To do with nothing, but surely this is worth a look. What is the purpose of this rope, exactly?
- The new Whitney’s press preview takes place this Thursday, and if you want to know anything at all about the museum in advance of the hoo-haw, the art pubs have you covered. Architect of the new Whitney, Renzo Piano, was influenced by Louis I. Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum, some art professionals have things to say about the new Whitney, here are 10 fun facts about the Whitney. That’s just scratching the surface. [Artnews, Artnet News]
- Does this Times interactive feature on the Whitney make anyone feel a little nauseous when scrolling over all its moving parts? I don’t think it’s ideal to feel motion sickness when reading. Michael Kimmelman says the museum isn’t a masterpiece, (he’s the second critic to say the outside looks like a pharmaceutical company), but deems the museum a “serious achievement”. [The New York Times]
- Famed graffiti mecca 190 Bowery has found new office tenants who apparently want to retain the building’s ground-floor appearance because the companies “are literally at the intersection of chic and gritty.” Shudder. [Curbed NY]
- Musing on the black model who appeared in several nineteenth-century French paintings. [The Root]
- Todd Seelie visits the desert for a week, mostly around the Salton Sea, the largest lake in California. It’s a superfund site, so you can blow stuff up and photograph it and nobody gives a shit. [Hopes and Fears]
- Vogue, in its own way, tries to make the case for selling artwork on Instagram as a populist alternative to traditional gallery representation …by citing paintings selling for “upwards of $30,000” and patrons such as members of the Swiss royal family. [Vogue]
- Also over at Vogue, a pretty great interview with Marilyn Minter. “When Photoshop came around, I thought I’d died and went to heaven. When I hear artists say “Oh, the good old days” or “I’m old school,” I just want to puke. There’s no tool I won’t use.” [Vogue]
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