- Making the rounds: Sam Steingard from Germantown Maryland, posing with his prom date, Ruby the cat. [Buzzfeed]
- A nerdy interview with painter Justine Hill about process. [Two Coats of Paint]
- Speaking of nerdy, Greg Allen is the most fastidious art historian cum artist we know. He’s introduced a new column called, “Better Read” in which he finds and selects texts that are then orated by a mac robot voice. (In this case he’s chosen the default male voice.) The text selected is from a pamphlet essay by Frank Lloyd Wright, “In the Cause of Architecture: The “International Style”, chosen because it is source of two popular zingers from Wright: the opening line, “The ‘International Style’ is neither international, nor a style,” and saying supporters of modern architecture are not only totalitarians, fascists, or communists, they “are not wholesome people.” Now we have the full context for these quotes. [Greg.org]
- Jerry Saltz loves the Urs Fischer candle sculpture of Julian Schnabel at the Whitney, comparing the melting to Rauschenberg’s erased de Kooning. It’s a smart comparison, but I still can’t shake the feeling that this piece is lent credibility by indulging in meaningless art historical naval gazing. The only thing I like about this piece is that the candle of another white male artist hero will eventually burn down to nothing. [Vulture]
- With subway construction costs out of sight, it looks like buses may be the way of the future in New York. A new line from the Bronx to Manhattan—Riverside Drive and the Hunts Point Cooperative Market—will cut commute time from 56 minutes to 20. [Curbed]
- Everything you ever wanted to know about kangaroo reproduction, which is way more fascinating than you think. It involves a trifold vagina. [Discover via Metafilter]
Tuesday Links: Melting the White Male Artist Hero
by Paddy Johnson on May 17, 2016 Massive Links
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