~Yale Arts Library Blog~

“This year, the[International Festival of Arts & Ideas] has gathered artists and thinkers actively revolutionizing their art form and, in turn, the world around them….While acknowledging a rate of change that can approach the overwhelming, even chaotic, they are at once affirming artistic traditions and, with wonder and a strong sense of play, charting new, even astonishing, courses into the new century.”

-Mary Lou Aleskie, executive director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas
Festival highlights ‘revolutionary’ artists and thinkers Yale Bulletin May 25, 2007|Volume 35, Number 29

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“Ushered in by Spike Lee, the 15-day bonanza of summer fun called Arts & Ideas will feature, among other attractions: A floating concert boat designed by Louis Kahn, individualized dance performances for an audience of one, and a tap dance show on the Green.”

Arts & Ideas Lineup Unveiled, Melissa Bailey, New Haven Independent 4/18/07

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Käthe Kollwitz, “Mothers,” 1919, lithograph -The Walter Landauer Collection, The Benton

The Anti-War Imagery Of German Artist Kathe Kollwitz Still Resonates Today April 12, 2007 Lisa Gates Hartford Courant

“The exhibition, Käthe Kollwitz: Intemperate Times 1918-1934, features 30 prints from the museum’s collection, as well as a video installation, in fear, by Leslee Broersma, for a contemporary twist on some of Kollwitz’s concerns. ‘This is a first step in extending our human rights exhibitions back in time to use historic art to present issues that are relative today and as a springboard into producing discussion and even challenges among the visitors that we have,’ explains Steven Kern, director of the museum. ‘It allows us to make a statement in art that ideally will generate discussion, make people think a little differently.’”

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Paper Rad at Cirrus Gallery

Prior to Yale, I worked at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Penna. Pittsburgh has a thriving art scene and the Paper Rad collective is well represented. Their overall aesthetic defies classification, but their seizure-inducing website should give a sense of what they are about. In no particular order - art, parties, music, low-tech animation. I especially enjoy the free get well cards and the “Bubble Puppy Music Video”.

Andy Warhol once said, “Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” Well, someone made a sound investment back in 1962 and, if we are to believe Warhol’s words, the person who bought “Lemon Marilyn” is a very, very good artist: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/ts_nm/arts_warhol_dc.