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Kerry Chen

@narrativecurator.bsky.social

πŸ‡―πŸ‡²| Independent art curator who leverages visual mediums to explore identity and vernacular culture

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40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

01.02.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5959    πŸ” 2527    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 121
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Opening today in the Cayman Islands. Do visit if you’re able.

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At the Vanguard of Vinyl: A Cultural History of the Long-Playing Record in Jazz In At the Vanguard of Vinyl, Darren Mueller examines how the advent of the long-playing record (LP) in 1948 revolutionized the recording and production of

TIL that this book is available via open access from Duke University Press if you're interested. The chapter "Do the Huckle-Buck: Jazz and the Emergent LP, 1949–1955" may be of particular interest to jazz fans. read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/3...

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β€œNo image is neutral” β€” so true.

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Artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Takes on Pop Art
YouTube video by National Gallery of Art Artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Takes on Pop Art

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith passed away today at age 85, after a career of bringing Native American people and histories back into the history of art. I made this video with the team at the National Gallery of Art about her work and its sly play on Pop Art. youtu.be/cOytQ-RzkfY?...

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THE ENDS OF CRITICISM

Emily CAPPER

Modernist Pedagogies in Allan Kaprow's 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959)

ChloΓ« JULIUS

Barbara Rose's Right Turn

Stephen MOONIE

Annette Michelson and the 'Crisis' of Criticism c. 1967-73

C. Oliver O'DONNELL

Meyer Schapiro's Obsolescence:

New York and the Portents of Postmodernism

Daniel NEOFETOU

Greenberg After Duchamp:

Postmodernism and the Meaning of Medium-Specificity

Alex POTTS

Form and the Postwar Neo-Avantgarde:

SOU

Allan Kaprow's Critical Writing

Jennifer SICHEL

Gregory Battcock's 'Quiticism' and the Queer Underground Press

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Selva: A Journal of the History of Art Issue 6

THE ENDS OF CRITICISM Emily CAPPER Modernist Pedagogies in Allan Kaprow's 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959) ChloΓ« JULIUS Barbara Rose's Right Turn Stephen MOONIE Annette Michelson and the 'Crisis' of Criticism c. 1967-73 C. Oliver O'DONNELL Meyer Schapiro's Obsolescence: New York and the Portents of Postmodernism Daniel NEOFETOU Greenberg After Duchamp: Postmodernism and the Meaning of Medium-Specificity Alex POTTS Form and the Postwar Neo-Avantgarde: SOU Allan Kaprow's Critical Writing Jennifer SICHEL Gregory Battcock's 'Quiticism' and the Queer Underground Press 2025 Selva: A Journal of the History of Art Issue 6

a new issue of Selva is coming, guest edited by ChloΓ« Julius and C. Oliver O'Donnell! in addition to these longer articles we also have a couple reviews including my media-history-oriented review of an incredible Israhel van Meckenem show in Wisconsin. selvajournal.org/about/

23.01.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The People’s Choice Award carries a JMD$250,000 cash prize. Please share this flyer with artists who meet the eligibility criteria. #OpenCall #JamaicanArt #Exhibitions #DueWest

28.01.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not the piggy bank & coin jar πŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™€οΈ

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Cover of Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art: A Critical Anthology edited by Arlene DΓ‘vila  and Yasmin Ramirez. A painting of a thick green jungle plant with many pairs of eyes peeking out from behind the leaves encompasses the entire cover. The text is on top of the image in white.

Cover of Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art: A Critical Anthology edited by Arlene DΓ‘vila and Yasmin Ramirez. A painting of a thick green jungle plant with many pairs of eyes peeking out from behind the leaves encompasses the entire cover. The text is on top of the image in white.

On the blog today, @arlenedavila.bsky.social and Yasmin Ramirez, editors of "Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art," share 5 exhibitions, archives, and texts that have influenced their research.
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Thank you Dawoud Bey for putting @hystericalblkns.bsky.social β€œIn The Wake” in your @artforum.bsky.social top ten list and in such wonderful companyβ€” Torkwase Dyson, Adrienne Edwards, Jason Moran and more. @dukepress.bsky.social

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Researching + writing on surrealism w/ the help of the mighty bean.

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Wow.

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Oh gosh.

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Please consider sharing with artists who fit the demographic.

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Beach Sundays are sacred ✨

27.01.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sighing at myself while creating one more login, but intrigued by the possibilities. #HelloBluesky

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