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Wednesday Links: NFL Builds a Fake Museum

by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on April 26, 2017

We haven’t read much about the Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s masterpiece The Handmaid’s Tale, but based on this review it looks like it’s going to be good and deeply disturbing. [Entertainment Weekly]

Apparently the NFL has built a fake Philadelphia Museum of Art in front of the real Philadelphia Museum of Art for a televised event. [NBC Philadelphia]

This is terrible news. Trump’s Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, wants to review every national monument designation made since 1996. This could lead to millions of acres of federally-protected land being opened to resource extraction or development. [Washington Post]

The Marciano brothers (of GUESS Jeans fame and fortune) are now serious collectors. They’ve bought an old Masonic Temple on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and are in the midst of converting it to a contemporary art museum, which should open next month. The space sounds insane, with leftovers from odd rituals and massive rooms. [Los Angeles Magazine]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is talking with the City of New York about charging mandatory admission prices for out-of-towners, rather than voluntary. [The New York Times]

Frances Stark is organizing an opera that cast children between the age of 10-19 in the orchestra. Why is this significant? The suggestion of this piece seems to be that it’s because she’s so involved with it, that she barely had time to make room for the Whitney Biennial. You’d think a better hook could be found. [The Guardian]

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts is none too happy that Instagram has been censoring photos of their Imogen Cunningham exhibition. Apparently Cunningham’s abstracted nudes are just too sexy for the social media site’s community standards? [artnet News]

What could France’s election mean for the art world? Surprisingly both Macron and Le Pen have vowed to make the cultural sector a priority, though of course Macron’s policies would include European exchange programs for arts professionals and Le Pen’s proposals include stopping the sale of heritage sites to foreigners. [The Arts Newspaper]

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Thursday Links: Some Dreams are Stupid

by Paddy Johnson on March 30, 2017

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Joseph Keckler will be chatting with Lisa Levy between 2-3 pm on Radio Free Brooklyn about his work as an opera singer and the AFC Goth Opera benefit. Tune in. [Radio Free Brooklyn]
The Artist Studio Affordability Project has spent years promoting the Small Business Jobs Survival Act, and New York’s City Council still can’t manage to pass a bill that is unilaterally in the interest of New York City residents. Kirsten Theodos helpfully breaks down all the bullshit arguments against this bill, and explains why it should be passed. [The Villager]
The impossibility of managing entry into foreign countries aside, let’s see cities come up with zoning for Clouds Architecture Office latest proposal—a high rise suspended by an asteroid that circles the earth. Large drones could help people get in and out of the building, the firm says—or simply parachuting down. Um, sure. This is less a dream than it is a PR stunt, (which we have dutifully linked to). [Curbed]
Contemporary art is more popular than ever in US Museums. Now, more than 50 percent of temporary exhibitions launched showcase contemporary art. That’s a significant shift—20 years ago, Impressionist shows ruled the land. [The Art Newspaper]
An interview with Whitney Biennial curator Christopher Lew about the Dana Schutz controversy and the Biennial as a whole. [artnet News]
More on the debate over the Fearless Girl sculpture that is placed facing a bull in the financial district. Critics, including Hyperallergic’s Jillian Steinhauer, think the sculpture makes a disingenuous statement. “If you’re talking about a financial company that has a history of fraud and screwing people over, a lot of those people are going to be women…If you think of feminism as a larger project of empowering women across all classes, not just women on Wall Street, it’s kind of bullshit for them to be putting up this front of, ‘Oh, we love women. We want women leaders.’” I guess, but I’d say this is better than what the alternative this criticism would seem to suggest—a sculpture depicting the exploitation of women by financial companies. No one is going to rubber stamp that, so they might as well lead by example. [Campaign Live]
On Kawara’s One Million Years (Reading) will launch at the Venice Biennial this year. The piece involves a pair of people reading from a two-volume book by the late artist that lists, in chronological order, one million years into the future and one million years into the past. They need volunteers. [ARTnews]

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: R&B Diva to Save Distant Brown Dwarf Star

by Michael Anthony Farley on March 20, 2017

Much like Paddy’s experience of the Whitney Biennial, New York’s art scene this week is dominated by the political with a healthy smattering of painterly painting, ubiquitous identity politics, and the unapologetically weird.

