Inside the Guggenheim. Image via: The New York Times
- Arts organizations brace for the possible elimination of the NEA. [The New York Times]
- Manhattan’s cheapest rentals in priciest neighborhoods. We might as well just call this feature “How Much Are You Willing to Compromise? New York’s Shittiest Soho Apartments.” [Curbed]
- The Guggenheim’s permanent collection is on view in the rotunda—a rarity. Holland Cotter is happy. Looks like there’s some great canonical modernist masterpieces on view. [The New York Times]
- Since 2008 DOT Art has been diligently working to beautify tunnels, bridges and streets with art. Projects on average take between four and six months to implement, and are supported by $200,000 in annual funding through the city’s OneNYC plan. The article’s mostly an overview on what they do, but it’s worth noting that this is not a lot of money for what they do. They are looking for more permanent streams of funding, as they should be because a lot of money is going to dry up under Trump. [AM New York]
- Speaking of politics, here’s a terrifying tweet storm courtesy of David Frum, who appears to be the country’s expert on envisioning the most horrifying and likely dystopic future under Trump. In this thread he predicts that the failure of health care might actually help Trump by discrediting Paul Ryan and the remains of the old plutocratic GOP. Trump could “then introduce a deficits-shmeficits tax cut, shrug off entitlements problem, focus on immigration & trade. Popular!” [@davidfrum]
- Wow. Devon Van Houten Maldonado really doesn’t like the Gabriel Orozco installation cum convenience store in Mexico City. “I wanted to be convinced of a deeper meaning hiding beneath the shallow analogy between art and disposable commodities, but I left sure that Orozco has given up making art for pretending to be a philistine.” [Hyperallergic]
- Oh God. St. Patrick’s Day is a week away. Everybody hide. A map of places to avoid next Friday. [Curbed]
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