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Mark Gould
@markgouldart
Artist, Writer
PNW
Metaculture blog http://markgould.substack.com Mark Gould Art: https://markgould.art
220 Posts
Firehose Of Falsehood
By Mark Gould In an Atlantic preview of her upcoming book The New Propaganda War Anne Applebaum describes how Russia, China and other autocratic regimes have turned their mechanisms of information control and disinformation outward, towards democracies rather than repression of th Mike Pinder's Amazing Mellotron
By Mark Gould Once every 10-15 years or so a new sound arrives on the scene and changes the course of music history. It was Mike Pinder’s destiny to find and master the Mellotron to produce what became a defining sound in progressive rock music. In 1967 Pinder would introduce The B the view from above - I like thinking of some of my abstract work as aerial views, another way for me to think about arranging colors. Richard Serra, Man of Steel
By Mark Gould Richard Serra’s artwork can be defined as titanic given the scale, volume and weight of his creations but his impact on the art world can be measured in equally monumental terms. His monolithic vermillion arcs of tilted, turning steel could weight from 80 to 275 tons spring's first diagram 16x12" acrylic on canvas panel Reflections #Photography San Francisco Art Institute Saved by Laurene Powell Jobs and a Group of Investors
By Mark Gould The art school’s doors were closed a year ago, leaving studios and classrooms scattered with unfinished projects. This week a group of wealthy philanthropists purchased the troubled San Francisco Art Institute and its Diego Rivera mural for $30 million. The group is Women of America Save Your Country 2024 Beautiful San Francisco! The Rich Tradition Of Graphic Arts On Display at the IFPDA Print Fair February 15-18
By Mark Gould The graphic and printing arts have been around for 550 years, and there’s a world of visual imagery to explore in the creations of printmakers and graphic artists. There are various methods of printmaking – aquatint, collagraph, drypoint, cyanotype, linocut, photogra Affordable Internet Subsidy to Run Out of Funding
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which helps low income internet users save up to $30 a month will shut down within a few months because the funding is running out. Congress approved this $14 billion program to help provide affordable internet for 20 million Americans w Richard Prince and Galleries Settle in Closely-Watched Copyright Lawsuits
BY TESSA SOLOMON Prince, who shot to fame for presenting altered versions of the work of other artists, has argued that his practice is protected by fair use exceptions to federal copyright protections, which allow the limited appropriation of intellectual property for purposes su “This month, Elon Musk, who has since bought Twitter and rebranded it X, echoed several of Mr. Trump’s claims about the American voting system, putting forth distorted and false notions that American elections were wide open for fraud and illegal voting by noncitizens.” Coit Tower, North Beach, San Francisco❤️ #photography #SanFrancisco AI threat to the 2024 presidential race - Axios Shared by a friend Foggy day Late Painter Emily Mason’s Intuitive Abstractions Are Earning Overdue Acclaim
Annabel Keenan - Artsy Drips and splashes bear evidence of the artist’s unique, spontaneous process in which she combined pigments and solvents in cat food tins, pouring the mixture onto the canvas and spreading and scraping the colors with a paintbrush, as well as with her hand. ARTFORUM – ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART IN DIRE FINANCIAL STRAITS FOLLOWING FAKE-BASQUIAT KERFUFFLE The Orlando Museum of Art (OMA), still reeling from a 2022 scandal that saw its highly touted exhibition of little-seen Jean-Michel Basquiat works raided by the FBI and its director fired E S Kibele Yarman, designer, Istanbul, Turkey Flying Broom International Women' s Film Festival, 2023 via typo/graphic posters
