, I spent the last few days in Tennesee not Germany, but I felt struck by a battery of emotions about the exhibit (and art itself) after reading Jerry Saltz’s article on NYMAG about ‘Post Art’ and that the way we view art will continue to change. Which I agree is inevitable in an ever evolving field but I’m not sure I enjoy the glimpse of the future quite as much as he does. If these things are the shape (or lack there of) of art to come, I’m not sure I like it. But maybe I’m just being ‘roped off’, as he says. What do you all think?
Check out the article and check out some images from Documenta 13.
Well the London Art Fair is coming to New York this weekend, Randall Island specifically. I am hoping to be able to check it out, because it sounds like a darn good time….’They commissioned New York-based architect SO-IL to create the largest temporary structure the city has ever seen (if not the world — the Guinness Book is checking things out). Besides the 170 gallery booths on view, there will be plenty for foodie fanatics: Outposts of Frankie’s Spuntino, Sant Ambroeus, The Fat Radish, the Standard Biergarten and Roberta’s (complete with wood-burning oven), will be open.
