- Betty Yu from the Chinatown Art Brigade writes about displacement in Chinatown. [Hyperallergic]
- Speaking of gentrification issues, this Phineas Harper column for Deezen is so insightful. “Gentrification in the case of Williamsburg was in direct opposition to the interests of the businesses based there. It replaced economically and socially productive workplaces with unproductive capital stores. Even by the metrics of conventional capitalist wisdom, it was a strategic blunder damaging the real economy of Brooklyn.” [Deezen]
- Jeremy Bailey and Rafaël Rozendaal discuss podcasts. [Good Point]
- “To be honest, I wonder what a lot of people see in abstract painting. I love it, the idea of it and the experience of it, because it’s been in my life for decades. But what if you don’t have that information?” Now, that’s how you write a lede. Holland Cotter on Agnes Martin at The Guggenheim. He LOVES it. [The New York Times]
- Ew. There’s a term called “The Brexit Discount”, which is being applied to purchases made in London England during Frieze and the auctions now that the pound is depressed. Nice to see a vote driven by xenophobia is helping out collectors. [The New York Times]
- There is now a filter to turn your cell phone videos into paintings. [Engadget]
- Apparently self-mummification is a thing. [Atlas Obscura]
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