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9 Terms That Helped Navigate a Confusing Year in Art | Artnet News

Ben Davis on the art words of the year, from "antimemetics" and "elite capture" to "red chip" and "slurry."

Sometimes the art world needs new words just to keep up with itself.

Academics and industry experts work hard to define trends, behaviours, and market shifts - and those definitions matter. But when read together, some of the terms start to feel like a language created to keep uncertainty in check.

We found this both useful… and quietly amusing.

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News | Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers

British Photographer Martin Parr has put together one of the most involving and moving exhibitions of the year at the Barbican. Selecting 23 photographers from overseas who have a killer eye for a great shot, the exhibition is a document about Britain's changing culture. The images get bigger and more colourful as photography becomes an art form in its own right. 

It’s chock full of photography legends – ‘eye of the century’ Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank – and charts the rise of photography as a medium from the 1930s to now.

Via TimeOut

News |  Indian and Pakistan Art Taking Centre Stage in the British Art Market

Roseberys auctioneers in Crystal Palace, South London, is to launch specialised sales for modern and contemporary Indian art next month – and for modern sculpture in June – as it seeks to break into the highly competitive market for lower-priced modern art. In October 2014, it launched its first sale for modern and contemporary prints, and last year introduced modern and contemporary art from India and Pakistan into its Islamic sales. 

“It’s a growth area,” says Vicky Wonfor, who heads Roseberys modern and contemporary art department. “It’s also very competitive, especially where Modern British art is concerned, so we are looking at underdeveloped areas to explore.”

Via The Telegraph

News | Sex Pistols' London Home Given Listed Status

Graffiti scrawled by Johnny Rotten in a run-down London house is being honoured by the British state today as an item of cultural importance.

Historic England has recommended that the building in Denmark Street, where Rotten, who real name is John Lydon, wrote obscenities and drew cruel caricatures, should be grade II* listed.The action may be freighted with irony but Posy Metz, the listings adviser who assessed the buildings, said she did not see a conflict between the Pistols’ anti-establishment stance and listing.

Via The Guardian

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At the Art market for the second time...awesome to see Scott hove's work on tumblr, and then get to see it in person! Absolutely amazing