tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post7709294974960323776..comments2024-03-03T15:01:00.402-05:00Comments on Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Hard Times for the Art WorldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-80111633972800953892009-01-30T12:07:00.000-05:002009-01-30T12:07:00.000-05:00More news... Patrice Walker Powell, Deputy Chairma...More news... Patrice Walker Powell, Deputy Chairman for States, Regions and<BR/>Local Arts Agencies at the NEA, announced to endowment staff that she<BR/>has been named by the Obama administration as acting chairman of the<BR/>NEA. In addition, Anita Decker has been appointed by the White House as<BR/>director of government affairs. The following statement on economic<BR/>stimulus was posted toDonna Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068704959733467515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-49862071682909515572009-01-29T16:37:00.000-05:002009-01-29T16:37:00.000-05:00The concept of mixing art and fashion like that cr...The concept of mixing art and fashion like that creeps me out. If Julian Schnabel is doing it, it can't be good.Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-34967355076451358922009-01-29T16:02:00.000-05:002009-01-29T16:02:00.000-05:00I read that article this afternoon as well in the ...I read that article this afternoon as well in the NY Times and as the saying goes, desperate times call for desperate measures. I think it's very creative on the part of the artist and the participating venue. It definitely will require a paradigm shift for us all as we move forward.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206614187471900240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-56965902999588926892009-01-29T14:34:00.000-05:002009-01-29T14:34:00.000-05:00Has anyone had the opportunity to read this articl...Has anyone had the opportunity to read this article in the NYtimes. It is about how clothing boutiques are using part of their space to showcase artwork. It goes along with Joanne's marketing theme. <BR> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/fashion/29ART.html?ref=artsStephanie Sachshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377131627540380362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-65603700497322166732009-01-28T12:38:00.000-05:002009-01-28T12:38:00.000-05:00Got it wrong, I guess. Looks like some of his inv...Got it wrong, I guess. Looks like some of his investors killed themselves after losing so much money to his scheme. That is sad. Betrayal hurts! Thanks for the clarification and info on Madoff.Donna Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068704959733467515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-14524068825133054582009-01-28T12:23:00.000-05:002009-01-28T12:23:00.000-05:00Not to be obsessive about Madoff, but not only is ...Not to be obsessive about Madoff, but not only is Madoff alive and kicking in his penthouse after the judge in the case refused to jail him, but his sons actually turned him in to the feds after he told them that the whole thing was a giant scam. Bernie the Sociopath/Psychopath even bilked his own sister out of her life savings so that she is now forced to put her home up for sale.Nancy Natalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-47978463954337013372009-01-28T11:40:00.000-05:002009-01-28T11:40:00.000-05:00I have enjoyed corresponding a bit with Regina Hac...I have enjoyed corresponding a bit with Regina Hackett, and I hope she'll post her crits in another format after the P.I. goes the way of the wind.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-85851275052570905922009-01-28T10:52:00.000-05:002009-01-28T10:52:00.000-05:00I haven't heard that Madoff killed himself. I just...I haven't heard that Madoff killed himself. I just checked "Madof suicide." There have been many "Madoff suicides," people who now find themselves with nothing and don't know how to live that way. I guess that's the one advantage artists have, eh? We know how to make stone soup and to wring every cent out of a dollar.<BR/><BR/>Sorry about the loss of that part-time job, Nancy.Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-68007245385696831322009-01-28T09:46:00.000-05:002009-01-28T09:46:00.000-05:00Madoff Killed himself, but his sons and brothers a...Madoff Killed himself, but his sons and brothers are still alive and might have been involved in the scam...Donna Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068704959733467515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-8470587141375794572009-01-28T09:45:00.000-05:002009-01-28T09:45:00.000-05:00That link to the Madoff affect on Braindeis ishttp...That link to the Madoff affect on Braindeis is<BR/>http://www.boston.com/news/local/<BR/>massachusetts/articles/2009/01/28/<BR/>crisis_raises_questions_on_brandeis_campus/Nancy Natalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-82745385532634039402009-01-28T09:44:00.000-05:002009-01-28T09:44:00.000-05:00Sure enough, the Boston Globe reports today http:/...Sure enough, the Boston Globe reports today http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/28/crisis_raises_questions_on_brandeis_campus/ <BR/>that our boy Bernie Madoff wreaked his havoc on Brandeis donors. I think a fitting punishment for him would be to put an ankle bracelet on him and make him stay in his $7 million penthouse so he could watch what happens to the Little Nancy Natalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-21506097999768754522009-01-28T08:44:00.000-05:002009-01-28T08:44:00.000-05:00Re: Bailout for the Arts, I saw this on ArtNet... ...Re: Bailout for the Arts, I saw this on ArtNet... NEA IN RECOVERY PACKAGE<BR/>The vast $825-billion economic recovery package unveiled by congressional Democrats on Jan. 15, 2009, does have a tiny little boon for the arts: a $50-million budgetary boost for the National Endowment for the Arts. Despite the modesty of the request -- about 3/500ths of one percent of the total -- some Republicans haveDonna Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068704959733467515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-61224684181743859812009-01-28T02:33:00.000-05:002009-01-28T02:33:00.000-05:00The closing of the Rose is stunning. It mounted so...The closing of the Rose is stunning. It mounted some wonderful shows. I remember Kiki Smith, Judy Pfaff, Joan Snyder and many more wonderful shows there. What a terrible loss to Brandeis, the Boston area and to artists! <BR/><BR/>I can't help but wonder if this is connected to Bernie Madoff. I see his devastation everywhere, including in my own life with the loss of my part-time, at-home Nancy Natalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-48766594396025018442009-01-28T01:11:00.000-05:002009-01-28T01:11:00.000-05:00That is shocking news about the Rose Museum. I got...That is shocking news about the Rose Museum. I got a chance to visit it back when I lived in Boston, and I found it a marvelous space, well curated, with interesting and engaging (and significant) contemporary art. What a blow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com