- The Frank Stella retrospective at the Whitney museum of art gets a glowing review by Roberta Smith. We’re not exactly in a hurry to see this show. His early works are great, but we could do without the years of globby abstract wall sculptures. Smith seems to think the exhibition lingers too long on the early, more minimal works, which makes us want to see why she thinks that. [The New York Times]
- You’re welcome: an infographic matching wines with their appropriate Halloween candy. Who knew Nerds went well with a sparkling? [Mental Floss]
- Stumped on how to content farm that review on David Shields’ War is Beautiful? Take a page from Scott Indrisek, and get your cats to do it. [BLOUIN ARTINFO]
- The sad story behind those 1920s German Expressionist costumes you may have seen last night’s Halloween party. [Hyperallergic]
- Russia is such a fucking mess. Marat Guelman, a prominent gallery owner is being evicted from his gallery in Moscow. The landlord claims this is due to missed payments, but Guelman says the notice came two days after he held a charity auction for political prisoners. He’s taken to facebook with his complaints, and a whirlwind of press has resulted. None of it has resulted in a resolution between the parties though. [The Moscow Times]
- Like the recent swell of fashion designers abruptly leaving luxury label creative director posts, I wonder if this is comparative to the art world’s version: gallery directors abandoning institutions in the midst of huge renovations or new building plans to take over a recently vacated, higher profile director position? Case in point: Sam Thorne, former Tate St. Ive director, who is now the new director of Nottingham Contemporary. He’s replacing Alex Farquharson, who has moved on to Tate Britain. [Artforum]
- 54,000 people are watching Bob Ross paint on Twitch right now. Yesterday marked the launch of Twitch Creative, which is livestreaming for art with an accompanying chat window. To celebrate, they’re holding an 8 day Bob Ross marathon. I have to admit, I haven’t quite grasped the appeal of Twitch. It’s not like 50,000 people can really have a great convo, but maybe there aren’t typically that many people tuned in at once? [Twitch via Gawker]
- Today marks the opening of a new Warhol exhibition, focusing specifically on his celebrity composite series. TIFF Bell Lightbox’s “Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen” sounds like an interesting film-related exhibition, although we’re a bit wary about the exhibition design involving a “fun Screen Test machine” that lets you create your own screen test. [Toronto Star]
- Worst landlord ever: Yehuda Herskovichas been charged with second-degree arson and more than a dozen other crimes after he allegedly placed a piece of cardboard in front of tenant Moses Greenfeld’s apartment last November and set it on fire. He was trying to collect late rent. [New York Post]
- Magic tricks for dogs. Hilarious. [Youtube via Metafilter]
Friday Links: Ta-Ta to Blingee!
by Paddy Johnson and Rea McNamara on October 30, 2015 Massive Links
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