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The Art Dossier on October 26, 2012 with 0 Comments

As reported yesterday, eight new countries will be exhibiting at the Venice Biennale. You can now add the Vatican to that list. The Holy See joins the eight countries showing at the biennial for the first time and curator Massimiliano Gioni outlines his vision for an “Encyclopedic” exhibition. [The Art Newspaper]

Yesterday the Whitney announced that it has received a $1 million donation from the Keith Haring Foundation to support exhibitions in the Renzo Piano–designed building that it is scheduled to move into in the Meatpacking District in 2015. [GalleristNY]

The world’s worst typos – in pictures. A new book details the crime de la creme of typographical errors, from hotel brochures advertising a ‘French widow in every bedroom’ to Tea Party signs declaring President Obama’s ‘crisis of competnce’. [The Guardian]

For 600 days Yu Yamauchi lived in a hut near the summit of Mt. Fuji, getting up while it was still dark to photograph the sunrise every day, from the same location. The resulting series, titled “DAWN,” is a stunning look at the colorful, sometimes abstract view of Earth waking up. [Spoon & Tamago]

Governors Island aims to rival Central Park with West 8-designed fake hills. [Artinfo]

Vito Acconci accepted Design Miami’s Designer of the Year Award, an accolade given by the fair to those whose vision and influence have pushed the boundaries of our existing notions of design and architecture. [Artinfo]

Pill-shaped public art is popping up all around the High Line. More than a dozen works by the modern artist Richard Artschwager are being installed on the High Line, Standard Hotel and the Whitney Museum of American Art’s future location in the Meatpacking District. [DNAinfo]