Thursday, May. 12, 2016
06:30 PM
US/Central
View the film Art Fair Fever, Mark Flood’s critical and satirical look at the contemporary art world and how art is viewed as a commodity in our culture. The film showcases many artworks that Flood created for the film. Following the screening, Bill Arning, organizing curator and Director of CAMH, will discuss the film and art fair politics with David Breslin, John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Chief Curator, Menil Drawing Institute, the Menil Collection.
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About David Breslin
David Breslin is the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Chief Curator, Menil Drawing Institute, the Menil Collection. Previously, he was associate director, Research and Academic Program, and associate curator of contemporary projects at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Breslin has organized exhibitions such as Raw Color: The Circles of David Smith and Monet, Kelly and co-curated Make It New: Abstract Painting from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975. He has written essays on the work of, among others, Jenny Holzer, Paul Thek, Valentin Carron, and Cady Noland. Breslin holds a doctorate in art history and architecture from Harvard University.
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