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Áfram Marfa – Dispatches from West Texas [Iceland Review]

Congratulations to Ballroom Marfa! The Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced the list of funding recipients for 2007 and among the 50 organizations is our Ballroom. See the full list here.

If We Build It, Will They Come?
The talk in West Texas this summer is La Entrada al Pacífico, and it’s either a great opportunity to develop an international trade route, or it’s a wretched plan that would ruin the pristine and unique qualities of the Big Bend. There’s not much sentiment in between...

Klaxons vs Donald Judd @ Tate Modern

The Tate Modern has an interesting program, Tate Tracks, in which the museum invites a contemporary musical act to write music in response to a specific artwork. The musician/band gets a tour of the Tate's collection and selects a piece of their choice. After the song is produced, Tate visitors may listen to it on headphones as they view the artwork.

Klaxons, a London-based threesome, selected Judd's Untitled 1980 (a large stack). Check it out here.

Tate Tracks has created 11 match-ups to date and now they are soliciting a 12th from the general public. Other artist/musician duos include The Chemical Brothers vs. Jacob Epstein, Union of Knives vs. Cy Twombly, and Man Like Me vs. Marcel Duchamp.

Another Paisano Gem Surfaces on eBay

Real Photo Postcard of Paisano Lobby [ebay] There's not much of a description offered by the seller on this great RPPC, but it is clearly the Hotel Paisano... could be from the 30's or 40's.

Bids are in the 10 buck range at the moment, but there are still 3 days to go (at time of writing.)

Check it out.