- Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf wrapped models in dresses that look like broken paintings at Paris Couture Week. Will painting always return to the “hot chicks on canvas” genre? These are really stupid. One redeeming quality: they remind me of that time Krystle fought Alexis in her painting studio on Dynasty. [Dezeen]
- Ain’t no drama like Nicolas Bourriaud drama. The famed writer/curator was recently fired from his position at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts by French Minister of Culture Fleur Pellerin. Apparently the scandal involves a sordid extramarital affair! Talk about ministering to French culture! Amirite? Since then, there’s been a media outcry with accusations of nepotism, petitions, and sassy exchanges in the press. [artnet News]
- In an epic story that spans the majority of the past century: how the Leslie + Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art became the world’s first gay art museum. [Smithsonian]
- Apparently job growth in the “creative sector” has outpaced New York City’s traditional economic engines of finance and real estate. Over the past decade, jobs in the visual arts alone grew 24 percent. So, uh, how about an increase in wages? When cost of living is factored in, New York’s cultural workers are actually earning significantly less than their peers nationally. [Hyperallergic]
- Is this in poor taste? It’s difficult to make me (Michael) groan, but it was hard to watch this unaired Saturday Night Live skit tackling the awkwardness of normalcy given the current state of race relations in America. [NBC]
- Good news: President Obama has designated a swath of the Nevada desert as a “Protected Landscape.” The area includes sculptor Michael Heizer’s famed, gorgeous “City” which will now be spared from future development encroaching on the desert. [Review Journal]
- Congratulations to Gary Carrion-Murayari of the New Museum and Alex Gartenfeld of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, who will curate the New Museum’s 2018 Triennial. [New Museum]
- Tracing artist Jon Rafman’s work from his earlier, self-proclaimed romantic work, like “9 Eyes” and “Kool-Aid Man in Second Life,” to his current interest in the internet’s marginal communities. [Momus]
- Ever lament the lack of criticism on the Internet? Well, Bookforum hands out daily reviews, y’all. Complain no more. [Bookforum]
- Public Art Fund is hiring an associate curator. Jump on that application, you up-and-comers! [Public Art Fund]
- Diva! Patti Lupone snatched a phone out of a texting audience member’s hand during a Broadway performance, all while never breaking character. [The Guardian]
Friday Links: Nothing But Dynasty Fights
by Michael Anthony Farley and Corinna Kirsch on July 10, 2015 Massive Links
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