From Redditor bobweiszsucks
- Nurdle, your word of the day. The verb, primarily used in cricket, refers to working a ball away gently. Use this as you will. [Oxford English Dictionary]
- Public art plunder: Walt Disney World has removed a bust of Bill Cosby from the theme park’s Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza. It will not be replaced by the naked Cosby statue with a weeping Fat Albert covering his ding-a-ling. This statue was designed by a precocious high school freshman. [The A.V. Club via The Hollywood Reporter]
- Printed Matter names Max Schumann, a longtime employee, to the position of executive director. He’s great, and you’ve probably seen him behind the desk. Next time you’re in, say “Hello.” [Printed Matter]
- Chemists have figured out why a yellow pigment favored by Matisse turns to beige. “The research team found that the original chemical compound, cadmium sulphide, which is highly water-insoluble and bright yellow, is subject to a light-induced oxidation process that transforms it into a colorless, water-soluble cadmium sulphate.” [University of Delaware]
- Google has released the code for DeepDream, which lets you make images for robots (kind of). Since then, a Reddit channel devoted to DeepDream has gained over 11,000 members, and, as noted by Michael Farley in yesterday’s links, people are now making all sorts of images for robots. Like porn. Your can learn how to feed your own images through DeepDream, here. [Motherboard]
- On the difficulty of discerning the major auction houses’ policies on “third-party guarantors” and “third-party partners,” and how these relationships have dramatically changed how auction houses operate. [The Art Newspaper]
- Life is happy—if you’re a tennis shoe! [Bananazz]
- The price of bacon is about to go up. (No, this is not an art joke about Francis Bacon!) Pork consumption in the U.S. has been going down since 2009, with a slight rise in 2013. What does that mean for the bacon mongers in Williamsburg? Oh, the world! [Mother Jones]
- The plant-art trend is not over for artist Camilla Wills! ( I blogged about it a little in 2013.) No telling if Wills is keeping her greenery alive, though. Woe to those dying fronds. [Contemporary Art Daily]
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