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...energies of that moment subsided, but they never died out. If it hadn't been for all that weaving and sewing, for instance, the embroidered work of Egyptian artist Ghada Amer would be hard to imagine--to say nothing of Mike Kelley's stuffed-animal art. That's the point of the other big, smart new show "Global Feminisms" at the Brooklyn Museum. Organized by Maura Reilly and art historian Linda Nochlin, it concentrates on art made since 1990 and demonstrates that the concerns of the '70s have spread around the world. Jenny Saville's big nudes, for instance, with...
Every two years in June, contemporary art and celebrities face off at the Venice Biennale. Last time around it was a victory for celebrity, with actress Cate Blanchett upstaging her compatriot artist Ricky Swallow in the Australian pavilion; rather than Killing Time, the name of his meticulously carved still-life centerpiece, it was more like paparazzi time. But this year, under the helm of Robert Storr, former curator at New York's Museum of Modern Art, the serious appraisal of art should win out. And for Australian artists, there's the best chance yet of a coveted Golden Lion...
...veiled 2.4 km of cliff just south of Sydney in 93,000 sq. m of synthetic cloth, the first of their public "wrappings." And in a dozen commissions since, Kaldor has not only brought a who's who of contemporary art to Australia, from curator Harald Szeemann to video artist Nam June Paik, but amassed a seriously cool collection in the process. His newest KAP recruit is installation artist Urs Fischer, this year's Swiss representative at the Venice Biennale along with Ugo Rondinone, another KAP alumni. "He's got a passionate eye," says Engberg, director of the Australian Centre...
...ever. In 2005, Kaldor raised over half of Ricky Swallow's $A1.4 million exhibition budget through private and corporate donors; this year he's aiming for $A1.2 million, and as Engberg puts it, "It would be a brave person who would say no to John." Come Nov. 21, when artist Callum Morton's resurrected Melbourne house will again be dismantled, something should remain of Kaldor's vision: what Engberg calls "a long-term legacy of patronage for this kind of ambitious scale of work...
...Meantime, Kaldor just keeps on giving. Already plans are shaping up for the Urs Fischer installation on Sydney's Cockatoo Island, the lucky 13th KAP, which launches on April 19. Will it be the Swiss artist's House of Bread, an alpine chalet constructed of sourdough and home to four hungry parakeets? In any case, Kaldor insists "it will be wonderful. It will be wonderful...