Bay Area queers take on the techie-led gentrification of San Francisco in the above music video “Google Google Apps Apps”. Can someone on the East Coast please write us an equally amazing anthem? [Youtube]
After much speculation, it turns out Banksy is behind the subversive amusement park “Dismaland” in a small British town after all. The temporary attraction offers sculptures by other artists including Damien Hirst, a performance by Pussy Riot, and typical theme-park tourist traps tweaked to offer a bleak look at late capitalism. [Colossal]
An office building renovation near Bryant Park has revealed a mid-century modern tesserae mural by Max Spivak. It’s being restored and will be on display and accessible to the public soon. [The New York Times]
The privately-owned Academy of Art University has translated millions of dollars of federally-subsidized student loans into a real estate empire for one San Francisco family. Beyond the cost to taxpayers, the school has an abysmal dropout rate and the few students who do graduate are faced with mountains of debt and few job prospects. Its abysmal graduation rates—32%—have put its accreditation in jeopardy. This sounds like a very, very good thing. [Forbes]
Hedge fund manager Bruce Berkowitz has been trying to build a private art museum with offices for his firm in Miami. Earlier this year, it looked like the city had rejected plans for the bunker-like building, which would house massive Richard Serra sculptures, a Basquiat, and other works from Berkowitz’s collection. Now, the project seems to be moving forward. [The Art Newspaper]
“Going to a sports art gallery is a lot cooler than it sounds” Sports Illustrated gets into the art criticism game. [Sports Illustrated]
How can you spot a fake painting? A breakdown of tricks and anecdotes. [Salon]
Kingston, in the Hudson River Valley, has converted an old mill into 55 units of affordable artist housing and exhibition space—one more potential lure in the exodus of city artists seeking more space for less money upstate. [Mid Hudson News]
Here’s a GIF of a Delta aircraft getting hit by lightning in Houston. It’s oddly satisfying to watch. [Gawker]
In architecture, postmodernism’s aesthetic triumphs and failures aren’t unique—to some extent, almost all buildings are victims or successes of fickle fashion. What’s truly the defining, problematic legacy of the movement is its impact on public housing. As the Thatcher/Reagan years eviscerated the English-speaking world’s social services, postmodern architectural thinking used modernist architecture as a scapegoat for the resulting problems. It was a diversion that somehow is still accepted widely. [Dezeen]
Life lessons from the older and wiser to the younger. A little cutesy, but fun nonetheless. [CBC]
Artist Daniel Buren is considering legal action against the city of Lyon, France over lack of maintenance of his 1994 Place des Terreaux public artwork. [artnet News]
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