- Jeff Rosenheim, curator of the Met, is interviewed by Charlie Rose on his major retrospective of the work of photographer Irving Penn. [Charlie Rose]
- David Simon, of The Wire, notes that Trump never bothers to find out what Comey knows. He only asks that he stop the investigation. Simon says the guilty never remember to ask questions because they already know the answers. [@aodespair]
- Why isn’t Christian Viveros-Faune writing full time at The Times or elsewhere? Is there anyone who can writes prose as well as he does? The latest example of that is his glowing review of the Robert Rauschenberg show at MoMA. He describes the artist as “the twentieth century’s art-gospel-spreading, medium-challenging, style-switching creative Johnny Appleseed.” [The Village Voice]
- George Condo has been inspired by the Michael Flynn controversy and is making paintings about it. [artnet News]
- Here’s a piece about how collector’s taste change over time. (Collector’s are shying away from former art market darlings like Basquiat.) [The New York Times]
- Speaking of the New York Times, what, no art reviews today?
- I didn’t think anyone would be able to write an entire feature on Geoffrey Farmer’s installation in the Canadian Pavilion—there’s just not that much to say about a dismantled pavilion, but Craig Burnett proved me wrong. Here’s 2000 words on the subject. [ArtReview]
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