Highlights include a talk about “the intersectional self” at the 8th Floor featuring Genesis P-Orridge on Thursday, followed by a solo show from Dona Nelson at Thomas Erben Gallery. We’re looking forward to Ernesto Burgos’ work at Kate Werble Gallery (think ab-ex in 3D) on Friday night and some afro-futurist cyberpunk world-building by E. Jane at American Medium on Saturday. If you need a moment of zen before the work week starts, head to E.S.P. TV’s closing reception at Pioneer Works on Sunday—you can join them on a corporate retreat, complete with a self-help guru.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Winter is Coming

by Michael Anthony Farley on March 13, 2017

The week is of course dominated by two news items: The Whitney Biennial and The Wintery Downfall.

After the blizzard, Wednesday is a great opportunity to get yourself in the snowy mood, art-wise. Enjoy doses of culture from freezing, windswept regions, including Marsden Hartley’s Maine at The Met Breuer (if you’re missing the Whitney’s old digs) and Berlin-based Danish/Norwegian duo Elmgreen & Dragset in conversation with Dan Cameron at The Flag Art Foundation. Later, catch the Icelandic thriller Hevn at Scandinavia House’s New Nordic Cinema screening series.

Other highlights include Fort Gansevoort’s female-perspective sports show March Madness Thursday night and TRANSFER’s four year birthday party, which will feature affordable editions from some of our favorite digital artists.

Oh yeah, and make time to check out the Biennial. I’m told it’s good, but “traumatic”. An appropriately bleak show to match our physical and political climate?

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Tuesday Links: This is the Last of the Them for a While

by Paddy Johnson on November 29, 2016

We’re opening our show “Strange Genitals” at Satellite, so between that and covering the fairs we’ve got our hands full. This is the last of the links for the week.

The secret trash collection of a retired New York sanitation worker Nelson Molina is its own museum. I want to see this so badly. [Atlas Obscura]
I’m a little skeptical of the idea that Ivanka Trump is a voice of reason. Artists are protesting outside her house because she buys contemporary art and seems to be more rationale than her father. But she spent the week leading up to the holidays meeting with foreign leaders about Trump Hotels and has filed 25 new trademark registrations since the beginning of the year. (Meaning they’ve been making plans for their conflicts of interest to pay off.) She’s just as corrupt as her father. [The New York Times]
I’ve been following Hrag Vartanian pretty closely on Facebook these days. He went to Standing Rock North Dakota over thanksgiving to report on the protests there and is promising a podcast this week. Standing Rock is an Indian reservation of the Sioux Tribe and the protests regard the Dakota Access Pipeline, which directly threatens the only water supply for the Standing Rock Reservation. [Facebook]
No Miami based artists were chosen for the Whitney Biennial. [The New York Times]

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Friday Links: The $1 Billion Week in Art

by Paddy Johnson on November 18, 2016

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The Whitney Biennial list is out. Lots of new artist names for this one and lots of political work. Looking forward to it. [The New York Times]
Artist Caroline Woolard’s How the Art World Can Change for the Better During the Trump Years, includes a list of concrete ways to combat economic inequality. I dunno about some of the suggestions on this list. Holding a seminar for white liberals to bemoan their guilt over their privilege sounds like not the best use of time. Paying artists, interns and staff well is essential—but to do this we also have to figure out ways to make non-profits and for-profit businesses in the arts more sustainable. [Hyperallergic]
ARTnews has released a mammoth feature in which it asks artists, curators and dealers how to “fix” the art world. The contributions of W.A.G.E. and Martha Wilson in particular seem useful. [ARTnews]
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction sale last night brought in $276.6 million, a total that exceeded its low estimate of $209 million. This sounds pretty good, and the press has been covering the results that way, but collector Alain Servais expressed reservations over twitter. Many of the major works came with irrevocable guarantees, meaning a third party pledged a bid prior to the auction to win the picture if other competition didn’t materialize. [Blouin ArtINFO]
And this week was a 1 billion week in art sales. [Bloomberg]

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GIF of the Day: 10 GIFs to Get You PUMPED for SPRNG BRK!!!

by Michael Anthony Farley on March 14, 2016

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The weather might suck today, but tomorrow, life’s a beach.

