Xaviera Simmons, Number 18, Production Still, 2013, Curated by Cecilia Alemani/ High Line Art
- Judging by the documentation featuring dancers in oversized pearl strings and employing movements that reference both the baroque and vogueing, Pablo Bronstein’s Tate Britain Commission dance performance looks worthwhile. Taking place in the Tate’s Duveen Galleries until October, the Argentinian artist discusses artifice and his love of architecture. [Artspace]
- Xaviera Simmons has launched a kickstarter with the goal of raising $20,000 for her latest performance at the Kitchen, CODED. The performance will explore constructed male and female identities by drawing on archival images. Support at virtually any level gets you a limited edition or original artwork by Simmons so this is definitely a campaign where you get back what you put in. [Kickstarter]
- A recap of Berlin Gallery weekend, which involves over 50 local galleries coordinating their openings, points out the following trends: guest artist curators, the term post-internet art apparently falling out of favor, and splashy shows by local photographers like Wolfgang Tillmans at Galerie Buchholz. [Art Newspaper]
- A newly defunct tax break created almost half the affordable units added to the city by the de Blasio administration. [Crain’s]
- A profile of Larry Gagosian. A few tidbits: Gagosian himself is estimated to clear 1 billion in sales annually. He says he believes in the popularizing of art. Also, his original story is recounted—he began selling posters before hooking up with Leo Castelli. Great read. [The Wall Street Journal]
- Fascinating look at how the housing recovery is leaving predominantly black neighborhoods behind. In Atlanta, for instance, while homes in the mostly white North DeKalb zipcode codes area have seen an increase in value, homes in the mostly black South DeKalb area are still 24% below what they were over ten years ago. The explanation isn’t solely race, however, but the ways in which these communities were targeted for subprime loans during the bubble. [Washington Post]
- Ostensibly, the Brooklyn Museum’s new smartphone app, ASK Brooklyn Museum, allows visitors to text questions and receive rapid-fire responses from from the one of six full-time staffers behind the project. But this also the way in which data-gathering is impacting curatorial decision-making. All the user chats are saved, and the data was consulted when the museum re-opened three of their permanent collection galleries after re-installing. [New York Times]
- After over six years working without a raise, CUNY faculty are voting today on whether or not to strike. The vote comes at the heels of the austerity measures of last month’s state budget. [WNYC]
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