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Spencer Tunick art + Greenpeace (Swiss glacier) = Publicity extraordinaire
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 18 Oct 21
Spencer Tunick art + Greenpeace (Swiss glacier) = Publicity extraordinaire Greenpeace meets nude installation photographer Spencer Tunick. A compilation of the publicity outputs three years on. (Event: 2007; Media coverage compilation: 18 August 2010.) A. Introduction: Spencer Tunick art +...
Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (1997) press releases, list of works, in varied publications
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 17 Sep 21
Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (1997) press releases, list of works, in varied publications Personal context; a 1940 predecessor: lady with diamonds, shocking disclosure, and sensational media coverage nationwide; Sensation exhibition press releases; exhibition checklist— and...
Damien Hirst. For the love of God, (2007) in varied publications, exhibitions
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 12 Sep 21
Damien Hirst. For the love of God, (2007) in varied publications, exhibitions Meet Damien Hirst’s long-lost "art grandmother", performing sensational diamond publicity back in 1940, before her celebrity "It Girl" media coverage implosion. Her name is Emily. Plus a list of exhibitions and...
Tracey Emin. My bed, (1998) in varied publications, exhibitions
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 10 Sep 21
Tracey Emin. My bed, (1998) in varied publications, exhibitions Meet Tracey’s long-lost "art grandmother". She publicly initiated shocking disclosure back in 1940, reported nationally in waves of media reports. (She later turned to Art.) Plus a list of exhibitions and selected publications,...
Apéritif magazine (1934-36) - issues, contents and media coverage
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 04 Aug 21
Apéritif magazine (1934-36) - issues, contents and media coverage This start-up magazine based in Santa Barbara, headed by Emily von Romberg (later Tremaine) featured provocative content and produced national media coverage in just a two-year run. Why it stopped publication is not yet known, but...
New discoveries: Emily von Romberg, Max von Romberg, Brünninghausen and more
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 11 Apr 21
New discoveries: Emily von Romberg, Max von Romberg, Brünninghausen and more Living in California in the crazy and increasingly dangerous 1930s towards WWII, the two socialites accumulated a significant amount of media coverage, some with eye-popping controversy. Unfortunately looking back 80+...
New discoveries: Emily Spreckels, Adolph B. Spreckels, Jr., Brünninghausen and more
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 11 Apr 21
New discoveries: Emily Spreckels, Adolph B. Spreckels, Jr., Brünninghausen and more Living in California in the crazy and increasingly dangerous late 1930s into the WWII period, the two socialites collided with anti-Nazi vs. alleged pro-Nazi thinking, extreme spousal violence allegations and...
Emily Hall Tremaine - Tremaine Collection artworks and designs in publications (compilation; 1945-present)
ADC staff - 14 Jan 20
Emily Hall Tremaine - Tremaine Collection artworks and designs in publications (compilation; 1945-present) With her extensive communications experience from the 1930s, Emily Hall Tremaine marshalled those skills for the benefit of the artworks and designs that she worked with, 1945-87. This...
Rethinking Painting toward architecture (1947-52) (2017)
R. J. Preece - 01 Jul 17
Rethinking Painting toward architecture (1947-52) (2017) Painting toward architecture exhibition as installed at the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston (January-February 1950). Courtesy the Karl Kamrath Collection, University of Texas at Austin architectural archives. (See FN "Photo A" for...
Sleepwalker media coverage: The remixes (2014)
ADC staff - 13 Nov 14
Sleepwalker media coverage: The remixes (2014) Media coverage you can dance to: featuring Marcus Bering, ’music-journalist’ Stephen Mallinder, and Kim Min Su. Marcus Bering. Cropped still from "Sleepwalker sculpture media coverage overload vs. Theme from Wrangler" (2014) at artdesigncafe.com....
