Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Disappointed that Naomi Beckwith sounds like Ed Sheeran here. 071
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Lithuania! This week Gerry Beegan and I are on a George Maciunas speaking tour, at the National Gallery in Vilnius at 5pm on Friday Sept. 11 and at the Kaunas Picture Gallery at 4pm on Saturday Sept. 12th. Thanks to the Lithuanian Culture Institue for organizing our visit. 000
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Nothing in Nolan’s “Odyssey” will stick in my memory as much as Bernadette Peters as Circe in the 1997 made-for-tv version delivering the line “You must cross the river of fire and sacrifice a ram.” 020
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainColby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The erasure of Occupy from public memory (none of my students have heard of it!) was one of the motivations for this Writing Art History After Occupy roundtable. direct.mit.edu/octo/article...direct.mit.eduWriting Art History After Occupy*Abstract. This conversation explores the impact of Occupy Wall Street on the practice of art history. The authors of three recent books—on the new media art of Arte Programmata, the administrative aut... 39924
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The surprising tidbit here is that Eakin green-lighted the NYT’s notorious Derrida obituary. 010
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Of course there are quite a few aesthetic traditions — Dada, Fluxus, lots of conceptual art — that *detourn* bureaucratic instruments to as a mode of critique, parody, resistance. I hope some of that work is addressed in Gindlesparger's book! It's a central theme in Colby Chamberlain's work!press.uchicago.eduFluxus AdministrationA new, innovative approach to the work of Fluxus artist George Maciunas. Though widely recognized as the founder of the legendary Fluxus movement, George Maciunas has long been a puzzling figure in th... 1153
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Soyoung Yoon has been named the next director of the Whitney ISP. This is great news! As the (now former) director the Parsons MFA program, she has the know-how to handle the admin side of the job, while also being an absolutely brilliant scholar with deep ties to the program. Knicks in five. 010
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 13/06/2026“The Left does not do mathematics!!” — Henry Flynt, just now at Emily Harvey Foundation 130
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 31/03/2026A short piece on Melvin Edwards (1937–2026) from way back in 2010. 010
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 16/02/2026As someone preoccupied with how human beings operate within institutions, I’ve always loved Frederick Wiseman’s films. As a Queens native, my favorite will always be ‘In Jackson Heights.’ 092
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainColby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Rosalind Krauss, Annette Michelson, and “October” make an appearance on the UK quiz show “University Challenge.” #UniversityChallenge #arthistory 041
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Rosalind Krauss, Annette Michelson, and “October” make an appearance on the UK quiz show “University Challenge.” #UniversityChallenge #arthistory 041
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 19/11/2025Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble. A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments. We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop. 13842941275
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 31/10/2025"By Knowles, with Knowles, through Knowles, we can locate models for collaboration and participation that remain tacky to the touch." www.artforum.com/columns/colb...artforum.comFOOD FOR THOUGHTColby Chamberlain on Alison Knowles 0104
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 19/09/2025From MoMA and PS1 to the Cleveland Institute of Art, I keep finding myself at institutions that have benefited not just from Agnes Gund’s philanthropic support but her moral clarity and kindness. Rest in peace. 021
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 17/09/2025I’m giving a talk at e-flux on Thursday 9/25, 7:30pm, “The Fluxhouse Cooperatives and the Future of the City.” The program will also include a performance of Maciunas’s “Solo for Violin” by Laura Ortman. www.e-flux.com/events/67832...e-flux.comGeorge Maciunas: Lecture and Performance - Events - e-fluxAn evening dedicated to George Maciunas, featuring a lecture by Colby Chamberlain and a performance by Laura Ortman of work by Maciunas. 0123
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainThe Baffler @thebaffler.com · 01/09/2025It’s Labor Day! In Baffler no. 59, Dana Kopel took us inside the fight to unionize at the New Museum, where management skimped on raises but found the money to hire union-busting consultants and lawyers. thebaffler.com/salvos/again...thebaffler.comAgainst Artsploitation | Dana KopelSomehow, the anti-austerity politics of our work didn’t apply to those of us working at the museum. Behind the New Museum’s veneer of social justice was rampant exploitation. 1163
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainMari Cohn @maricohn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social 7067372171
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Apparently Rocky Balboa is once again at the top of the Philadelphia Museum steps. I wrote about the Balboa statue back in 2008 for an early issue of Triple Canopy. tc3.canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/the...tc3.canopycanopycanopy.comTriple Canopy – The Balboa Effect by Colby ChamberlainThe Guggenheim Bilbao’s latest installation is a 1,400-pound bronze pun. 120
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Did not expect to learn in the Christophe de Menil obit that Dash Snow and Uma Thurman are related. 130
