Tuesday Links: Massive Polar Vortex!!!
Tuesday morning greetings. Time to bundle up! The Times reported temperatures of 4 degrees. That’s not gonna instantly turn boiling water into snow, but, you know, wear layers. And if you’ve got a...
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Thursday Links: MoMA Expands Through the Folk Museum
A rendering of MoMA’s new space Morning folks. It’s official: MoMA will demolish the Folk Art Museum in order to make way for the redesign. The new building will focus heavily on creating an illusion...
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Monday Links: MoMA Pushback and Doll People
Joel as ‘Jessie.’ (Image from Secrets of the Living Dolls) AFC’s offices are a buzz this morning, as art news just keeps pouring in! Jerry Saltz has written a letter to MoMA’s Trustees imploring them...
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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Newscasters Make Art
This week’s events leave us with very little free time: Roberta and Jerry do a rare public joint interview, professional newscasters perform a Liz Magic Laser piece, and artists do stand-up. More...
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Tuesday Links: The Latest in Web Surfing Fashions
Cory Arcangel has teamed up with Bravado, the global music merchandising company, to launch his new line of Arcangel Surfware: lifestyle clothing for web surfing (sweatpants, bed sheets, etc)....
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Lucy Lippard on How to Be an Art Critic
Lucy Lippard in 1976. Alongside her writing and curating, Lippard’s a well-known activist, participating with the Art Workers’ Coalition and WAC (Women’s Action Coalition), among others. For the best...
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Wednesday Links: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is Everywhere
Once you see ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, you start seeing it everywhere. Kyle Chayka talks about “the shruggie” [The Awl] Also via @chaykak, a Tamagotchi graveyard. Causes of death include “lost too much weight”, and...
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Tuesday Links: Apologies!
Terry Richardson “Is Terry Richardson an Artist or a Predator?” NY Mag follows Terry Richardson around and gives a thorough report on his skeezy, idiotic past. It’s a good primer on all the various...
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Friday Links: Dov Hates Dust
Ed Paschke, 2 tatuz 1969 Eek. Seems like celebrity programming is taking up 50% of museum shows these days. Dennis Hopper’s getting another show, this time at the Royal Academy in London. [Artnet News]...
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Thursday Links: Buddy Cop Art Movie
via Grammarly Artist and jogger—but mostly artist—Kate Steciw found a skeleton decked out in Brooklyn Nets gear in Prospect Park. It was surrounded by sentimental wall art and American flags, like...
View ArticleFriday Links: Utopia Is Dead, But a Bush Grows Back
Inspired by the new Fox reality show “Utopia”, Adam Sternbegh wonders if we’ve binged out on so much dystopia that we can’t handle the genre any more. (The actual show looks like a set up for...
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Monday Links: Make Way for Duckling
Allora & Calzadilla’s “Fault Lines” at Gladstone. Courtesy the gallery. Here’s your Monday morning duckling! [Imgur] Tips on how to keep your art-filled marriage hot, and tips on what to do after...
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Thursday Links: Rich People Are Spending Their Money
An incredibly juicy tale about the provenance of the Christopher Wool painting “Apocalypse Now.” The 350,000 Percent Rise of Christopher Wool’s Masterpiece Painting. [BusinessWeek] Rich people have a...
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Wednesday Links: All Firsts, All the Time
Chris Ofili’s Day and Night at The New Museum A list of Internet firsts. Satisfying in the way then and nows always are. [FX] The first color footage of Joni Mitchell singing. This video is shot in...
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Ryder Ripps’s “ART WHORE” In the Running For Most Offensive Project of 2014
Ryder Ripps on Instagram This month, a bizarre streak of misogyny has been flaring up amongst the influential men of the art world. Richard Prince’s recent Instagram show expressly fetishized hot...
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Wednesday Links: New Revelations About the Art World’s Conservative Trends
There is a diamond hashtag ring. You can get one at Bloomingdale’s. [Techcrunch] Brian Boucher joins Artnet, the world’s only 24-hour art news website. Brace yourselves for more up-to-the-minute...
View ArticleMonday Links: How to Stay Out of Jail
Our calendar launch and signing party takes place tomorrow night at Sargent’s Daughters, 6-8 pm. Join us! [Art F City] All satire was lost on the titler of Ben Davis’s Art Basel report. “Art Basel in...
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Friday Links: “J” Is for Jesus
Get into the spirit of the season with creepy, overly capitalistic Christmas commercials from the 1980s. “Taste all the ways butter helps your holidays throughout the year!” [YouTube] On the history...
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Tuesday Links: The Haunted Macbook
Culled from an email thread on public hair A haunted white Macbook, only $182! The seller claims to have left the Macbook in a graveyard next to a mental institution on the night of an electrical...
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Tuesday Links: Juicy Basel Bickering + Farts
A great profile of artist Laurie Simmons by Andrew Russeth, mostly for its thoroughness. She’s mad at Richard Prince for borrowing her work. She’s shy about using her Instagram account because she has...
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