Donald Trump, who has the drawing ability of a seven year old, produced a drawing of the New York City Skyline that sold for close to $30,000. It was originally made for a charity event in 2005. The drawing is without a doubt the worst presidential drawing we’ve ever seen, and possibly the worst drawing by an adult. And that’s an evaluation that comes completely independent of his incompetence as a president. The line drawing doesn’t reach the edges of the page, doesn’t indicate that Trump has any awareness of what Manhattan even looks like, and includes two swooshy lines at the bottom that maybe indicate water or are perhaps just needless flourishes. It appears Trump signed the piece in gold marker and of course the only recognizable building on the skyline is Trump Tower. [artnet News]
Rhizome is offering 4-6 “microgrants” for web-based artworks, ranging from $500-$1,500. Applications are due August 14th. [Rhizome]
Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield has come up with a reinvention plan that includes raising 60 million dollars to help it refocus its mission to include science and history as well as art. The details of this plan, however, are making The American Alliance of Museums and the Association of Art Museum Directors—of which it is a member— very uncomfortable.The Berkshire wants to deaccession works to fund this new mission. This breaks with the association’s code of ethics, which dictates that Museums not deaccession works unless the funds are used for acquisition and direct care of the collection. Seems unlikely the museum will be able to remain a member of the association if it continues along this path. [NPR]
Non-art neon is making a big comeback in New York, from signs to restaurant interiors. [Eater]
Brace yourselves, New York, Miley Cyrus wants to return to the Big Apple to have another art exhibition. [Just Jared]
Why are auction prices so high for Mark Grotjahn works? An abstract painting by the 49 year old fetched $16.9 million at Christie’s and his primary market works can sell for $20 million. In a profile in the NYT, it’s revealed that Grotjahn has a rare amount of control over his career, working in with multiple galleries in multiple cities, often bypassing dealers completely, and having the final say over who his works sell to. This power shows up in the piece, as pretty much every quote comes off as an entry in a competition to offer the most ass-kissy complement to the artist. Notably Grotjahn didn’t respond to requests for comment. We weren’t asked, but we’re a bit confused about how even the best business management could push the value of these patterned paintings up so high. It’s not that they’re bad—but only a few feel truly distinctive. [The New York Times]
Danielle Directo-Meston considers the gentrification issue in her family’s house hunt. Not a lot of new information here, but it has plenty of Los Angeles-specific details and conversations about strategies for preventing displacement. Possible suggested legislation includes a ban on house flipping within a year and another that incentivizes owners to live in their properties for ten years. [Curbed]
Into the Unknown is a science fiction show at the Barbican Centre in London that should get the sci-fi nerd in us pretty excited. There are 800 works, going all the way back to the 19th century, and Hyperallergic has a review and photos to show off the exhibition. The review, though, doesn’t seem very excited about any of it. It’s a flat description, that complains that Octavia Butler and other African American artists didn’t get their due, but it’s still a significant show regardless because who else is doing this? I say, give us a few more photos and let us decide. [Hyperallergic]
Photographer Paul Raftery has documented the bizarre architecture of Kazakhstan’s post-Soviet capital Astana. The city looks like a weird low budget sci-fi show’s CGI landscapes brought to life. [Dezeen]
BienalSur, a new biennial organized by the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero of Argentina, launches this Fall with 379 projects scattered across different continents. This biennial format is sort of uncharted waters—Buenos Aires is the hub, but the focus is on South America in general, and projects will take place as far away as Paris and Tokyo. [The Art Newspaper]
The American Alliance of Museums and the Association of Art Museum Directors have both come out against the Berkshire Museum’s plan to sell 40 artworks to line its endowment and renovate its building. “One of the most fundamental and longstanding principles of the museum field is that a collection is held in the public trust and must not be treated as a disposable financial asset.” [The New York Times]