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 22/07/2025The best way to think in dark times is to think with others. It has been sustaining to work with Lindsay Caplan and Nadja Millner-Larsen on “Writing Art History After Occupy,” first as a panel and now as a (no-paywall!) article in the journal October. direct.mit.edu/octo/article...direct.mit.eduWriting Art History After Occupy*Abstract. This conversation explores the impact of Occupy Wall Street on the practice of art history. The authors of three recent books—on the new media art of Arte Programmata, the administrative aut... 131
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 18/07/2025 Downtown Cleveland is filled with fantastic architecture (much of which is featured in the new Superman movie). Great news that this Art Deco Greyhound station will be given a new role. www.artforum.com/news/clevela...artforum.comCleveland Artist to Transform Vintage Bus into Museum of the Great MigrationCleveland-based artist Robert Louis Brandon Edwards is repurposing a 1947 Greyhound bus to serve as a museum commemorating the Great Migration. 050
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 15/07/2025The next time College Art Association makes a call for conference panels, I’m going to propose a panel on the prevalence of redundant panels. #CAA114 050
Reposted by Colby Chamberlainjericho jennifer nelson @henkaipantomime.bsky.social · 07/07/2025reposting with alt text 06442
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 25/06/2025There are now three leftist academics with children who have become prominent Democratic politicians— Marxist economist Donald Harris; Gramsci scholar Joseph Buttigieg, and post-colonial theorist Mahmood Mamdani. 031
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainBenjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social · 24/06/2025It’s wild how much politicians from Queens have shaped the national political scene in the past ten years. I’d read a take. 3122
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 23/06/2025“Where are the greatest museum seats in the world? Thanks for asking. The soft modernist squares in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna are hard to beat, as are the Ashmolean’s cosy circular sofas and benches.” 052
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainThe Baffler @thebaffler.com · 20/06/2025The Baffler is seeking a new Senior Editor. Apply by July 11.thebaffler.comSenior EditorThe Baffler is seeking a senior editor to work closely with the editor in chief in determining the overall themes and direction of the magazine and website. With the editor in chief… 0149
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainLauren O'Neill-Butler @laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Excited to be in conversation with the great Annie Ochmanek on Saturday, June 21, at 4pm at MoMA PS1. 051
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Just saw the obit for Amanda Feilding, whose love of parrots and drilling holes in skulls we covered @cabinetmagazine.bsky.social www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/28/tu... 020
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainNathan Rutkowski @nrutkowski1.bsky.social · 19/05/2025“The current avant-garde, such as it is, rightfully refuses to coalesce around any single identity, and it’s competing calls for abolition, access, decolonization, or care reflect the breadth and nuance of its viewpoints” Colby Chamberlain on Park McArthur. 041
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainAndreas Petrossiants @apetrossiants.bsky.social · 04/06/2025shout out to all the ISP folks who pulled out and for all these folks for writing this letter www.e-flux.com/notes/674086...e-flux.comTo the Whitney Museum of American Art - Notes - e-fluxAn open letter about the Whitney Museum’s censorship of the Whitney Independent Study Program. 032
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Open letter from the alumni and faculty of the Whitney Independent Study Program. Ispalumni.orgispalumni.orgISP Alumni & FacultyFriends, Faculty, and Alumni of the Whitney Independent Study Program 051
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainCabinet magazine @cabinetmagazine.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Read the statement by Sara Nadal-Melsió—associate director of the Whitney Independent Study Program—regarding the Whitney’s cancellation of “No Aesthetics Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance.” www.cabinetmagazine.org/kiosk/nadal_...cabinetmagazine.orgStatement by ISP Associate Director Regarding the Whitney’s Cancellation of “No Aesthetics Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance” and the ISP Cohort’s Response | Cabinet 043
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Not mentioned in this obituary: Hans Noë was one of the Cooper Union students that Tony Smith took on his famous late-night drive on the unfinished New Jersey Turnpike. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/a...nytimes.comHans Noë, Architect, Sculptor and Proprietor of a Famed Bar, Dies at 96 031
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainM. TenHoor @mtenhoor.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Gregg Bordowitz is an incredible educator and it's heartbreaking to witness the kneecapping of such a widely-respected program. Thanks for sharing this... 011
Reposted by Colby ChamberlainBrian Boucher™️ @brianboucher.bsky.social · 19/05/2025There’s trouble at the Whitney Museum’s storied Independent Study Program. Can it maintain its vaunted independence from the larger institution? news.artnet.com/art-world/wh...news.artnet.comWhitney Museum Storied ISP Cancels Pro-Palestine PerformanceParticipants in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program are protesting what they describe as censorship of a performance piece. 076
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 19/05/2025What I’ve heard secondhand: The Whitney’s curatorial affairs department demoted ISP director Gregg Bordowitz to “director at large” earlier this year and has since taken a stronger role in supervising (and apparently censoring) the program. 171
Colby Chamberlain @colbychamberlain.bsky.social · 18/05/2025When speaking of the Whitney Independent Study Program, the former Whitney director Adam Weinberg emphasized the “independent” part. Now under new management, the ISP is being so surveilled by museum staff that the curatorial and critical cohorts are cancelling their end-of-year events in protest. 0135