Chanel Von Habsburg Lothringen’s “Grannyboo” currently on view at Boyfriends in Chicago.
- In this interview, Katherine Bernhardt essentially dispels any conjecture that her paintings have any conceptual intent beyond looking pretty and fun. She also wants us all to move to San Juan, for which she makes a more convincing argument. [Artspace]
- “Why would the Royal Academy and Versailles share their space and prestige with practitioners who can only construct artistic identity through the leverage of their political correctnesss achieved through public controversy.” -Rodrigo Cañete writes a pretty biting review of art stars Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor, claiming the two have developed a politicized cult of personality that’s used to promote otherwise mediocre artwork.”…predictability is misunderstood by Ai as democracy and accessibility. But looking at his stuff you’re often confronted by a misfit between concept and making that causes created objects to be visually dull or lacking an intrinsic visual reason to exist.” [LOVEARTNOTPEOPLE]
- A pretty awful crochet mural inspired by a Wes Anderson character has stoked gentrification tensions in Bushwick. Basically, recent transplant London Kaye asked the director of Brooklyn Flea if she could erect the piece on a wall abutting the market. He agreed, but neither he nor Kaye consulted the building’s owner—a longtime latino resident. The owner’s nephew has since taken to Facebook to complain, and a minor drama is now playing out over major anxieties about the neighborhood. [Gothamist]
- Submit to Platform Gallery’s second annual juried exhibition. I (Michael) am on the jury this year. Submissions are open until October 17th. [Platform]
- Art Handler Magazine has launched a Kickstarter to raise funds to support the publication. They need $30,000 to keep producing the project. Help them out! There aren’t enough sustainable independent publications out there, and this one is very thoughtful. [Kickstarter]
- Postcommodity, a collective made up of artists Raven Chacon and Cristobal Martine will create a two mile installation made up of scare-eye balloons that bi-sect the American Mexico border. I (Paddy) have been following this project for a while, so I’m glad to see that it’s not only happening, but getting a little love from Carolina Miranda at the L.A. Times. [Culture: High & Low]
- Missouri Republican party vice chairman Valinda Freed leaned on a historic Thomas Hart Benton mural to write down a phone number during a “right to work” rally. The internet got mad. [artnet News]
- Jack Griffin, the Chief Executive of the Tribune Publishing Company sounds like he’s terrible at his job. First he ran Time Magazine into the ground by firing anyone of talent, and now he’s doing the same at The Los Angeles Times. Recently, he fired their new publisher, Austin Beutner, who held the belief that the way to save the newspaper was not by eliminating the people who produce the product they sell—content. [The New York Times]
