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Lacayo wonders if attendance obsessed museums will eventually try some unorthodox combinations like…”Cézanne and Shepard Fairey: Compare and Contrast.”
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The Dubai fair got a lot of attention this year. Not sure it was all deserved and probably because they were offering free trips to reporters who wanted a vacation. [see comments of the post for more info]
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More from the Vegas by the Gulf
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Friday, April 3rd, 6-10p0m (free food/drink & a silent auction)
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Maki105 placed “Peek-A-Boo Jesus” on the side of a video store in New Bedford, MA and sure enough people are praying in front of it. I wonder if this is a reference to the Jesus cult in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slapstick who were convinced that Jesus had already returned and he was hiding somewhere and it was their job to find him.
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And if they’re in bed together…what exactly are they doing….hmmmm
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Some nice images…though I have to say after seeing these I don’t know if I have to visit.
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Nice to hear an author’s voice online.
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I enjoyed this post on Demand’s work which takes the photog to task for falling short of reassessing any narratives.
Critic, Curator, Editor-in-chief and co-founder, Hyperallergic
I don’t know if Art Dubai offered free trips to ‘reporters who wanted a vacation’, but, besides the fact that I am not a journalist, I was not invited by the Fair (nor by any body associated with the Fair, nor by Bastakiya, nor by the Sharjah Biennale), and, except for a few drinks and a bus ride from Dubai to Sharjah, I did not receive any benefit from the Fair. Having other reasons to go there, I paid for my trip and for my acommodation myself. To be frank, I find your insinuation unfair and slightly demeaning
I appreciate your input, though I’m sure you’re aware that the UAE has been very aggressive about attracting international press to write about them. I commend you for taking the initiative and covering the event as an independent, that is truly FANTASTIC and your blog has always been excellent, that’s why I enjoy linking to it and take the extra time to read it in French (I admit my French skills have unfortunately eroded since my school days). Though considering your blog is associated with Le Monde newspaper I’m not sure how you are not a journalist, perhaps there is something I am missing? I would love your clarification on the matter.
Anybody can open a blog on the Lemonde.fr platform, once you become a subscriber of the website Lemonde.fr. There are about 850 active blogs on the platform; about 30 of them, the ‘invited’ blogs have more visibility and more readers. But we are not journalists, but totally independent.
Why don’t you try ? You could practice your French then
http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/services-aux-internautes/article/2004/11/10/blogs-mode-d-emploi_386588_3388.html