Pilvi Takala, Wallflower (still), 2006. Video, 10:26 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Carlos/Ishikawa.
■Jeu de Paume in Paris has received repeated threats by groups and individuals opposing Palestinian artist Ahlam Shibli’s exhibition ‘Phantom Home’. The controversy is centred on her latest series of work entitled “Death†which explores dead or imprisoned Palestinians presented in both public and private spaces. [The Art Newspaper]
It is now possible to sign the petition for pressing the French Minister of Culture to respect the freedom of artistic expression and its independence from cultural institutions and political agendas.
â– The Musée d’Art contemporain de Montréal has recently endured a major shake up within its executive staff, to finally announce John Zeppetelli as the new director, officially taking up office on 12 August 2013. Montreal now awaits further news on who will fill Zeppetelli’s former position as DHC/ART chief curator, another very affluent institution, which premiered many international artist in Canada. [MACM]
■Pilvi Takala, Finnish artist besed in Istanbul, won 2013 Emdash Award and will be featured at this year’s Frieze Project in London, this coming October. [Frieze Foundation]
■Seminal curator, dealer, collector, theorist and textile scholar Seth Siegelaub passed away on 15 June at the age of 71 in Basel, Switzerland. Find his obituaries in [GalleristNY], [Art F City] and [Art in America] or read Siegelaub’s interview with Jo Melvin in [Afterall].
■Life after winning Bravo’s reality TV show “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist†is discussed in Kymia Nawabi’s interview on [Hyperallergic]
â– French artist Orlan sues Lady Gaga for plagiarism [ArtInfo]