Jim Shaw at the New Museum
- A list of theories about the Mona Lisa: it’s actually the artist, Leonardo Da Vinci, in drag; she suffers from high cholesterol, there are actually two Mona Lisa’s in existence, the artist was an alien. [Hyperallergic]
- 20 emerging female artists to watch. Nice to see such a diverse list, but it’s uneven (there’s at least one artist on that list who is better known as a party girl) and how long do some of these artists have to stay on the emerging list? Molly Crabapple has won every award in the book, collaborated with Spike Jonze, and has several agents. [Artnet]
- Oh god. Toy photographer Brian McCarty had his work ripped off and doctored by ISIS. [Washington Post]
- Toronto’s mild winter is creating obese squirrels. Don’t worry. They’ll thin out by the spring. [The Toronto Star]
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is Time’s person of the year. Really? Good on her for accepting so many refugees, but the country’s economy desperately needs more workers, so there’s an immediate benefit of doing so. Meanwhile, how quickly we forget all that austerity bullshit with the Greeks. [Time]
- I’m a little surprised we didn’t see Basel carpeted with Jim Shaw paintings this season, given his retrospective at the New Museum. I assume there’s an explanation for this, but I haven’t heard it. Jerry Saltz glowingly reviews his show and notes that the museum has a habit of letting artists go wild in their space. I couldn’t agree and it’s great to see. [Vulture]
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