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LINK + INK: MOSTLY HOCKEY EDITION

5/19/2018

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​HOCKEY FEVER: Las Vegas sculpture and showgirls add to the spirit of sport. Game 5 between the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Winnipeg Jets is Sunday at Noon.  


SPEAKING OF PHOTOS:  Photographer Mikayla Whitmore shot an ESPN photo essay that documented Vegas puck fans. The story headline, “Sorry Detroit, Las Vegas is the new Hockeytown,” caused a stir. Some in Detroit even took umbrage, even though at that level of editorial decision-making,  headlines are not written by the reporter or photographer. . . Still:  Whitmore stood by it,  and said so on KNPR. "I know they have 50 plus years on us, but we're coming out of the gate swinging," she said.  "And if they think they can do it better, prove it." 


MORE HOCKEY TRASH-TALK:  Enjoy the last few days (or day) of the Twitter throw-down between Las Vegas-Clark County Library District and the Winnipeg Public Library. They stack book titles to diss each other's team. It has become an anti-love fest between the two new rival towns . . . They Started It:  Winnipeg kicked the shins of other cities with a civilized tone since the playoffs began.  "Things usually escalate as the series unfolds, but Las Vegas Clark-Country Library's first tweet — a picture of a book titled 'Hockey: How it Works' — was rather rude," reported CBC News. Monique Woroniak, the Canadian librarian behind the Tweets, was pleased.  "We were happy that they went a little less polite right away because it's actually easier," said Woroniak to CBC, adding she "prefers to drop the gloves and pleasantries right off the hop."  . . . Our Spokesperson: The Las Vegas smack-talker is Camille Cannon, who was recently featured on FOX 5. She's got game.
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RECALLING RIVALRIES:  High-brow museums went low during recent Super Bowls. Using the hashtag #MuseumBowl  the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Boston's Museum of Fine Artstraded barbs in 2018. Boston also challenged the High Museum of Art in 2017,  throwing down some alternative art history with works from their collections. . . . Not to be an instigator . . .but: If there is a Game 6 or 7, the Barrick Museum of Art's rival could be the University of Winnipeg gallery.  
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HOCKEY TOON TOWN:  Juan Muniz, known for his recurring image of a child in bunny PJs, is getting attention for his cartoon take on Chance, the mascot of the Golden Knights. The visual comment on playoff victories was noticed by the team and Muniz's work had a cameo on the T-Mobile Arena video board. . . By The Way: It behooves me to remind the Golden Knights that the artist is also a muralist-for-hire. . . Add: Muniz posts he will painting live at DeRubeis Fine Art (inside Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood) from 1 to 5 p.m. on June 2.
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BREAK-AWAY LINKS: Matthew Couper work was selected for the 65th Blake Prize Exhibition at Casula Powerhouse Art Centre in Australia. It runs through July 1, 2018. . . .Couper sends word and congratulations to  Tina Havelock Stevens who won the Blake Prize with her work "Giant Rock," an interdisciplinary  piece filmed in the Mojave Desert. . . MORE: Couper is also being featured at the Nevada Arts Council’sOXS Gallery in Carson City through July 13.

UNLV PART 1: “Nowadays, even the artist’s sincere need for personal expression seems so 20th century. How then, as a member of the 2018 UNLV Bachelor of Fine Arts cohort, do you make meaningful art? The six young artists exhibiting in the BFA Studio Art 2018 exhibition at Donna Beam Gallery suggest you do it with courage, know-how and … materials,” wrote Dawn-Michelle Baude for L.V. Weekly. UNLV PART 2: UNLV's welcome mat for the new Chair of Art, Marcus Civin, reached Artforum. UNLV PART 3:  Laura Brennan, the final UNLV MFA Candidate (and serious hockey fan) announced her tintype, 'Silver Manipulation III," has been selected for The Image Flow's 3rd Annual Alternative Photography Juried Exhibition. It runs from July 14 through September 7 in Mill Valley, California . . . "Transience," Brennan's thesis exhibition, will have a reception on June 15. ​
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CSN:   You can support other young art colleagues by attending the CSN Coyotes Art Department 2018 Juried Student Exhibition It runs through June 23 in the Fine Arts Gallery and the Artspace Gallery. 

REMINDER: 
 Andrew Schoultz's new installation "In Process: Every Movement Counts"opens June 2 at The Barrick.  Previously: My take on the Schoultz skatepark design at Winchester.  Added note: The top banner at the ABOUT page has a quick clip of the park in action.

ALMOST BACK: Prolific and missed arts reporter, Kristen Peterson, who has taken up long form creative non-fiction, boots up her own website: TheBreadLoaf Motel.com
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​MORE BREAK-AWAY LINKS:
  “Blue Angel: Between Heaven and Earth" opens May 24 from 5 - 7 p.m. at the Neon Museum’s Ne10 Studio. The exhibition will have the Blue Angel sign sculpture "reemerge for this temporary exhibition before undergoing restoration."  . . . Lights: Fashion Show Las Vegas'  “commitment to public art” comes with an light art installation, "Global Rainbow," by American artist Yvette Mattern. It can be seen from dusk to dawn for a limited-time, says the press release. . . . Another Sign:  I am not sure if I am ready to call this public art, but a new welcome sign for downtown Las Vegas is coming. 
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SHARK:  Damien Hirst artwork, "The Unknown (Explored, Explained, Exploded)",  along with 16 paintings, are featured at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Hirst's piece becomes stronger by being above eye level, adding majesty to the power of a shark (even if it is in three pieces). The never-before-exhibited formaldehyde shark sculpture from 1999  is marketed as a highlight of the resort's  $620 million revamp.  It hovers in the new central bar, called the Unknown Bar, that Hirst designed, down the accessories. "During The Times’ sneak peek Tuesday, works by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Takashi Murakami, Christopher Wool, Dustin Yellin and Richard Prince as well as sculptures and paintings by emerging and internationally known street artists such as KAWS and Jason Revok were being installed or had just been hung." wrote  L.A. Times' Deborah Vankin. . . Symbolic Location: The shark's bar is next to the entrance of the all-you-can-eat buffet.
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