- Luxury communism means robots who’ll take care of everything we need so that we can all just chill out because, you know, “the only utopian demand can be for the full automation of everything and common ownership of that which is automated.” [The Guardian]
- Christian Viveros-Fauné, the critic of the people, points out why Klaus Biesenbach’s days as a “free-floating” curator at MoMA are numbered. Board members are angry, and there’s no bureaucratic—or academic—oversight to his celebrity-ridden shows. [artnet News]
- On that note, it’s #MuseumWeek. Celebrate your fave museum moments on Twitter! [Deutsche Welle]
- The kids still love Robin Williams so much. Here’s a pic of “The Genie” from a high-school art competition. [Imgur]
- Contemporary photography could be having a “capitalist realism” moment—you know, like “social realism,” but more about money. Or, IMO, it’s just a single photographer who’s charmed by sleek, shiny architecture, and not really a powerful trend. For instance: Seidel brings up the woman with her back to the camera, a moment in Capitalist-Realist-Romanticism. Carrie Mae Weems has been doing the same thing for years, but to an entirely different, critical effect. [Hyperallergic]
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- #business #art [Daily Serving]
Tuesday Links: Ready, Aim, Fire Klaus Biesenbach?
by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on March 24, 2015 Massive Links
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