Artists step up: creativity in social practice

How the Art of Social Practice Is Changing the World, One Row House at a Time

Social practice is going mainstream as more artists focus their work on making an impact on problems like homelessness and pollution. But the question of how to judge activist art remains elusive.

by Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews, April 7, 2014

Whirlwind "Twitter Tour" of Whitney's "2010"

Yesterday, I joined several social media colleagues for an exclusive (off-day) tour of the Whitney Museum's new Biennial--2010. Greeted by WNYC art critic Carolina Miranda and guided by Biennial co-curator Gary Carrion-Murayari, we wandered from floor-to-floor, gallery-to-gallery, tweeting madly, taking photos and trying to keep it all in perspective. I can't honestly say I retained enough of what was said or seen, but I do know the experience made me eager to explore the show with sufficient time and in sufficient depth.

Here's a link to some of my photos, posted this morning on Flickr, and you can catch up with all of our tweets by searching #whibi. (Request to follow @magickaleva to see mine.) I also managed to post some remarks to Facebook yesterday and posted my set of photos today. Enjoy!