Art Practical

Building community through contemporary visual arts discourse and cultural dialogue

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We're working on creating an archive of all past content published on Art Practical & Daily Serving—the contributions of hundreds of artists + writers—and we need your help!

Support this crucial project here: https://t.co/arSt3Ktjlf

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Jolene Rickard reminds us that the project of inclusion is only an “incidental benefit” to the larger movement and effort to restore Indigenous knowledge and sovereignty in "Unintentional Inclusion and Indigenous Art." Read the full essay on Art Practical: https://t.co/rGm7IVhVu2

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Chaédria LaBouvier recounts her experience curating "Basquiat’s 'Defacement': The Untold Story" and suggests that the current moment is one of possibility, arguing for true radicalization of the institution in "The Mode of Production as Empire": https://t.co/JfKrpDx0WT

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As the pandemic keeps us apart physically, artists find ways to connect us, adapting and creating new ways of sharing work with their communities. Read @artpractical’s In/With/For the Public, which offers artists’ insights on working in the public realm.
https://t.co/GVTozc1fDC

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"We unmake linear capitalist time as we walk into the unknown, into darkness, into the hold...What is possible in surrendering to darkness?"

Treva Ellison writes on the "vantapower" of Black geographies & queer and trans artists of color: https://t.co/jDO5D913BI

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For our last New Takes column, author Maddie Klett sits down with artist Richard-Jonathan Nelson to discuss his process and work, which reveals how the Black body exists in a constant state of crises and survival. Read the full interview here: https://t.co/aNf8UBmqUG

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Thank you to all the panelists and attendees for a great conversation! If you missed the Zoom, we will be posting the content on Art Practical in the days to come. Stay tuned! (3/3)

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From tonight's panel on the future of arts publishing:
"We don’t know how to love and support through criticism today." –Gelare Khoshgozaran (1/3)

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"Pushing past this assumption that criticism or critique is meant to tear down...if you critique an institution it's because you want it to be better" –James McAnally (2/3)

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It's not too late to tune in! RSVP through Eventbrite at the link below, check your inbox, and register for the Zoom webinar to receive the Zoom link. https://t.co/XGglzleLi8

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The Future of AP (Art Practical/Art Publishing) panel discussion is about to start! Join us for a conversation + Q&A with panelists Sarah Hotchkiss, Gelare Khoshgozaran, Micki Meng, James McAnally, Roula Seikaly, and Vivian Sming on the current & future states of arts publishing.

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Check out @jamesxmcanally's essay: "Dependent Publications: Art Publishing Presents and Futures"! Originally commissioned by The Chart in 2019, we've republished this piece today in hopes that it will generate further conversation on new models & forms of art publishing.

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My print-only essay "Dependent Publications: Art Publishing Presents and Futures" prompted by the rapid closure of independent art publications has been republished by @artpractical on the unfortunate occasion of their own uncertain future. https://t.co/kgNJemX1mJ

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Future of AP (Art Practical/Art Publishing) is TONIGHT! RSVP through Eventbrite to receive the Zoom registration link. After you've RSVP'd, please check your inbox and register for the webinar before the event. See you soon!
https://t.co/XGglzleLi8

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Elon Musk is wearing a shirt that says "Occupy Mars."

This reminds me of Sondra Perry's "Eclogue for [in]HABITABILITY" @iheartSAM, which interrogated the settler colonialism of space exploration.

Here's what I wrote about that show for @artpractical: https://t.co/BtOcLHHBwX

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This Wednesday! RSVP through Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link: https://t.co/XGglzkXaqA

We hope to see you there!

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Join us next Wednesday at 5pm PST for Future of AP (Art Practical/Art Publishing), a Zoom panel discussion on the current and future states of arts publishing. RSVP through Eventbrite to receive the link! https://t.co/XGglzleLi8

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In "MIX and the Museum: Researching the Politics of Inclusion," part of Issue 11.3: On Being Included, Qianjin Montoya looks back to SFMOMA's Museum Intercommunity Exchange of the '70s to move forward. On Being Included is guest edited by Latipa & Yusef.

https://t.co/kLoQi7eq9O

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"Jeamin Cha connects seemingly divergent elements of present-day life."

New Takes columnist Maddie Klett explores the video work of artist Jeamin Cha in "Trees in Pretty Shapes: Jeamin Cha at KADIST": https://t.co/5OdolPLkvR

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Join us next Wednesday at 5pm PST for Future of AP (Art Practical/Art Publishing), a Zoom panel discussion on the current and future states of arts publishing. RSVP through Eventbrite to receive the link! https://t.co/XGglzleLi8

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"If and when the object becomes included into the permanent collection of a Museum, its care becomes immortalized."

Eunsong Kim reveals the institution's distorted priorities through research of communication regarding museum air conditioning in the '30s: https://t.co/wDEmKJTiiq