This staircase is Hudson Yard’s obligatory “Public Art Feature.” Or a hive for giant robot bees? Whatever.
- Cubans are distributing hard drives stacked with everything from an off-line Craigslist substitute to episodes of Game of Thrones and porn to get around the island’s media isolation and communications woes. [The New Tropic]
- A new study confirms that Berlin has defied expectations and continues to remain attractive to artists. Compared to other global cities, it’s still cheaper than most of Europe while still providing great social services. Its economic health, however, is about on par with the developing world according to some questionable metrics. Uh, can New York shed a few Fortune 500 companies in exchange for cheaper rent? [artnet News]
- The LinkNYC kiosks will no longer be providing free internet service, because apparently New Yorkers can’t stop watching porn on them. The Giuliani-era culture wars have entered the 21st century, and the pervs have lost another battle. [New York Daily News]
- Jonathan Jones weighs in on the Alec Baldwin v.s. Mary Boone debacle with an opinion predicated on the argument that all artworks by the same artist are both objectively and subjectively equal. What? How are you an art critic? [The Guardian]
- That weird, dystopian Hudson Yards megaproject is getting a fittingly weird, vaguely dystopian piece of very-expensive public art. Thomas Heatherwick has designed a giant hive-like tower of staircases to nowhere that looks like it will be extremely popular for suicides when the property bubble bursts again. Or as a filming location for young adult sci-fi adaptations in which teenagers have to fight to the death to topple tyranny or something. [Dezeen]
- MoMA is making thousands of photographs from its archive of exhibition images public. Be still our curatorial-nerd hearts! [The New York Times]
- London is proposing to target specific neighborhoods for preservation and expansion of artist studios, housing, and creative industry jobs. Although the city has remained a center of art and design, there’s considerable fear that rampant gentrification will drive out young talent and cripple the creative sector. The plan sounds vague, but well-intentioned, especially the part about funds to help artists buy property. [City Lab]
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