That’s right: the annual AFC fundraiser party SPRNG BRK is happening tomorrow, 6:00 p.m. at Otto’s Shrunken Head in the East Village. If you don’t have your tickets yet, act now, because they’re selling fast.

We’re going to party like it’s the MTV Beach House in 1999, with vegan jello shots, a “Best Man Boobs in the Art World” wet t-shirt contest (email us to enter for a free ticket!) hosted by Jaimie Warren, a limbo contest hosted by drag superstar Whitney Biennial and Monica Lopez de Victoria of the TM Sisters, and much, much more. We’re also honoring the decades-long career of feminist artist Carol Cole, screening a piece by Ryan Trecartin, and dancing all night to the musical stylings of international DJ Marcelo Cunning. That’s just the tip of the iceberg in our margarita. It will be a gala gone wild.

To get yourself psyched, check out our Paddle8 auction featuring pieces from artists such as William Powhida, Carlos Rigau, and more. And check out these Spring Break GIFs:

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Even FOX News is excited:

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Monday Links: Goth Carni-Bus Edition

by Michael Anthony Farley on December 14, 2015

The new Cloaque video is out! Like the exquisite corpse tumblr, this year’s video builds on the years before it. Artists include Sabrina Ratté, Akihiko Taniguchi, Pascual Sisto, Geoffrey Lillemon and Joe Hamilton. Music by Dylan Galletly. [YouTube]

Rebecca Marino shot some film photos of The Artist-Run at SATELLITE which have a very nostalgic air—exactly how we’re feeling! Can we all go back? [Conflict of Interest]

Our installation at the Artist-Run, F.A.G. Bar also get’s a shout-out in Cool Hunting’s recap! [Cool Hunting]

This is terrible. The bodies of artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer have been found bound and murdered in a Mumbai suburb. Her installations were internationally acclaimed depictions of sprawl and displacement in rapidly-urbanizing India. [Times of India]

Indian police have several suspects in Upadhyay’s murder, including one in custody. [The Indian Express]

Is the capacity to induce boredom one of art’s strengths? [NPR]

Artist and gallerist Jared Madere exchanged his Bed-Stuy apartment for an RV he now lives in and runs a gallery out of. The truck/gallery is called “Bed-Stuy Love Affair” and is described by Madere as “a goth carni bus.” for its black exterior and chaining metal fences over the windows. [New York Magazine]

Dushko Petrovich explores the trend of deceased artists being included in contemporary art surveys. Visitors to Greater New York or The Whitney Biennial should be familiar with this concept. [ARTnews]

And for something wholly unrelated to art: The ethics of crowdsourcing organ donors! [Toronto Life]

This is exciting: The Whitney is going to be taking full advantage of its new column-free digs with a program known as Open Plan. Beginning in February 2016, we can look forward to full-floor installations from Michael Heizer, Andrea Fraser, Steve McQueen, Lucy Dodd and Cecil Taylor. [The Art Newspaper]

North Korea’s official “girl band” Moranbong Band has been mysteriously recalled from their planned tour of China. The group is known for glamorous outfits, synthesizers, and militaristic imagery. Check out the video of the group performing in front of 3D renderings of North Korean missiles exploding. [The Washington Post]

The inside story on the Paris climate change deal: making sure it Republican- proofed. [The Guardian]

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Thursday Links: Auction Leavings Don’t Do Well at Auction

by Paddy Johnson on November 5, 2015

“Show us how to do it,” Smith instructs auctioneer Oliver Barker. Well, okay. pic.twitter.com/KAd1mYvH6e

