Dave Hickey, by Dr. J Caldwell (Image courtesy of http://nasher.duke.edu)
- Last Sunday, Stephanie Theodore tweeted a photo of a child resting on one of Donald Judd’s shelves at the Tate Modern, prompting a string of miffed tweets. The family has come forward to defend the child: “Their only crime was to be seduced by a ladder of jewel-coloured shelving. Sissi has always been anti-establishment but she would never hurt anybody.” The Tate attests that “[t]he situation was dealt with immediately.” [Evening Standard via ArtUpdate]
- Paris art dealer Maurice Garnier has died. [TAN]
- Aw shit. The music venue 285 Kent, one of Williamsburg’s last true hovels, closed last week. Maybe that was due to its rent, which is now listed on craigslist at $8K/month. [Free Williamsburg]
- Carolina Miranda writes an account of Dave Hickey’s talk Wednesday night at the Museum of Contemporary Art. He claimed there are no critics…to a room full of critics. He also bemoaned art school as a place where most teachers are “big fucking failures” and complained that identity politics has done little more for the art world than tribalize it. [C-Monster]
- Triple Canopy’s membership drive ends today. Do it. Also submit a proposal for their 2014 program. [Triple Canopy]
- Art in General’s curator Courtenay Finn has been appointed curator of the Aspen Art Museum. [Artforum]
- President Obama told folks on the floor of a General Electric plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that they can potentially make more with skilled manufacturing than you can with an art history degree. Now the CAA is upset, saying, “Humanities graduates play leading roles in corporations.” Guys, get a grip. We spend a lot of our days complaining about the slim prospects for arts majors. Obama’s not that far out of line. [CAA via: Hyperallergic]
- “Just do the things that need doing”. [Gotham Girl]
