Robots do tai chi at the Westport Library. (Image courtesy of Danny Ghitis for The Wall Street Journal)
- Now that there’s this Jeff Koons retrospective at The Whitney, I guess it’s a good time for collectors to sell their work. Collector Frank Cohen waited eight years for his balloon dog to be made, and now he’s selling it because “it’s too massive”. In that same article Christie’s chairman Brett Gorvy explains that Koons like monkeys and that’s why they are in his work. Read this if you like rubbing sandpaper on your brain. [Bloomberg]
- Watch these dogs with a waterhose on fullscreen. [YouTube]
- Hyperallergic has some great photos from “Crossing Brooklyn”, a survey show of contemporary art made in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Museum. It opens tomorrow. [Hyperallergic]
- Art Basel launches “Survey”, a section of the fair which will host 13 mini historical surveys. Is this a trend? Frieze does this too. [artnet News]
- Humanoid robots at the Westport Library are supposed to teach people programming. But mostly, they’re awesome and can dance and do kickboxing. [Wall Street Journal, via The Paris Review]
- Philadelphia-based performance and comic artist Beth Heinly launches a new cosplay inspiration tumblr. She does a pretty good Ann Coulter. [cosplaynhoes]
- It looks like there will be more reasons to make the trek up to Flushing Meadows. Laura Raicovich, of Creative Time, has been named executive director of the Queens Museum. She’s replacing Tom Finkelpearl who left his post to be New York City’s cultural affairs commissioner. [Artforum]
- Feisty headline from artnet News! “Obscure Russians Buy the Art Newspaper”. Lol. This refers to Russian mathematician, engineer, and collector Inna Bazhenova, who’s had her eye on the paper since 2010, even though its circulation has been declining. “ I pass the baton to her because she and her husband Dmitry are young, they are rich, they are honest and have convinced me that they share my ideals,” says owner Umberto Allemandi. [The Art Newspaper]
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