Ralph Steadman and Ceri Levy got a profile of their collaborations over at VICE. They make cheesy activist drawings of endangered animals, which are relevant because Steadman used to collaborate with Hunter S. Thompson, a well-known journalist and founder of the Gonzo journalism movement. (Thompson’s significance is never explained.) Anyway the drawings look exactly as you’d imagine—contrived splatter, extreme poses, compositions that all sit in the middle of the page. They’re no Walton Ford, that’s for sure. But the author seems to believe that if Steadman played into artist stereotypes more, and was “weirder, hermetic, less astonishingly prolific, and more pretentiously grandiose”, he’d be recognized as one of the truly great artists of our time. Sure. [VICE]
Why is today such a slow art news day? (Yes, we saw the Dana Schutz controversy. Lay off her, already.) I literally just found myself reading this blurb about butter sculptures at the Ohio State Fair, fascinated: “The American Dairy Association Mideast says the sculpture unveiled Tuesday salutes chocolate milk as the official drink of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. It’s the first time the butter sculpture has included color. Cocoa was added for the bottle.” [Seattle Times]
Thank fucking God. The MTA board has pushed back against the authority’s ambitious new rescue plan that would include more fare hikes. The authority’s chief financial officer, Robert E. Foran, pushed for those hikes, but the board thinks the money needs to come from other sources. Andrew Cuomo, the state governor has promised half the funds for the rescue plan, but New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has resisted giving the authority the rest. The mayor needs to man up. [The New York Times]
TRIXI studios has used new ARKit software to develop an augmented reality version of A-Ha’s “Take on Me” video. Is this the future of music videos? [The Verge]
Image of the day: France is burning. By Valery Hache/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images [h/t The New York Times]
The latest news from the surreal hellscape that is our nation’s government is that Trump is banning transgender people from the military. Doesn’t it seem like the right wing always comes up with a culture wars bone to pick when their political/economic agenda (Russia investigation, healthcare repeal, etc…) is under siege? At any rate, this is terrible, but if laughing is therapeutic for you, watch this Samantha Bee bit in which she provides commentary to rambling speeches made by potentially drunk Republican congressmen about trans people in the military. How is our country this insane? [Facebook]
Pussy Riot and Les Enfants Terribles are fundraising for “an immersive theater project” in which the audience would get to experience the Pussy Riot ordeal. That includes everything from their infamous performance in a Russian church to their crazy trial and time in a labor camp. Sounds fun? [Kickstarter]
Here’s a new, pretty comprehensive list of grants and loans for artists and entrepreneurs. Lots of funding sources on here we’ve never heard of. [Insight Personal Finance]
Remember “Chewbacca Mom”? The Texas woman who rose to brief, unlikely fame because she laughed so hard wearing a Chewbacca mask in a parking lot on Facebook Live? Writer Alyssa Bereznak does, as she’s been following Candace Payne via Google alerts for the past year. Here she has a timeline of the viral sensation’s rise and fall in public favor. It’s fascinating. The internet is a weird (and judgemental) place. [The Ringer]
Phew. After much outrage (including plenty of cute tributes from artists included in this link) Microsoft announced that MS Paint would NOT be disappearing, but will be available for download from their app store. [artnet News]
Rumors have been flying that beloved Baltimore dive bar The Club Charles will be closing, starting August 1st, indefinitely. Some say it will reopen following renovations, but there are few details here. The 66 year old institution is basically like the evening office of the city’s art/theater/literati scene. It’s John Waters’ favorite bar, among countless other filmmakers, musicians, artists, and drunks. I (Michael) will be devastated if this is a permanent closure. [City Paper]
The Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Museum will partner with @popculturediedin2009—an archive dedicated to the drama of the aughts—to mine the decade’s pop-culture. I’m not sure what to think of this. On the one hand, these scandals may already be a source of nostalgia, and therefore hold some enjoyment. On the other, is it not too soon for this? I keep thinking there’s got to be a better use of intellectual engagement than this—particularly given our current political climate. [artnet News]
Karen Loew makes the case for the Small Business Jobs Survival Act, and looks at what other cities are doing to stop the spread of chain stores, closure of neighborhood retail, and “high rent blight” that’s been hitting Manhattan so hard. Basically, New York is way behind on protecting legacy businesses. This is something every gallerist or artist with a studio (or really, anyone who enjoys bodega food) should be getting behind. [City Lab]
