Issue # 150Transcendent and Not Merely Heavy HandedJune 18, 2010share with a friend:Leah DeVun, Early Morning Goodbye, 2010, Chromira Photograph, 30 x 40 inches. Photo courtesy of Leah DeVun and Women & Their Work.from the editorI never pick themes for issues beforehand; I prefer to allow continuities to appear among features serendipitously. As an editing methodology, I like this: I … Read More

Issue # 149élan vital and its afterglowJune 4, 2010share with a friend:The Yes Men, Detail of A Guide to the Basic Functions and Properties of the Halliburton Model X7 SurvivaBall via http://www.survivaball.com/.from the editorWhen I was invited to guest edit this issue of …might be good, I was planning a trip to New York. There, the art-world vogue for performance (and vogueing) … Read More

Issue # 148Something Sexy about Manifest DestinyMay 21, 2010share with a friend:Emilie Halpern, June 29, 1955, 2010, C-print, 18 x 24 inches. Courtesy the artist and Art Palace Gallery.from the editorThe oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the Loop Current, a powerful and horrifyingly concrete metaphor for the manner in which this oil is swirling around in … Read More

Issue # 147A Happy Meal of Art Historical ReferencesMay 7, 2010share with a friend:Anna Craycroft, Subject of Learning/Object of Study, Installation view, The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. Courtesy Tracy Williams Ltd.from the editorEditor’s Postscript: This week, The Texas Observer and …might be good embark on a new collaboration. Select …might be good features will now appear in the Observer’s online section “Arts & Minds.” Also, 2010 Austin … Read More

Issue # 146Titanium-clad CAD fish fantasyApril 23, 2010share with a friend:John Kelly in Paved Paradise Redux.from the editorContinuing its pedagogical journey, in this issue, …might be good brings you teachers in a museum and a museum in a teacher’s office: a review of Substitute Teacher curated by Stuart Horodner and Regine Basha at The Atlanta Contemporary and an interview with artist Michael Corris, who recently opened … Read More

Issue # 145Ravenous for ContentApril 9, 2010share with a friend:Santiago Forero, Housewife, 2008, from the series I want to live in America, Digital print, 34 x 44 inches. Courtesy the artist and The Station Museum, Houston.from the editorThere are rumblings that around this time next year, a coalition of art organizations may be kicking off a city-wide extravaganza the likes of … Read More

Issue # 144Hungry for its SubjectMarch 26, 2010share with a friend:Asher Roth, I Love College, 2009, Screen capture of YouTube music video.from the editor This week, as promised, …might be good is joining the conversation about artist-run schools. To kick things off, in the thoughts that follow I scratch the surface of the relationship between today’s artist-run schools and the museums and … Read More

Issue # 143Keep ScrollingMarch 12, 2010share with a friend:Dawolu Jabari Anderson, Em Jay at Finesilver at Volta NYC, 2010. Photo: Anna Krachey.from the editorThis week, e-flux’s most recent issue and  Anna Craycroft’s Subject of Learning/Object of Study at the Blanton continued to contribute to the current investigation of pedagogy and artists’ pedagogical projects. With all the fresh words spilled on the subject, we’ll wait … Read More

Issue # 142Words of EncouragementFebruary 26, 2010share with a friend:Annette Lawrence, Legacy Line: Modern Ruin, 2010, Graphite on wall. Photo: Kevin Todora.from the editorRecently, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex has been home to a cluster of exhibitions and artist projects in vacant commercial and residential spaces. In large part, this issue is devoted to those, with features on Modern Ruin (which occupied a … Read More

Issue # 141Initially SkepticalFebruary 12, 2010share with a friend:Luisa Lambri, Untitled (Menil House #01), 2002, Laser chrome print, 47.25 x 56.75 inches. Collection of Suzanne Deal Booth and David G. Booth.from the editorFirst of all, definitely go see Desire at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. The last show in Austin that stirred up so much … Read More