Sleepwalking into a North American media storm (2014) (automated music and TV news reports)
Kim Min Su (Editor of Art Design Publicity) , Stephen Mallinder - 15 Oct 14
Sleepwalking into a North American media storm (2014) (automated music and TV news reports) Legendary "music-journalist" Stephen Mallinder offers his take on the Sleepwalker statue controversy at Wellesley College earlier this year, with ADP editor Kim Min Su. The following song is...
Sleepwalker media coverage, lost in automated translation vs. Corruption (automated music)
Bob Brown , Marcus Bering , Kim Min Su (Editor of Art Design Publicity) - 15 Oct 14
Sleepwalker media coverage, lost in automated translation vs. Corruption (automated music) Artists Marcus Bering and Kim Min Su examined various foreign language titles and quotes from the media coverage. They present a selection of their findings with automated translations— and dreamily...
Sleepwalker media coverage vs. Lava Land (2014) (automated music)
Marcus Bering , Stephen Mallinder - 15 Oct 14
Sleepwalker media coverage vs. Lava Land (2014) (automated music) Artist Marcus Bering mashes up the international media coverage compilation of Tony Matelli’s Sleepwalker sculpture at Wellesley College, adding some foreign language quotes and Google Translations, set to Wrangler’s song Lava...
Sleepwalker sculpture media coverage overload vs. Theme from Wrangler (2014) (automated music)
Marcus Bering , Stephen Mallinder - 15 Oct 14
Sleepwalker sculpture media coverage overload vs. Theme from Wrangler (2014) (automated music) Artist Marcus Bering experiences mental overload while reviewing the 5000+ Sleepwalker media coverage compilation. Here’s the visual result. Click to see the Tony Matelli Sleepwalker media coverage...
Sleepwalker media coverage vs. Harder (2014) (automated music)
Bob Brown , Kim Min Su (Editor of Art Design Publicity) , Stephen Mallinder - 15 Aug 14
Sleepwalker media coverage vs. Harder (2014) (automated music) Here, we spotlight key quotes and headlines prompted by Tony Matelli’s Sleepwalker exhibited at Wellesley College earlier this year. These are set to Harder by Wrangler, music-journalist Stephen Mallinder’s new band. Mass....
Tony Matelli’s Sleepwalker at Wellesley College: special focus (2014)
ADC staff - 16 May 14
Tony Matelli’s Sleepwalker at Wellesley College: special focus (2014) This is a special focus on the media coverage of Tony Matelli’s Sleepwalker and the international media frenzy resulting in over 5000+ articles, many in top media, and around 800 TV broadcasts in 96+ countries. Tony...
Press release writing tips for art exhibitions: Back to basics I (2013)
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 20 Dec 13
Press release writing tips for art exhibitions: Back to basics I (2013) Press release writing tips: Back to basics I When it comes to the media / communications for an art exhibition, the press release is the starting point: an essential document that informs media contacts of the position of...
Carl Andre at Turner Contemporary, Margate, England (2013)
ADC staff , Kim Min Su (Editor of Art Design Publicity) - 15 Jan 13
Carl Andre at Turner Contemporary, Margate, England (2013) First, a flashback to the media coverage concerning an acquisition of a Carl Andre artwork in 1976 by the Tate Gallery... "What a load of rubbish", front page of Daily Mirror, 16 February 1976. Now onto the press release...
Top 10 media/communications tips for artists, Part II (2012)
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 18 Oct 12
Top 10 media/communications tips for artists, Part II (2012) Top 10 media/communications tips for artists, Part II Click to see Top 10 media/communications tips for artists, Part I Tip #6: Follow this simple rule: “Nothing is really ‘off the record’”. People sometimes learn from their mistakes...
Top 10 media/communications tips for artists, Part I (2012)
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 18 Oct 12
Top 10 media/communications tips for artists, Part I (2012) Top 10 media/communications tips for artists, Part I Imagine an artist five years out of an MFA gets a solo that unexpectedly attracts not only art sector media coverage but spills into the local and regional news. Imagine there’s...