- Dollar store chocolate Santa turns out to be a huge penis. [CityNews]
- Bad hire: Ben Genocchio, Artnet News’ editor-in-chief, has been named the new executive director of the Armory Show. Who knew writing an eyeroll-inducing clickbait listicle on the ways in which the artworld could change for the better would lead to an executive level position at an art fair? [The Art Newspaper]
- But! Hiring a media type to run a major fair then inspires other trade publications to dig up past dumb art fair quotes (sample: “most art fairs bore me”) for traffic purposes. [Art Market Monitor]
- Most professors use Academia.edu to publish their papers online, but concerns have been raised whether its wise to make a for-profit website the repository for open-source research. After all, if the website is reliant on venture capital, when the money dries up, how will the site be mined for profit? [The Atlantic]
- Handmade ceramics are hot. The newspaper’s got a point, but I wish they had identified artists as well as artisans. Christina Schou Christensen is a favorite (though not exactly local.) [The New York Times]
- In somewhat related news, an anonymous professor complains about a group of students denied extensions initiating a flyer campaign tapped to his office door demanding “respect seeing as I pay you £9,000 a year”. The suggestion that universities need customer service departments isn’t a bad one. [The Guardian]
- Ayahuasca tourism is now veering into Fight Club territory—a Canadian man killed a Briton in self-defence during a ceremony in the Peruvian Amazon. [The Guardian]
- Inuit filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril discusses documentary filmmaking and screening ethics, specifically in light of that racist Quebec documentary on inuit life: “I’m so fucking tired of having to take our two minutes of opportunity, of airtime, to say, ‘I’m not a drunk.’” [Art Threat]
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens tonight and the reviews are good! [The New York Times]
- Hate read: a list of major art collectors who are also big Republican donors. Why is this so surprising? After all, the big news from Miami was all the presidential candidates hanging around the pop-up parties because they were chasing after campaign cash. [artnet News]
- An oldie, but a goodie by Adrian Chen: Best gifts under 5 cents. [Gawker]
- Speaking of Chen, here’s another great moment from the past:
— Adrian Chen (@AdrianChen) May 7, 2015
Friday Links: Dollar Store Chocolate Santa Penis
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