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Wednesday Links: Eggplant Emoji Forever

Will any of the above new emojis replace the eggplant as the definitive dick symbol? According to a mobile keyboard expert, probably not. [Motherboard]
Carey Dunne delves into the Smithsonian Archive’s collection of artists’ hand-written letters, and the insights it reveals into their lives and work. Ray Johnson’s letter to gallerist Eva Lee is child-like and to the point: “EVA — HELLO / RAY”, and ends with his signature bunny head. Meanwhile architect Eero Saarinen, who designed JFK Airport, had dyslexia, and while precise, his writing was sometimes reversed. [Hyperallergic]
Norway’s not in hot diplomatic waters when it was discovered that a drive from its Royal Embassy to Israel was arrested last week for attempting to smuggle a stash of ancient artifacts. The car was travelling from Jordan and was stopped along a checkpoint to Jerusalem. Worst is that due to protocol, diplomatic vehicles are typically not searched, making this a huge security breach. [The Art Newspaper]
Francesco Bonami on the changing role of the curator in the past ten years: “we became self-delusional main characters and at the same time totally irrelevant in relation to the market and the artists’ career.” [artnet News]
Buffalo’s Albright-Knox has announced it’ll go with Rem Koolhaas’s firm, OMA, to oversee its $80 million expansion. [New York Times]
One of Zaha Hadid’s final buildings will be built at 220 11th Avenue. [Curbed]
Book Marks, dubbed the “Rotten Tomatoes for books”, launched this week, and it seems like none of the books have a letter grade rating below B-. So why does Book Marks have such a hard time separating the good from the mediocre? According to Alex Shephard, this simply reflects the current state of literary criticism, and its problem with grade inflation. [New Republic]
In primary news, as expected, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to claim a major party’s presidential nomination last night. [The New York Times]
A bipartisan Senate bill could help make it easier for Holocaust victims to reclaim art looted from them. The bill would allow claims made within six years of when the families discover the art and has been tabled by two senators we never thought would agree on anything—Ted Cruz, the gun-slinging Republican from Texas and Charles Schumer, the popular New York state Senator. [The New York Times]

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Friday Links: Everyone’s Got to Bow to Somebody

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on April 25, 2014

Artforum’s profile on the Greek-born American sculptor Chryssa ends on a rather strange note. “One day in her studio, I noticed a gun. She pointed to it and said she was planning to shoot [Arnold] Glimcher. Sure she was being mistreated and ignored in New York, she shut her studio on lower Broadway for good and apparently returned to Athens.” Chryssa died earlier this year in Greece. (Above: Chryssa’s “Large Bird Shape.” Courtesy Albright-Knox Art Gallery.) [Artforum via Andrew Russeth]
“If elected president, Barack Obama plans to prioritize, well, barring broadband providers like AT&T and Comcast from prioritizing Internet content.” That was in 2007. With news this week that the F.C.C. is considering “fast lanes” for commercial providers, let’s hope that he keeps to his promise. [CNET via Reddit]
Triple Canopy announces their 2014 Commission recipients: Kieran Daly, Primavera di Filippi & Samer Hassan, Sowon Kwon, Timothy Leonido, Frank Pasquale, Jared Stanley, and Gillian Walsh. Looking forward to seeing their projects. [Triple Canopy]
Next week, the Frieze Art Fair will come to New York yet again; talks will include a keynote by UbuWeb founder Kenneth Goldsmith and a roundtable between Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot and David Remnick of the New Yorker. We’re sure these talks will fill up quickly—their lecture hall is pretty tiny. [Frieze via Artsbeat]
Bill de Blasio has not yet addressed his promise to stop the Central Library Plan, and instead he’s kept $151 million in the budget for the renovation. Very fishy. [Bloomberg News]
Artspace provides their own rankings system for “10 of the Most Influential MFA Programs in the World.” Not sure if they talked to anyone at the School of the Art Institute (where Corinna went for grad school); their excerpt focuses on their MA program in Visual and Critical Studies, not an MFA program. Thankfully, Artspace lists off the ridiculous amount you’ll pay in tuition by enrolling in any of these programs: Bard costs $55,000 per year; Columbia costs 51,676; and UCLA sounds like a bargain at $23,465 for out-of-state residents. Sigh. [Artspace]
More on the ongoing battle between hedge funder and activist shareholder Daniel Loeb and the storied auction house Sotheby’s. Loeb has nominated three director candidates and now advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended that shareholders vote for two of the three board nominees he has proposed, one of them being Loeb himself. [New York Times]
Hyperallergic has partnered with London’s Lost Lectures. Tonight, The Awl co-founder and blogger Choire Sicha will talk along with Photographer Barbara Nitke, street performers Flex (is King) + Deirdre Schoo and scientist Marc Abrahams. Should be an interesting night. [Hyperallergic]
At a White House event for kids, a 10-year-old girl hands Michelle Obama her dad’s resume, and says he’s been out of work for three years. [NPR]
London’s Victoria & Albert Museum just made a pile of money. They’ve confirmed rumors that they are getting the blockbuster Alexander McQueen show. [Artnet]
Kriston Capps continues his coverage on Washington, D.C.’s Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design. On April 7, the museum’s board, along with the boards of the National Gallery of Art and George Washington University were supposed to vote on how the Corcoran will be absorbed into these other two institutions. That deadline was skipped. [City Paper]

