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By Andrew Russeth 10/16/12 5:17pm

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Asher in 2008. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Campari)

Michael Asher, Storied Teacher and Artist Who Examined, Defied Convention, Dies at 69

Certain things are expected of a successful contemporary artist today—a gallery (preferably a few in various cities around the world), a steady stream of new work for international shows and art fairs, and a healthy auction history. Los Angeles artist Michael Asher, who died on Sunday at the age of 69 after a long illness, had none of those things, which is how he wanted it.

Mr. Asher was one of the pioneers, and arguably the most trenchant practitioner, of a style of art that emerged in the 1970s and came to be known as institutional critique. It seeks to poke, prod, tweak and expose how the art world works. Though the genre itself quickly grew mannered, he always managed to find fresh approaches. Read More

By Rozalia Jovanovic 10/16/12 3:20pm

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Hughes. (Courtesy Patrick McMullan)

Robert Hughes to Be Remembered Thursday at the Met

Art critic Robert Hughes, who was 74 years old when he died in August, will be remembered on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The New York Times reports. Friends and fellow writers and critics slated to give remarks include Tina Brown, Leon Wieseltier, Peter Carey, Peter Matthiessen, Simon Schama and Michael Kimmelman. Jeremy Denk will do a piano performance. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 9/12/12 5:13pm

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Goldman, Deitch and Shepard and Amanda Fairey. (Courtesy PMC)

Tony Goldman, Real Estate Developer Who Helped Run the Bowery Mural, Dies at 68

Real estate developer and art supporter Tony Goldman has died of heart failure on Tuesday at the age of 68 in New York, the Miami New Times reports. In Florida, the paper notes, Mr. Goldman was known for his work turning South Beach into a thriving tourist and nightlife destination, and making the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami a center for art and culture. Wynwood is now home to many Miami art institutions and galleries, like Gallery Diet and, to the north, the Rubell Family Collection. (Thanks to Blouin Artinfo for referring us to the article.) Read More

By Anthony Haden-Guest 8/07/12 3:59pm

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Robert Hughes

Remembering Robert Hughes, 1938-2012

It’s normal, I suppose, not to remember the first meeting with a friend. And always to remember the last. I got to know Bob Hughes in the London of the later ’60s—O.K., “Swinging London,” a term that began slipping into ironic usage as soon as it was coined—this being a city in which Australians, not being burdened by Brit passive-aggression, stood out. Martin Sharp of Oz magazine was at the front of my building, Germaine Greer was across the corridor, and Bob and Danne Hughes were around the corner in a Chelsea square. Read More