Art Design Publicity magazine:
1(5): This is the new shit!
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- November-December 2009, 1(5): Editorial, This is the new shit!
> Our rock ’n’ roll art/design mag turns up the volume in this issue.
- Abu Dhabi Art Fair: Dahling, are you going too?
> "[It] oughtta come with a health warning for women, like the skull and crossbones on a pack of cigarettes." - Robert Prime gallery got BANK’d. Stephen Friedman gallery got BANK’d
> Will your jazzy, sexy press releases ever become Art too? - Prix Pictet photography prize for environmental sustainability
> Publicité 2.0 focus: Take a look at the real positive power of what art+publicity can do.
- Art Design Publicity is nothing new: Joseph Beuys
> More excerpts from John A. Walker’s Art and Celebrity. - Art Design Publicity is nothing new: Gilbert & George
> More from John A. Walker’s Art and Celebrity. - Christian Boros: "I collect art that I don’t understand" (at Sculpture mag)
> How much does his expertise in communications affect his interest in art? - Conceptual art and the politics of publicity (2003) (Book review)
> How much have the dynamics of Conceptual art influenced art+publicity today? - Green Day art project: Criticism, media coverage and curation
> Thoughtful criticism emerged about the project in relation to the publicity.
But a request for a response ended up in a downward spiral. - Art Design Publicity is nothing new: Julian Schnabel
> More excerpts from John A. Walker’s Art and Celebrity. - Art Design Publicity is nothing new: Jean-Michel Basquiat
> More from John A. Walker’s Art and Celebrity. - "The museum benefit": Excerpt from Art women: A field guide
> Attention ladies: do you aspire to make the most out of today’s art world?
Then this book by Polly Frost is for you. - Art Design Publicity is nothing new: Jeff Koons
> More excerpts from John A. Walker’s Art and Celebrity. - Damien Hirst: The king of art + publicity
> Damien: Lamb vandalized (1994) in Walker’s Art and outrage.
> Damien in Walker’s Art in the age of mass media.
> Damien in Walker’s Art and celebrity. - Tracey Emin: The queen of art + publicity
> Tracey in Walker’s Art and celebrity.
> Tracey Emin: Media coverage—unity and variety.
Does anyone spin quotes better than Tracey? - A secret installation for Tate modern
> Who’s making the "media art"? The "brand artists" and/or "the production team"?
- Book review: The Artist’s Guide: How to make a living doing what you love
> "Substantial push in the right direction," says recent UK Fine Art grad. - Book review: The Artist’s Guide—Review from recent grad in Germany
> "Being broke is not cool... The book is right: I CAN DO IT...!" - The Artist’s Guide—Review from American BFA seven years out
> "[I’ll] continue to suggest it to every younger artist I know, as well as my colleagues that teach them."
This is the new shit! links:
- Sam Taylor Wood * teen fiancé * Damien Hirst exhibition * ex Jay Jopling * two ladies in his life
> ( Daily Mail )The latest on art+celebrity intrigue in London... - New legal charity gets 15 inquiries a day from expats/travelers to the UAE (The National UAE)
> "It’s marketed [as if it’s the West] in Australia and America and London, and most people are expecting to be treated pretty much as they would be here... If you are accused of something, whether you’ve done it or not, whether there’s evidence or not, you can be detained for quite lengthy periods..." - Warhol Inc. (ARTnews)
> "Two decades after the artist’s death, the Andy Warhol brand is stronger than ever..." - Judge strikes out fair comment defence in Lynn Barber book review (Press Gazette)
> Seven Days in the Art World drama ends up in court. - "Curating is in crisis. The professional critic is in crisis... Artists – well, they’re always in crisis, drama queens that they are."
> Read Adrian Searle’s "Notes on an art crisis" in The Guardian. - Brooke Shields (artwork) fiasco could cost Tate thousands (The Telegraph)
> Either some museum staff were completely out to lunch—or this was a tasteless publicity-generating move. But why not do an ADP—cut the page out and put in a loose replacement copy—and get on with it? Or is the publicity value too strong to give up?
- McQueen’s freak show models sashay down runway in 12-inch elevated boots (Daily Mail)
> These boots were made for publicity, definitely not for walking..! - Art student strategy: Fake suicide attempt on bridge; wrap it in a concept; purpose "to discuss".
> Get full-on national media and blog coverage! International too!
> Win museum solo exhibition!
> Get convicted over faked psychosis (by terribly unsophisticated authorities) :-(
> Get repped by top art world dealer and win an exclusive book contract (uh, not yet...)
> See clips of the Artist’s "performance documentation" of police restraining her on the bridge (interview in Swedish however). Is she the new Tracey Emin?





