Tiffany Jow

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Tiffany is a New York-based writer and editor whose work has appeared in Surface, Wallpaper*, Acne Paper, Art Review, Paper and Nylon, among others. Most recently, she was part of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s curatorial team that produced the 2011 exhibition, “Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970–1990.”

Posts written by Tiffany Jow

Family Portraits Across Time and Space
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New York-based photographer John Clang uses Skype to make family portraits—the latest in a string of innovations by the Singapore-born artist.

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Artist Rachel Owens Ramps Up Reed Krakoff’s Street Cred
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Reed Krakoff initiates a series of window installations at his Madison Avenue boutique, featuring an array of international contemporary artists.

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Decadent Decay: Before the New McCarren Park Pool
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Brooklyn photographer Gina Pollack unveils what the historic swimming hole looked like prior to its extreme makeover.

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Barbara Kruger to Invade the Hirshhorn’s Lower-Level Lobby
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Last week, the institution unveiled its next heavyweight: a temporary lower-lobby site-specific installation by Barbara Kruger that’s set to cover nearly 6,700 square feet of museum surfaces.

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Gilbert & George Steal Thousands of UK Crime Posters
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Every day for six years, the British artist duo Gilbert & George stole gruesome and lurid posters advertising the day’s newspaper headlines.

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Jeff Koons to Play Substitute Teacher in New York Public Schools
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Arts education was essentially eliminated in New York City public schools amidst the financial crisis in the 1970s. But on Monday, a handful of lucky youngsters will not only have art class, but a very special instructor, too: Jeff Koons.

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Going to the Olympics? Spend a Night in an Artist's Houseboat with a View
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Forget The Dorchester. The best London city views are from high above Southbank Centre, which is precisely where artist Fiona Banner chose to erect a one-bedroom houseboat available to the public for one-night-only stays.

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An Enormous Inflatable Ketchup Bottle in City Hall Park
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If the thirty-foot-tall blow-up bottle of ketchup nestled inside City Hall Park interrupted your daily trek to work last week, don’t fret. The balloon is part of Common Ground, Public Art Fund’s annual summer art spectacular.

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An Art Festival and Artist-Designed Mini Golf Course on Governors Island
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When David Koren visited Governors Island in 2005, he saw more than an idle mass of land plagued by a federal government deed that prevents permanent housing from being erected there. Instead, he saw a crowning destination for the arts. In 2007 he organized Figment, a participatory arts festival that brought together resources from the island, area artists, and a crazy-cool ethos gleaned from Burning Man in Nevada.

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Does Art Criticism Still Matter? One Critic Thinks So.
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In 1932, French poet Paul Valéry penned an essay in which he described art criticism as “that form of literature which condenses or amplifies, emphasizes or arranges, or attempts to bring into harmony all the ideas that come to the mind when it is confronted by artistic phenomena.” Valéry’s tenacious embrace of criticism is echoed by critic David Levi Strauss in an article for the Brooklyn Rail, arguing for the urgent need of criticism today:

Why does art need criticism? Because it needs something outside itself as a place of reflection, discernment, and connection with the larger world. Art for art’s sake is fine, if you can get it. But then the connection with the larger world becomes tenuous, and the connection to the social disappears. If you want to engage, if you want discourse, you need criticism.

Is the art world in the midst of a crisis in criticism? Read Strauss’ article in its entirely here.

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A Graffiti Suite in Marseille
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French graffiti artist Tilt cuts a room at Marseille’s Au Vieux Panier in half with his mad wall-writing skills.

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Photographer Breaths Life into Banksy's Greatest Hits
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Photographer Nick Stern stages eight real-life versions of Banksy’s most iconic stencils.

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