Related: The Zapatista-inspired Eastside Café (which functions as an art/activism/community space in East Los Angeles) managed to stand its ground against gentrification and buy their building from the landlord when developers came knocking. Amazing. [Remezcla]
2070 photographs by Annie Leibovitz were purchased by a wealthy patron in 2012 and donated to The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax. That was a boon for Leibovitz who was struggling financially at the time. The problem is, while the donor purchased the work for 4.75 million, it’s valued at 20 million and the Canadian government doesn’t want to sign off on the deduction. The panel tasked with approving the donation has accepted that only some of the photographs are art. Also, it seems the valuation of the portfolio is less than that of the individual works, thus creating the disparity of value. [The New York Times]
A score for Acquavella Gallery: Phillip de Montebello, former head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will join their staff as curator of special exhibitions. [The New York Times]
Applications close in four days for the free 360 Xochi Quetzal artist/writer residency on Lake Chapala, Mexico. This place looks beautiful. [360 Xochi Quetzal]
Following up on our Shark Week coverage, the Discovery Channel aired their “race” of 500 time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps swimming against a Great White Shark, and people are pissed. Obviously, they weren’t going to put Phelps in the water with a shark, but I at least thought there would be a shark. Nope. Basically, they had Phelps wear a fin to give the swimmer the same advantage the fish had, filmed him swimming alone, and then paired him with a computer animation. Lame. There were at least some good memes to come out of this whole thing though. Whomever the intern is that made this image—hire them. [The New York Times]
Hate read: a guide to New York City’s largest mega mansions. There are typically created by rich people buying two to three buildings, kicking everyone else out, and combining them into one home so oversized it’s hard to imagine most of the space being used. The list of owners living/creating mega mansions includes Michael Bloomberg, Madonna, Larry Gagosian, and Jeff Koons. [Curbed]
“I’m getting braver at saying the name of a sorely under-known Brazilian artist whose retrospective at the Whitney Museum, “Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium,” comes as an overdue revelation.” This is the first line of Peter Schjeldahl’s review in The New Yorker and we’re seeing grumblings on Twitter of how offensive this is. Get a grip. If you don’t know how to pronounce a name, or if it’s hard to pronounce properly for English people, it’s embarrassing. This is an admission that he’s working to learn, not that he’s revealing his implicit racism. If anyone has a right to poke fun at unpronounceable last names, it’s a guy named Schjeldahl. [Twitter, The New Yorker]
Artist Sarah Craske found a 300 year old edition of Ovid’s “Metamorphosis” at a junk shop. She’s since cultured centuries’ worth of readers’ bacteria from over the centuries for an artwork. [The Guardian]
Why is Condo being described as an art fair alternative? The event is an gallery-share model where galleries share their space with foreign dealers for the length of a show. Is launching exhibitions now secondary to participating in art fairs? [artnet News]
It turns out Alice Cooper has had a Warhol “Electric Chair” painting rolled up in a tube in storage for decades. The rocker totally forgot he had it. [The Guardian]
Microsoft is killing off its 32 year program beloved of artists, MS Paint. Well, there goes that genre of art making. [The Guardian]
Season 2 of Stranger Things starts in October and the trailer is out. Holy. Crap. I don’t know if my post-internet self is designed to wait this long for anything. Related: Strange Genitals. [The Internet]
Bubbles the chimpanzee, famous for having belonged to Michael Jackson and immortalized in a Jeff Koons sculpture, is now an artist in his own right. The 34 year old primate has taken up painting, and his pieces can fetch up to $1,500. [New York Post]
The stories the internet brought—The truck nut wars. For those who don’t know, Truck Nuts are the testicals truck drivers will hang from the hitch on their back bumpers. There is now a turf war between the two dudes who both claim to have invented the nutz. [VICE]
Here’s an opinion column advocating for painter Yulia Kuznetsova, a recent SAIC graduate trying to get a visa to remain in the United States after school. Kuznetsova is from Russia, which is bleak as fuck and a terrible place to be an artist, apparently, thanks to Putin’s draconian censorship laws. [Chicago Sun Times]
Following up on the Salvador Dali paternity dispute story that lead to his exhumation, the embalmer charged with the task reports that the dead artist’s mustache is still in tact. The results of the DNA test, which would prove once and for all whether the 61-year-old fortune teller, Maria Pilar Abel, is the lone daughter of Dali will take 1-2 months to come back. In the meantime, we’ll be waiting. [The Guardian]