— Lee Rosenbaum (@CultureGrrl) November 5, 2015

Lots of handwringing that the uneven results at last night’s Sotheby’s “Masterworks” sale. The works for sale were from the [Alfred] Taubman Collection, an ex-chief of Sotheby’s who was notoriously convicted of price-fixing in 2001. Do the results signal a cooling of the market? Were the results a referendum on him? (Ha, yeah right.) And why did Sotheby’s guarentee all the work, when the consensus seems is that Taubman’s collection wasn’t very strong. (Both dealer Richard Feigen and consultant Josh Baer are on record about that.) Best blow by blow of the auction comes from Lee Rosenbaum’s storify. [Culturegrrl]
Artists are upset about the Brooklyn Real Estate Summit that the Brooklyn Museum is hosting. There’s an open letter circulating and lots of angry tweets. In response the museum posted a statement on their blog essentially saying they’re just the renter and don’t share the opinions of those at the conference. They’ve also reached out to the conference organizers. Let’s call this developing. [The Brooklyn Museum]
The new Whitney Biennial curators have been chosen. They are: Christopher Y. Lew, an associate curator at the Whitney, and Mia Locks, a former assistant curator at MoMA P.S.1. The biennial will take place in 2017 rather than 2016 to allow the curators more time to get used to the building. [The New York Times]
The European Union announced last week that it will not ban cadmium red paint. I guess concerns that the pigment pollutes the food chain were not enough to assuage the will of art lovers. [The Art Newspaper]
Restorers have discovered a man pooping in a painting owned by the Royal Collection Trust. Think about that. [Smithsonian]
B&H workers unionize. Yay! [Hyperallergic]
Here’s a Star Wars Death Star waffle maker. #thebest [Laughing Squid]

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Tuesday Links: Apologies!

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on June 17, 2014

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“Is Terry Richardson an Artist or a Predator?” NY Mag follows Terry Richardson around and gives a thorough report on his skeezy, idiotic past. It’s a good primer on all the various lawsuits against him. [The Cut]
The Frick is getting supersized; Peter Schjeldahl approves. The position reads as arbitrary. [The New Yorker]
Joe Scanlan is a white male artist who hires black female actors to play his character Donelle Woolford, a hot young artist who gets a leg up in the art world because of her race. Needless to say, when “Donelle Woolford” was asked to participate in the Whitney Biennial, this led to a slew of protests; Yams, a mostly queer black artist/poet/musician collective, even withdrew from the Biennial. Now Ryan Wong claims that he is Joe Scanlan, and the character was created to deflect this kind of rampant deafness. We gather that this is a joke since Scanlan has a faculty bio on Yale’s website, but Wong’s analysis of Scanlan’s “apology” letter sounds familiar. [Hyperallergic]
Speaking of Joe Scanlan, Carolina Miranda’s epic summary is the last word on the Donelle Woolford. Her thorough, even-handed report includes some interesting quotes from Jennifer Kidwell, who plays Woolford, and has otherwise almost been left out of the debate entirely. [LA Times]
MoMA has added a downloadable app to its design collection; Bjork’s 2011 album “Biophilia” which was made available as an app with visualizations too. [Culture: High & Low]
This year alone, Germany doubled government funding for recovering Nazi-looted art to to 4 million Euros. [Deutsche Welle]
Jerry Saltz on zombie abstraction. Meh, we’ve all been talking about how process-based abstraction has taken over the art world for a while. Not too much new here. [Vulture]
Karen Rosenberg is amazed at Kara Walker’s curatorial ability because she likes both music and art. Rosenberg writes: “Who else would think to compare the Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Ten Crack Commandments’ and F. T. Marinetti’s ‘Manifesto of Futurism,’ as she does in her introduction to ‘Ruffneck Constructivists’?” [New York Times]
The Joan Mitchell Foundation has created a new artists’ retreat in New Orleans! But wait: The facilities still need to be built and will cost approximately $16.5 million. [Nonprofit Quarterly]
Two Trees Cultural Space Subsidy Program is open to non-profits and artists with a strong exhibition record. The spaces are located in DUMBO and are offered at $12 per foot per year, with a three-year lease. That’s well below market. [Two Trees]
Yesterday, Paddy Johnson interviewed the Theo Westenberger Estate, which is giving out tons of money and resources for artists. (Photographers, we’re talking to you.) They’ve just announced the that Gaea Woods is the winner of their 2014 photo contest, which gives out $5,000 in unrestricted funds. [Facebook]

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