Martin Creed at the Park Armory. Image: James Ewing
- John Oliver talks about the fate of journalism. Depressing. [Last Week Tonight]
- Looks like the Martin Creed show at the Park Armory is the one to see this summer. Andrew Russeth fauns over the retrospective, explaining that this is more than just his greatest hits. It tells a long story with well-known and more obscure works. The big thing, though, is that that the show leaves the Armory’s vast drill hall space empty but for projections on the wall. [ARTnews]
- Kirk Johnson visits the Seattle Art Fair, which prominently featured science-inspired works to appeal to the city’s booming tech industry and more standard fair fare such as Helen Frankenthaler painting with a seven-digit price tag. The most interesting aspect sounds like Out of Sight, a satellite fair started by local spaces not represented under the big tent, but work there doesn’t get much coverage in the article. [The New York Times]
- Spot upzoning is illegal in New York when it is not part of what the state describes as a “well considered well-considered and comprehensive plan calculated to serve the general welfare of the community.” But how often do these plans exist when zoning variances are granted? Inwood seems to be the latest case of the city disregarding this clause and neighborhood residents are upset. They say a proposal to build a 14 story condo in an area of six to seven story buildings does not make sense, and will only increase their rent. Unsurprisingly, no one cares about the “affordable” units that will be offered—they can’t afford them, and what are a few units in the scope of displacement of thousands when the rent rises? Strangely the developer goes unnamed in this article.[NY1]
- New York is now the world’s most expensive city, surpassing London amid the financial turmoil wrought by the Brexit fiasco. [Curbed]
- Online sales account for 3.6 percent of Sotheby’s auction total, which means they have a long, long way to go before they can say their online business accounts for any kind of meaningful revenue stream. [Art Market Monitor]
- The new film Suicide Squad looks terrible, and is generally panned by critics. Here’s the strange story of how its fans (none of whom have actually seen it yet) started a petition to shut down review-aggregating site Rotten Tomatoes. Apparently some believe there’s a conspiracy wherein critics are being paid to suppress certain comic-book-inspired films… which makes no sense and ignores the fact that most of these movies are just awful. [The Washington Post]
- This is such a good read. Grayson Perry visited the degree exhibitions at Chelsea College of Arts, and Gillian Wearing visited Goldsmiths. They reflect on their own time at art school and the work students are making now. [The Guardian]
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