More than 100 of Crocket Johnson’s mathematically based paintings made between 1965-1975, now online at The National Museum of American History. [American History]
Here’s the latest, most ridiculous skirmish from the culture wars: makeup artist Gypsy Freeman has lost her spot as the winner of an Instagram contest because reality television star Kat Von D found out she was a Trump supporter. Is that unfair to Freeman? Probably. But so is being deported/dying from climate disasters. It’s hard to feel that sorry for Freeman here, particularly given that this is a prize sponsored by an individual. Something tells me we’ll be dealing with bitterness like this for years to come. [New York Daily News]
Baltimore Clayworks, a much-beloved ceramic studio and education nonprofit, is filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy after 37 years. Frustratingly, it seems like the board didn’t cooperate with the community in attempting to resolve their cash flow problems, and instead were relying on a real estate deal that fell through. [The Baltimore Sun]
Speaking of closures/real estate deals, The Hard Times continues to roll out the best headlines on the internet: “Record Store You Didn’t Shop at Becomes Condo You Can’t Afford”. [The Hard Times]
I guess this is what it looks like when a reporter who begins with no knowledge of the art world writes about the art world’s transition to online sales. That transition is tracked wholly through Artsy – when other companies are described they’re lumped into categories so broad they misdescribe them. Quotes sometimes come from sources who aren’t exactly authorities on the subjects they discuss. That’s just a result of not knowing much though. The story has an extra grating edge because it’s a tale of privilege (Carter Cleveland is the son of an art historian and financier) soliciting funding for a company that tailors to privilege (art collectors). AND the company’s entire spiel-using the site is so easy it’s “almost pedestrian”—contains a whiff of class appropriation. That said, the article does contain some useful tidbits — the company now reports $20 million a month in facilitated sales (whatever that means). Glad it’s doing well. [The Verge]
The list of amenities at this artist residency is pretty funny. Highlights include “List of extreme activities all around the country” and “Bulgarian phone number – SIM card”. Sign us up! [Art Connect
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater house famously straddles a waterfall. Unfortunately, the rapids were a little too rough recently and caused exterior damage, including to the Jacques Lipchitz sculpture “Mother and Child,” which Wright himself selected for the site in 1941. [Architectural Digest]
The NYT has an adorable blurb about the unlikely friendship between Jamie Wyeth, Andy Warhol, and Archie Warhol, the painter’s dachshund. [The New York Times]
Here’s a slideshow of Columbia University’s new Lenfest Center for the Arts, designed by Renzo Piano. It’s an “eh” building. Functional, but I believe Paddy once accurately described the exterior as looking “like a pharmaceutical company’s corporate campus”. [Dezeen]
Politicians about to re-enter an election campaign need to stop getting on the train anytime a problem is announced and start solving the problems. Bill de Blasio doesn’t need to ride the 7 train to see a Mets game, he needs to fix it. [Curbed]
Speaking of Curbed, we’ve noticed Famous New Media artist Jeremy Bailey has taken out an ad that appeared on the site for his “The You Museum”. The project “curates personalized exhibitions that are delivered to you via banners on the websites you visit most.” We want this. [The You Museum]
Brooklynites rejoice: Deborah Kass’ “OY/YO” sculpture is back! It’s been moved to the Williamsburg waterfront. [untapped cities]
Thieves have made off with seven out of ten 1968 Warhol soup can paintings on display at the Springfield Art Museum in Missouri. The burglars made off with beef, black bean, chicken noodle, vegetable, green pea and onion cans, and tomato soup. Curiously, they left behind the pepper pot, the cream of mushroom and the consomme (beef) cans. The FBI is now investigating, and I hope they get to the bottom of why the thieves are so picky about their soup flavors. Gluten sensitivity? [The Wichita Eagle]
A video of scenes in films inspired by paintings. Who knew that infamous shot of Scarlett Johansson’s butt in Lost in Translation was inspired by a John Kacere? [Facebook]
AFC has long been fans of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, but this year’s antics may be the best ever. Michael Phelps, winner of 23 Olympic gold medals and holder of 39 world records will race a great white shark! Don’t get too excited—they couldn’t engineer a side by side race—but apparently there was cause at some point for a hammerhead shark to be about six inches from the swimmer’s face. Anyway, tune in July 23rd for this feat of marketing genius. [Yahoo News]
