Arts Writers Grant Program Announces 2011 Grants

Arts Writers Grant Program: Arts Writers Grant Program Announces 2011 Grants: “The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2011 grant cycle. Designed to encourage and reward writing about contemporary art that is rigorous, passionate, eloquent and precise, as well as to create a broader [...]

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Weekly Digest for December 5th

Published Miami Design exhibitions span Biscayne Bay. Published Sculptor left mark on art world. Published Art Miami: tridimensionalidad del arte y el mundo. Published Weekly Digest for November 28th. Published Art Video: Public Screenings in SoundScape Park. Published Art Basel Conversations & Art Salon. Published Art Public: Transforming Collins Park. Published Daily Breakfasts @ CIFO. [...]

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Software That Listen for Lies

Software That Listen for Lies: “Researchers are teaching computers how to spot deception in people’s speech – using cues like loudness, changes in pitch, nervous laughs and ums and ahs.” (Via Bits.)

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How Much Is That?

How Much Is That?: Jeff Koons, ‘Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Two Dr J Silver Series, Spalding NBA Tip-Off)’, 1985 Image: themainevent.us “‘How much is that?’ or ‘How much is that worth?’ are popular questions students ask, especially when teaching with contemporary art. Often I find myself embarrassed having to admit that the piece in [...]

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Call for Entries: Mystery Build Art Challenge

Call for Entries: Mystery Build Art Challenge: Entry Deadline : Sept. 16, 2012 Online Exhibition and Contest Opens Dec. 1, 2011 “Mystery Build is an art challenge focused on ingenuity and resourcefulness. Contestants must create an original work of art using only the materials provided in a Mystery Build Kit. Contestants upload photos or videos [...]

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Weekly Digest for November 28th

Published Weekly Digest for November 21st. Published Entrepreneurship Is Like Poker?. Published Bunny Yeager, Nudes and Cheetahs. Published Top Five Women Artists of All Time. Published Where to Party at Art Basel Miami Beach. Published Does art need bankers?.

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Entrepreneurship Is Like Poker?

For those who are poker players and entrepreneurs, you may get a feeling in your gut that this headline is accurate; if you don’t let’s see if I can convince you otherwise. For those of you who are not poker players, in particular tournament poker players, I will try to lay out the analogy in [...]

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Weekly Digest for November 21st

Published Weekly Digest for November 14th. Published Art Miami: ZOOOM! Decoding Common Practice. Published Zebrastraat : Call for Entries – New Technological Art Award Foundation Liedts-Meesen 2012. Published Haiti heritage rescue could stall. Published The Size And Significance Of The US Copyright Industry. Published Miami Biennale. Published Gyeonggi Creation Center. Published Thelma Golden: How art [...]

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The Size And Significance Of The US Copyright Industry

The Size And Significance Of The US Copyright Industry: “ ‘Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy: The 2011 Report’, underlines the size and significance of the US copyright industry. The report found that it added over $930 billion in value to the U.S. economy, represented almost 6.4% of the total GDP, employed nearly 5.1 million [...]

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Weekly Digest for November 14th

Published Weekly Digest for November 7th.

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