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The Armory Show Is Back

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on March 6, 2014

Everyone attending the Armory Show at yesterday’s VIP preview has an opinion on the Armory and fairs in general. “The Armory is back!” declared Monique Meloche of Monique Meloche Gallery. After three years of handwringing over whether the New York-born fair would survive the competition brought to the table by Frieze New York, that question finally seems to be put to rest. The fair is doing just fine.

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Wednesday Links: Art World Discovers Celebrities Sell Art

by Paddy Johnson on September 4, 2013

Collector Adam Lindemann writes that celebrities are the new sales driver in the art market. I’ve seen lots of snide remarks about Lindemann being the author of this piece over Twitter, and I can’t say its warranted. Lindemann is a divisive participant in this world, but in this case, he hasn’t said anything all that outrageous. Jay Z’s song Picasso Baby does suck. [Gallerist]
I’ll be running a Q&A with the new Director of the Albright-Knox, Janne Sirén this Saturday at Buffalo’s Echo Art Fair. Lots to talk about here, so if you’re in the Buffalo area, I recommend checking it out. [Echo Art Fair]
Speaking of Buffalo, for those out-of-towners either visiting the fair, or considering visiting the fair this weekend, here’s 10 reasons to check out the art scene. [ArtInfo]
These baby German Shepherds are being trained to be police dogs. This photo essay is just about the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. [Buzzfeed]
Copenhagen has a new art fair, CHART, and its exclusivity has made it very press friendly. No sales reports that I can see, but this preview from Kopenhagen Magasin sets the scene. Oddly, Charlottenborg hosted the event, which this author deems as a positive because it will increase foot traffic to the museum. It’s hard to believe a museum of that quality ever struggles to bring in visitors. [Kopenhagen Magasin]
Interpretations of Success, a new artist-run conference, will take place October 18-20. The Bushwick based event hosts a series of panel discussions that will explore what success means for an artist. Panelists include Judith Shimer, Jen Shepard, Margaret Coleman, Anna Marie Shogren, Kelly Worman and Ben Peterson. [Sign up here–>Interpretations of Success]
Christie’s increases its buyers premium for the second time this year. Art collector Alain Servais is not happy. [Art Market Monitor]

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Breaking! Guggenheim Foundation Names New Director Richard Armstong

by Art Fag City on September 23, 2008

Image via: NYTimes The press release arrived just a minute ago, so I’m publishing it after the jump. Carol Vogel at the Times has the full story.

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Massive Links! Mid-Afternoon Edition!

by Art Fag City on June 17, 2008

Louise Nevelson, 1900-1988, Sky Cathedral, 1958 wood, painted black, 115 x 135 x 20″, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, NY Attention photographers: 2,500 bucks for the Aperture Foundation Prize. Call for entries here. Why can’t Dash Snow sell his hipster t-shirts for 30 bucks like every other artist edition shirt out there? Mr. Snow t-shirts cost $61.90 […]

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