Envy read: check out this art collector’s home in Beverly Hills. A fun game is trying to identify the artworks in the slideshow. I love that someone heinously wealthy has a Barbara Kreuger that says “Don’t be a jerk”. [Dezeen]
Beyonce finally announced the existence of her twins yesterday over instagram. Of course, the announcement came in the form of a photo by artist Awol Erizku. He produced the pregnancy announcement photo as well, but this one is more complicated and the better photograph. She’s draped in pink and blue indicating the gender of the twins Carter and Rumi on a Rococo type set adorned with flowers. Naturally, she looks amazing. [Jezebel]
Hollywood actors can be such jerks. When Kevin Broccoli (yes, that’s his real name) announced his two-man play “James Franco and me” he thought the actor might mention it or come to see it. Instead the writer received a cease and desist letter. Now that the show is coming to New York it’s had to be renamed “______ and Me”. Also, Broccoli, who played the “me” in the play will no longer be playing himself. So, basically the whole thing has been compromised. Apparently the dispute is not over. We’re rooting for Broccoli. [The New York Times]
This is a sad, weird story. Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum in San Antonio, which contains 1,200 toilet seats decorated by the artist, is being auctioned off. Smith is aging and can’t keep the museum open due to dementia. His family is hoping his life’s work goes to a good home. This seems like something the American Visionary Art Museum should acquire. [MySA]
Roberta Smith takes on the unenviable task of seeing the sprawling Condo New York network of visiting galleries. This is more of an events listing than it is a review, but useful nonetheless as it identifies highlights. This looks good, and we hope it becomes an annual event. [The New York Times]
A Los Angeles woman destroyed $200,000 worth of artwork at the gallery The 14th Factory by backing up while taking a selfie. Some claim this is a publicity stunt by the artist, Simon Birch, whose exhibition was the scene of the crime. [Metro]
John Gerrard’s recent show at Simon Preston Gallery features a hyper-realistic computer simulation of a frog floating on a space station. It’s a commission from the Wellcome Trust, which encourages discourse between medicine and art. The story of the piece is really interesting—it was generated by video game codes, with some artistic liberties taken in regards to the physics of it all. [artnet News]
A sign that really rich people are getting richer: the public spaces in their new condos are decorated with art by the latest up and comers. These are the kind of stories that make me want to poke my eyes out. (Who cares if rich people buy things and why do they always have to buy the same things?) [Artsy]
A round-up of the nation’s “best” glamping opportunities. I had no idea Glamping was so expensive. Keep in mind you’re basically sleeping in a tent but one that rents for as much as $1500 a night. In New York, that price comes with an increased chance of getting lyme disease. [Curbed]
The Tate Modern has put together a show of black American art made in 70’s, 80’s and 90’s and it’s now making waves. [Reuters]
Something about this Joel Mesler confessions column reminds me of The Awl’s “The 40-Year Old Reversion” a story about privileged Park Slope mothers who do drugs, drink too much and cheat on their husbands. Mesler is looking back at a life riddled with anxiety, compulsive spending and regular blackout drunk binges, but then, as now, he does so through the lens of an upper middle classer. His problems are and were real, but are also clearly cushioned by cash, and it’s hard not to begrudge that. (It’s worth noting that the Reversion story is infinitely better, because it attempts to get beyond the experience of one person.) [ARTnews]
Amazon has filed a patent for underwater storage and fulfillment facilities. I’m a little skeptical that this plan is anything more than a PR stunt. They claim the facilities would help counteract “inefficient use of space”, because, um, what? It seems like management of an underwater space involves far more logistics in terms of getting stuff in and out of the depot. We’d like a Jeremy Bailey response to this please. [Dezeen]
Google’s doodle today honors Eiko Ishioka, on what would’ve been her birthday. The late Japanese visual artist has won a Grammy and an Oscar in her career as an art director and costume designer. [Al Jazeera]
Las Vegas is still waiting for its much-delayed art museum. In the meantime, galleries have taken to staging large-scale exhibitions as pop-ups in warehouse spaces. Now, the team behind the city’s forthcoming Art Museum at Symphony Park are trying to make some permanent gallery spaces out of old warehouses. [Las Vegas Weekly].
