This is what the SF MoMA robot thinks clouds look like. The photograph is by Paul Strand
- The Art Southampton and Art Hampton fairs won’t be running this summer. Don’t worry though, in their place…other fairs will run. Good grief – can’t art fairs ever take a vacation? In good news, Bill Powers is organizing a fair called “Upstairs” which will be held in a barn in Amagansett. That’s definitely an upgrade on the standard fair experience the other Hampton fairs offered. [artnet News]
- Arthur Jafa, an artist represented by Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, created the video for the title track on JAY Z’s new album 4:44. [ARTnews]
- Betty Parsons was a great, well known dealer but also an under recognized artist. John Yau reviews her show at Alexander Gray Associates and raves about it. [Hyperallergic]
- New York is exploring a type of zoning called “managed retreat” in flood prone parts of Staten Island. These neighborhoods were gravely damaged during Sandy and now the government wants to keep some of those areas empty for safety purposes – hence the experimentation with managed retreat. [Curbed]
- Here’s a breath of fresh air – art runs led by Marnie Kunz that aren’t being contextualized as some sort of relational aesthetics bullshit. (Yes, these projects exist and they are across-the-board dumb.) [Runner’s World]
- Museums will do anything to demonstrate engagement in their collection. To wit, SF MoMA has a next text message program where you text them “Send me ___” (you fill in the blank) and they send you back a picture from their collection that reflects that. Their robot could use some help. I asked for fluffy clouds and I got a message back telling me they didn’t have any images like that. Then I asked for a picture of “clouds” and got a picture of an oil refinery. Text 572-51 for pictures you didn’t ask for. [Lifehacker]
- Brooklyn Artist Works Primarily With Steamed Milk. [Hard Times]
