C.A.N. Condensed
June 2nd, 2010
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• Russian collector Aslan Chekhoev and his wife Irina are opening St. Petersburg’s first private art museum on June 4, after spending five years assembling their collection of Soviet underground and Russian contemporary art. “Around 70% of our collection is comprised of important Moscow artists whose works are not well represented in our local museums,” says Chekhoev. Read more here.
• Los Angeles Times Art Critic Christopher Knight has two simple solutions for the low attendance at the Museum of Contemporary Art: changing operating hours to accommodate the city's more nocturnal population, and abandoning general admission fees. Go to the LA Times website to read his convincing argument. In addition, a retrospective of late actor Dennis Hopper’s art and photography will be the inaugural exhibition for the new director of the MoCA, Jeffrey Deitch.
• A mural by British street artist Banksy was taken off display at a non-profit gallery in Detroit after threats of defacement and destruction. The work is a seven by eight foot, 1,500-pound section of cinderblock wall that was found at an abandoned car factory and removed by a group of local artists. Find out more at ArtForum.
• New York’s Drawing Center presents two exhibitions devoted to American artist Dorothea Tanning, respectively titled “A Dialogue Between Visual Art and Performance” and “Early Designs for the Stage.” Tanning’s merging of visual art with performance, dance, and costume design are the focus. For more information go to