As galleries continue to drop like flies in New York and London, gallerists are looking to alternate models. Some are doing nomadic programming in other galleries and splitting costs/proceeds, some are doing pop-ups, online businesses, house shows, and even using a boat as an exhibition space. [The Art Newspaper]
Someone beheaded a statue of the Hawaiian sea goddess on the grounds of the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo. The sculpture by Fred Soriano is valued at $15,000 and the artist says it can be restored if the head is recovered from the thieves. [Ledger Enquirer]
People finding “Accidental Wes Anderson” locations is the best new internet trend. [My Modern Met]
Housing lotteries open this week for two new affordable housing buildings in Williamsburg, where rents start at $589/month. Definitely worth the long-shot of applying. Worth noting the affordable units in the Bronx start at $880. [Curbed]
Basically every British cultural institution (and plenty of mainland European ones) have signed a letter urging the UK government to not fuck them over in Brexit plans. [Dezeen]
The VGA, or Video Game Art Gallery, will be Chicago’s first art space dedicated to video game based artists’ projects. [DNAinfo]
The Green family (of Hobby Lobby wealth and infamy) has been ordered to pay $3 million in fines for smuggling artifacts from the Middle East to their businesses. This might cast a shadow over their forthcoming (and already dubious) Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. [The Washington Post]. ←— assholes
Aman Mojadidi’s ‘Once Upon a Place’, in which obsolete phone booths have been installed in Times Square with the stories of immigrants, was conceived of before the Trump regime. Now, it’s taken on new relevance, obviously. [ARTnews]
The “Is it art?” cliche just never runs out of steam. A Wired article explores a terrible art project that involves sticking some pictures into executable code and seeing what it does to the faces. Apparently said code is AI but how it works is never explained. The work looks like a souped up version of Datamoshing, which the new media community long ago discarded as too limited in its formula to ever produce good art. [Wired]
I dunno how to feel about Mia Fineman’s Talking Pictures: Camera Phone Conversations Between Artists. It’s a good idea for a show, and we know that mostly because other artists have been doing it. [The New York Times]
Cherokee writer America Meredith weighs in on the surreal case of Jimmie Durham’s fake Native ancestry. It’s an interesting, nuanced read. [artnet News]
Whoa. Artist Joanie Lemercier has developed a projection mapping technique that allows for true 3-D video to be projected into space, far better than existing hologram technology. [Facebook]
As the G20 Conference approaches 1000 art zombies took over the city of Hamburg Germany to protest political apathy. Apparently they eventually broke out of their clay, shedding their zombie personas and political malaise. I (Paddy) appreciate the message but geez this is dumb. Is it too much to ask for a bit more creativity when coming up with these performances? [artnet News]
China’s internet freedoms crackdown gets worse. Now it’s illegal to depict homosexuality, drug use, or prostitution online. [Artforum]
Hobby Lobby, the right-wing craft supply chain, has been ordered to return thousands of looted artifacts to the Middle East. The evangelical Christian owners had been using the corporation to smuggle antiquities into the United States. [The New York Times]
The Calder show gets a good review from Andrea Scott who seems especially appreciative of the show’s curation. Art handlers have been hired to “activate” the mobile sculptures three times a day but thanks to some careful selections the exhibition isn’t a circus. [The New Yorker]
62 new units of affordable housing in the Bronx are being offered up in the housing lottery. The application deadline is September 1. Those units range in pricing from $884 per month to $1740. [Curbed]
Maybe there’s no other city in the world where an art gallery based out of a car makes as much sense as in Los Angeles. That space, Gallery 1993, is one of many inhabiting unconventional spots across LA—from trucks to elevators. [The Guardian]
The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery in West Yorkshire, UK has been named the 2017 Art Fund museum of the year. I (Michael) have never even heard of this museum! We’ve apparently gotta check it out. [The Guardian]
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