Matthew Collings in Modern Painters
Have I ever mentioned how much I love his column in Modern Painters each month? I’m sure he is one pain in the ass to deal with as far as not pissing off your advertisers and being an all around crusty old guy. Thank god I don’t have to deal with that because, I love his column. One of Matthew Collings and Emma Biggs’ paintings is above.
Following up on: Laika
As you might remember a number of months back I mentioned that First Second was going to be publishing a graphic novel about Laika the cosmonaut. It has clearly missed it’s publishing schedule. The author, Nick Abadizis is one of the rising stars in of graphic novels, however, the project seemed to have a good bit of energy behind it at one point – even though the publishing date has been pushed to the fall of this year.
Corcoran curatorial staff makes a wise decision
Mr. Gopnik from the Post this weekend ran a brief article about why and who the Corcoran borrowed artworks to fill the gaps of the Modernism exhibit. It is a pretty well known fact that most traveling shows are not the same from location to location – shows even tend to read differently when hung in different venues (a great example is the DC and NY versions of the DADA show this year). All I can say is this was the right thing and smart thing to do. Reaching out to seven local organizations for 19 or 20 pieces can give a show more texture and depth. Even better it gives the viewer a better experience. Let’s hope we see more cross-town loans like this in the future.
The Corcoran has big hopes for this show and is trying it’s best to get people back into the gallery. At least this show doesn’t have an image of a frog playing the banjo.