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The surprising tidbit here is that Eakin green-lighted the NYT’s notorious Derrida obituary.

Soyoung Yoon has been named the next director of the Whitney ISP. This is great news! As the (now former) director the Parsons MFA program, she has the know-how to handle the admin side of the job, while also being an absolutely brilliant scholar with deep ties to the program. Knicks in five.

“The Left does not do mathematics!!” — Henry Flynt, just now at Emily Harvey Foundation

NYT today / Richard Prince 1977

A short piece on Melvin Edwards (1937–2026) from way back in 2010.

As someone preoccupied with how human beings operate within institutions, I’ve always loved Frederick Wiseman’s films. As a Queens native, my favorite will always be ‘In Jackson Heights.’

Rosalind Krauss, Annette Michelson, and “October” make an appearance on the UK quiz show “University Challenge.” #UniversityChallenge #arthistory

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The part he was born to play.

"By Knowles, with Knowles, through Knowles, we can locate models for collaboration and participation that remain tacky to the touch." www.artforum.com/columns/colb...

FOOD FOR THOUGHTColby Chamberlain on Alison Knowleswww.artforum.com

From MoMA and PS1 to the Cleveland Institute of Art, I keep finding myself at institutions that have benefited not just from Agnes Gund’s philanthropic support but her moral clarity and kindness. Rest in peace.

I’m giving a talk at e-flux on Thursday 9/25, 7:30pm, “The Fluxhouse Cooperatives and the Future of the City.” The program will also include a performance of Maciunas’s “Solo for Violin” by Laura Ortman. www.e-flux.com/events/67832...

George Maciunas: Lecture and Performance - Events - e-fluxAn evening dedicated to George Maciunas, featuring a lecture by Colby Chamberlain and a performance by Laura Ortman of work by Maciunas.www.e-flux.com

Apparently Rocky Balboa is once again at the top of the Philadelphia Museum steps. I wrote about the Balboa statue back in 2008 for an early issue of Triple Canopy. tc3.canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/the...

Triple Canopy – The Balboa Effect by Colby ChamberlainThe Guggenheim Bilbao’s latest installation is a 1,400-pound bronze pun.tc3.canopycanopycanopy.com

It works!!

Did not expect to learn in the Christophe de Menil obit that Dash Snow and Uma Thurman are related.

The best way to think in dark times is to think with others. It has been sustaining to work with Lindsay Caplan and Nadja Millner-Larsen on “Writing Art History After Occupy,” first as a panel and now as a (no-paywall!) article in the journal October. direct.mit.edu/octo/article...

Writing Art History After Occupy*Abstract. This conversation explores the impact of Occupy Wall Street on the practice of art history. The authors of three recent books—on the new media art of Arte Programmata, the administrative aut...direct.mit.edu

Downtown Cleveland is filled with fantastic architecture (much of which is featured in the new Superman movie). Great news that this Art Deco Greyhound station will be given a new role. www.artforum.com/news/clevela...

Cleveland Artist to Transform Vintage Bus into Museum of the Great MigrationCleveland-based artist Robert Louis Brandon Edwards is repurposing a 1947 Greyhound bus to serve as a museum commemorating the Great Migration.www.artforum.com

The next time College Art Association makes a call for conference panels, I’m going to propose a panel on the prevalence of redundant panels. #CAA114