- This ad for “urban jungle adventurewear” onsies appeared in my Facebook feed today. I guess you’re supposed somersault over the asphalt once you’ve put on this knitted suit. [Bezar]
- Dealer, writer and artist Kenny Schachter thinks the press has been too hard on the art market and has thus decided to be kinder by only discussing the art market winners in his most recent column. He opens by slamming Phillips Auction house. Never change, Kenny. [ARTnews]
- The controversy-wracked Museum of Fine Arts has a new protest problem: Ben Ewen-Campen hates Renoir and led a demonstration in front of the institution to share that opinion, complete with “GOD HATES RENOIR” signs. [The Boston Globe via BmoreArt]
- Animaland is a now defunct theme park in New Brunswick Canada that described itself as a “sculptured zoo of creepy giant cement animals.” VICE has produced a feature and photo essay on the subject of Animaland and more broadly, the decline of the roadside attraction. Worth a read. [VICE]
- The philosopher Alva Noë has an essay in The Times contextualizing art as one of many activities that define humanity, a species defined as “makers and consumers of technologies.” I didn’t exactly get any earth-shattering revelations from this, but it’s a nice read. [The New York Times]
- Jes Skolnik “on the culture wars, and why ‘offensiveness’ is a bad yardstick” is something I wish everyone would read. I was going to pull out one specific quote, but really, this whole piece is brilliant and timely. [Medium]
- Brazilian collectors have more purchasing power than ever before, but they also seem to have more idealism and genuine passion for the arts than their investment-minded peers in other markets, if this article is any indication. [Financial Times]
- South Africans are angry about a Anton Kannemeyer painting about them being angry about a painting of South African president Jacob Zuma’s penis.This latest one depicts a big floating erection above an angry mob carrying a banner that says “RESPECT THE PRESIDENT’S PENIS NOW!” and has offended everyone, including the national government. The piece is a commentary on the overreactions to the first painting of Zuma’s penis by Kannemeyer, including a statement from the Nazareth Baptist Church: “this man has insulted the entire nation and he deserves to be stoned to death.” [artnet News]
- Feminist filmmaker Chantal Akerman has died. Her work is included in MoMA PS1’s Greater New York show opening this week. [artforum]
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