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The Lens Rises in Stature

“While the Met’s photography department is not the oldest in the country, Mr. Rosenheim said, its holdings are extensive and encyclopedic. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is reputed to have started collecting first, in 1924, when Alfred Stieglitz gave it 27 photographs. Over the years Stieglitz helped the Met establish its collection too. Other major museums have similarly embraced photography, some sooner than others…The reason for photography’s popularity, chief curator, Julian Cox at the De Young, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco said, is simple: ‘It’s accessible.‘“s popularity, chief curato r,Julian Cox at the De Young, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco said, is simple: ‘It’s accessible.’”

Qatar’s Murakami Exibition: Fair Billing Or Not? -“It’s fine for the curators to choose works that will respect the local culture, and I respect them for that. What I think may be wrong is billing the show as his ‘distinct perspective on contemporary culture.’ That, to me, would include his most popular, or most valuable, works. If ‘My Lonesome Cowboy,’ a large sculpture of an anime manga-boy masturbating that fetched some $15 million at auction, isn’t “a look inside his mind,” a lot of other people have been fooled about that. His nudes are clearly sexual. These works are, largely, what he is famous for. How can they be left out, without an explanation?”

Qatar’s Murakami Exibition: Fair Billing Or Not? -“It’s fine for the curators to choose works that will respect the local culture, and I respect them for that. What I think may be wrong is billing the show as his ‘distinct perspective on contemporary culture.’ That, to me, would include his most popular, or most valuable, works. If ‘My Lonesome Cowboy,’ a large sculpture of an anime manga-boy masturbating that fetched some $15 million at auction, isn’t “a look inside his mind,” a lot of other people have been fooled about that. His nudes are clearly sexual. These works are, largely, what he is famous for. How can they be left out, without an explanation?”

Cory Arcangel Talks About His Video Game Exhibition at the Barbican

“When I was a kid, I didn’t have a Nintendo. So I’d go over to my friend’s house, because he had one, and I’d just sit for hours and watch him play The Legend of Zelda. I never liked playing video games very much––still don’t––but found watching them so boring that somehow it became infinitely fascinating to me. And if you really want to know, this is where the inspiration for Various Self Playing Bowling Games comes from.”