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- How does Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith do breakfast? Neither cook, so according to this AM-focused interview with Saltz, he goes to a nearby deli and gets four cups of coffee, then puts them in the fridge, and when they’re chill, dump them into big 7-11 Double Gulp cups with ice. Instant iced coffee! [Extra Crispy]
- Photographer Tod Seelie is leaving New York for LA because he’s been outpaced by the cost of living, and LA is similar, except it has “huge communal households that are building crazy bikes and tree forts in their yards.” [Gothamist]
- A week of heavy rains in Europe has led to serious flooding, and its cost is now hitting institutions. The rising levels of the Seine, for instance, has flooded Paris streets, and and is at its highest level in nearly 35 years. Curators at the Louvre moved 250,000 works from its basement storage upstairs to avoid damage. [CTV]
- Early career artists working in digital media, there’s an award for you. Equitable Bank’s Emerging Digital Artists Award is now accepting applications. The award comes with a $5,000 prize, and the judging panel includes myself, artist Alex McLeod and curator Amber Christensen. Deadline is September 15. [EDAA]
- Definitely not attachment parenting here: a 7 year old Japanese boy, who had been missing for nearly a week after his parents left in a forest as punishment, was found unharmed. Even though the forest was known to include bears, the parents left him there because he had been throwing rocks at people and cars while playing at a river. [CBC]
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